Activities of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929.A waddle of Penguins on ice in Antarctica. They slide on their bellies across the ice. Men with dogs follow the penguins. The penguins run as the men rush along. They surround the penguins. The men put an artificial penguin near a penguin as it reacts strongly. The artificial penguin on the ice. Other penguins come closer to explore the artificial one. They examine it and drop it on the ice. The ocean in the background. Penguins walk through a gap in the ice. Baby penguins follow. The waddle stands near a net.
Opening scene shows marquee of Art Theater, at 1077 Southern Boulevard, where Spanish language films are showing. Glimpse of sign in beauty parlor window reading: "Hair straightened" (in English and Spanish). Sign for "Gilroy & McLoughlin" Bar& Grill, Cabaret. A musical record shop. Womens gowns, including a bridal gown, in a shop window. Photo portrait of President John Kennedy and wife, Jackie, in a shop window. Paper posters in window, referring to religious Mystical Crown, and showing illustration of Christ wearing crown of thorns. A shop called "CuchiFritos y Pasteles." Picture of saxaphonist, Don Santia, in a club window. Women's clothing hanging outside a shop, with sale prices boldly displayed on the items. Pictures advertising entertainers, including two women and a male guitar player. Items in a toy store window that also shows a religious picture. Items in a hat shop window, including a straw hat labeled "Puerto Rico." Flashing neon sign in window reading:"Casa Legre."Shop full of religious wares. The "Progresso Barber Shop."A drug store advertising Louis Levine, Doctor of Pharmacy. Two boys walking past a shop displaying sunglasses, spinners on sticks and other gadgets. People gathered at a very busy produce market. A man weighing bananas. A woman paying for her purchase. Two men very busy tending customers. Man loading bananas into a paper sack. A little girl dressed all in white with a veil and carrying a flower follows her mother past the market. ('Possibly going for her first Communion.) Woman examining melons. A man dispensing soft drink sodas, and snow cones or shaved ice drinks from a stand on the sidewalk. A couple looking at used furniture. A mother placing a diaper over her husbands shoulder so he can burp their baby. A lone boy on bicycle passing a couple walking along the sidewalk.
The Pathology Laboratory at the Lenox Hill Hospital (100 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, United States) in New York. Signs read: 'Laboratory' and 'Pathology Laboratory'. Technicians work at the table. A technician performs a colorimeter test to know the amount of sugar in blood. Blood in test tubes. She adjusts the colorimeter knob. Technician does a blood type test. She examines the blood film. Two male technicians make a urine report. Test tubes with urine and other apparatus on the table. One of them performs the test while another makes the report. Technicians on a table. They look through microscopes and perform some tests. They click the counter in one hand simultaneously.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Herman's crew whales and processes its catch. A whale alongside the ship. It emerges from the water and dives back. A second boat comes from the ship to assist the first one. The boats return to the ship after whaling. A crew member looks at the catch. They hoist the whale boats up to the ship. Men scrape and wash whale bone (baleen). Captain Pedersen examines a whale bone. The whaler near an ice sheet. A man with a can. Ropes from the ship.
Pre-flight inspection of the U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger interceptor aircraft. The plane on the runway. Crewmen nearby. The crew chief inspects the landing gear including ground safety pins, tires, landing light and high pressure air gauge. He checks for hydraulic and fuel leaks. Inspection of the armament door. The pilot climbs up to the cockpit, raises the canopy and inspects the seat belts and shoulder harness. He gets into the seat and inspects the switches and oxygen pressure. On the outside, he examines the flexi glass and wind shield. He climbs down.
A worker operates a multiple drilling machine. Close up of a stem. A worker places it in a block. Close up of valve stem action. A block with all stems in place. Crankshafts revolve in a testing machine. Close up of a dial. A worker removes a crankshaft from a machine and examines it.
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