A demonstration of water skiing by a dog and a surfer or water skier in Lake Arrowhead, California. The man and the dog are towed on a single board (referred to as an Aquaplane in the newsreel title) with a rope behind a boat in Lake Arrowhead.
Lodges covered with snow on a snowy mountain pass near Cumbres, Colorado. A narrow gauge train of the Rio Grande San Juan Extension (later the Cumbres and Tultec Scenic Railroad) plows its way through the snow of a Rocky Mountain pass near Cumbres. The locomotive engine of the train is equipped with a rotary snowplow that clears away the deep snow from the tracks. The train approaches two men waving.
Chemical warfare training for newly activated units of U.S. Army at Camp Sibert, Alabama during World War II.
War production workers in factory manufacturing tanks and guns at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois during World War II. Assembly and research plant at the Rock Island Arsenal shows war materiel production workers working on tanks and guns. Anti tank guns are tested.
The funeral procession of a senior military official of the U.S. Army passes along the streets of Washington DC and reaches Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Soldiers on horse back followed by a horse-drawn caisson with a casket along a street. The casket is carried to the grave site at Arlington National Cemetery by pallbearers. Funeral participants follow the pallbearers. The casket is placed in the grave. A clergyman conducts the funeral ceremony. Troops give a 3-volley salute.
The funeral ceremony of U.S. Rear Admiral Robert Peary at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The flag-draped casket of Rear Admiral Peary is carried out of a chapel by pallbearers and is placed on a horse-drawn caisson. U.S. Army officials lined up outside the chapel. The horse-drawn caisson followed by the funeral procession heads for Arlington National Cemetery. The Secretary of U.S. Navy Joseph Daniels attends the funeral ceremony at Arlington. The pallbearers carry the casket of Rear Admiral Peary to the grave site. Honor Guards give a 3-volley salute.
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