A football match between the Notre Dame University and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. A large crowd gathers at a stadium to watch the match. The match in progress. The crowd cheers and applauds. The Notre Dame University team wins the match 48-14.
The 1st Cavalry Division moving across a field in Southern California, United States. Soldiers riding horses on a field. The horses pulling 155 mm guns over the fields. Soldiers on horses coming downhill. (World War II period).
The 1st Cavalry Division moving across the field in Southern California. The cavalry ford a stream. Trees in the background. Soldiers swimming and crossing a waterway. The mounted troops moving on the field. Soldiers coming downhill. The soldiers cross a field. (World War II period).
South Korean and U.S. divisions in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers of U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division on the battlefield during the Battle of Bloody Ridge. They attack the North Korean forces in hilltop positions. Firing and bombardment on the battlefield. Smoke rises from the firing. The soldiers fire rifles. They take several prisoners. They fire tracers and machine guns.
Opening slate states that "South Georgia is one of the greatest whaling centers in the World." It notes that more than 10 thousand are taken annually. View from a whaling vessel of a pod breaking the surface of the water. Flocks of birds follow them closely. Slate states that "A whaling trip was a delightful experience for the crew. (This alludes to members of the Shackelton Antarctic expedition who are aboard the whaler for the experience.) Slate states, "The gunner stands on a forward platform to direct the movements of the boat." View of the gunner in the ship's bow. Next, he is seen manning a harpoon gun and directing the ship''s movement. Slate reads: "The harpoon hits the bulls eye and away goes the whale under water at a terrific speed." View of heavy line in the rigging that is attached to the harpoon. (Slate says it is a quarter of a mile in length.) View of the whale being hoisted aboard the ship by its flukes. Whaling crew members use wooden poles with harpoon points to maneuver the whale. The whale is tagged with a Norwegian flag and released. Another view of the gunner in the ship's bow preparing to harpoon another whale. He fires the harpoon gun, twice, at this whale. Closeup of the whale next to the ship's starboard side, where crew members are retrieving it with a line.
A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. A view of snow covered mountains on a coast of Elephant Islands in the Southern Ocean.
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