Paper print. Early motion picture documentary. People thronging to attend some outdoor activity (possibly Belmont Race track?) in the United States. Many pedestrians and travelers arrive by bus, carriage, and other means of conveyance, as they converge on the entrance to Belmont park or similar place. Van seen passing with "Evening Telegram" written on its side.
'Our Hebrew friends' , part 2 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations' depicts two Hebrew men arguing outside a shop in the United States. They interfere, comically, with a man walking on the sidewalk. Another man comes and they involve him in their argument. A policeman comes threatens to arrest each of the three men, in turn. The third man, a Hebrew, pleads with the policeman, and secretly slips him some money. The policeman walks away, happily. The three men hug each other and dance.
'Sunny Africa,Eighth Avenue New York' , part 4 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations' captures professional African American dancers in the roles of couples dancing at a cafe, ostensibly on 8th Avenue in New York City, United States. A man plays a piano. After dancing, the couples sit at tables and eat and drink. . One man, in a striped T-shirt, gets up and gives a wonderful demonstration of tap dancing. Other people applaud and cheer him. A waiter serves. The man in the striped T-shirt goes out. Another man sits near the Striped Shirt's date. They converse and dance. The man in the striped T-shirt comes back. and picks a fight with the man dancing with his date. The fight involves everyone, but finally ends with Striped shirt and his date dancing away merrily, together.
The film titled 'Watermelon Contest' depicts men eating watermelon in the United States. Four African American men seated in a garden. They eat watermelon. Trees in the background. At first they seem serious. But they gradually turn the event into a comical farce.
The "Big Picture" public film by the U.S. Army. In it Master Sergeant Queen speaks about the use of fire power by the U.S. Army in defense of the United States. Boxers fight in a ring. Spectators cheer for the boxers. One boxer is knocked down and counted out. Then scene shirfts to U.S. Army Master Sergeant Queen speaking about the defensive fire power of the U.S. Army being like a "knock out punch.". He points to models of missiles on his desk, including models of a U.S. Hermes A-3 Missile and what appear to be a Cruise missile and an air defense missile.
Development and use of fire power in the United States. Film begins showing a series of U.S. Army missiles being fired from silos and others from inclined launching pads. View of an atomic bomb explosion (in a test). An Army Redstone missile being fired and burning through clouds and finally disappearing in the distance. Sketches of cave dweller humans from antiquity embracing the earliest of weapons, like clubs.
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