Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows Douglas DC-3 airplanes (R-4D in U.S. Navy) loaded aboard the deck of USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) at a U.S. naval base in Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. sailors spot an iceberg in the Southern Ocean. Christmas celebrations held aboard U.S. ships. Scenes from the Central Group underway. Cruzen and other officers gather for a conference. Views of Scott Island and waves crashing on its rocks. The ships reach the Scott Island in Southern Ocean. Cruzen transfers his flag to the USCGC Icebreaker Northwind to become the lead boat in cutting channels for the group.
The Pan American Congress of Journalists visit Kodak in Rochester, New York to see cotton used in the production of nitrocellulose camera film. Views of African American men and women picking cotton. Cotton is baled and the bales are sent on conveyor to railroad yard. Bales are loaded onto a Southern railroad box car. Steam locomotive pulls train out of terminal yard. Map shows flow of cotton from the South to New York. At Eastman Kodak, view of cotton being processed into nitrocellulose film, also known as nitrate film for use in motion picture film cameras. View of perforation machine cutting perfs into motion picture film. Film is wound into rolls. Woman worker wraps each film roll in black paper for shipment. Pan American Congress members board a Mack 'Shock Insulated' bus for further travel.
Narrated feature describing first 50 days of U.S. Army troops fighting in the Korean War. U.S. Army soldiers from the 24th Division. Views of soldiers climbing mountains and looking through binoculars. Soldiers walk through rice paddy field and cover themselves and their weapons in natural camouflage. Soldiers dug in. Soldiers rest, splashing water from a pond, sleeping and resting on the ground. Soldier removes his shoes and massages his foot. Soldier sleeps on the ground and others dig foxholes. South Korean workers carrying ammunition and supplies for U.S. Army. South Korean refugees evacuating on foot. Army soldiers catch some North Korean communists among the refugees. Army soldier guarding North Korean prisoners with hands behind their heads. United Nations officer with UN armband examines prisoners.
Boeing-Steerman PT-13, Kaydet airplanes in a row at training station.Flight instructors accompanying student pilots to the aircraft. Pt-13s start up, taxi, and one is seen taking off. Pilot trainees are shown a radial engine, by an officer.A student inserts a cylinder into engine block. Pilots from North and South American countries line up in front of At-6 (Texan) training aircraft. they run to their respective aircraft and start them up. Fuselage of one airplane shows crossed flags of United States and Chile. Formation of AT-6s in flight. A map shows airways in America. Another shows them in Central and South America. A map of the world shows the military Air Transport Commands routes.
Activities around the Mississippi river in the United States in the early 1900s, in areas still affected by the Civil War. Text of General Robert E. Lee's announcement about surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1865. Image of flames and fire burning a town or city. United States Civil War aftermath in the South. Scenes of several different empty and burned down plantation homes in the southern United States. View of the barren land and effects of erosion. Poor African American family with their belongings in a horse drawn wagon, walking on foot during the "Great Migration," moving to a new area of the United States in the north or west. View of the Mississippi River as seen from a moving boat at water level.
The effects of flood in the Mississippi river in the southern United States during the Great Depression. Damaged houses and property caused by the flood water. Top soil being washed away by the flood. Huge mounds of dirt moved and misplaced by flood. The damaged houses and shacks, and poor residents. Farmers and workers in the south hand pick cotton from a field. A child in front of a cotton stack in a house. A person on the cotton stack. A young boy sits on the ground in the dirt and plays with cans. Inside view of a kitchen area in a simple rural house. Hand of a woman cutting vegetable. A woman holding an infant child as she works in a kitchen. Members of a family in the kitchen. Group of boys playing on the floor while an older boy brings in wood for the stove fire. Children dine at a table. Group of children getting ready for bed, sleeping in close quarters. A woman helps the children get ready to sleep. View of the Mississippi River.
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