Weevils fed toxic compounds and examined during a laboratory test in United States. Weevils stored for the tests in the laboratory. Man takes the container out of the store. Men test the poisonous compounds on the Weevils in a field. Glasses on a table contains poisonous compound.
Laboratory test of Weevils fed with toxic compounds in United States. Test glass containers with sand flooring, sprig of tender cotton plant moistened and poisoned. Chemists moisten the sprigs. They put poison on the sprigs. They examine the Weevils and keep a record of the Weevil. Dead Weevils picked and the poison is washed away. Man smokes cigar and picks the dead Weevils. A dead Weevil on a table.
Laboratory test of Weevils fed with toxic compounds, Weevils examined at Edgewood Arsenal in United States. Man smokes cigar and inspects the plants. Plant toxicity test to note the effect of poison on plant. Man examines a poisoned Weevil. He notes down the results. Test tubes on table. Man tests the compounds and Weevils in the test tubes. A cotton farm.
Pests destroy crops and other plants in United States. Close view of Brown Tail, Gypsy Moths, Japanese and the Mexican Bean Beetles.
Montage of scenes from U.S. Navy exercises involving aircraft carrier and T4M-1 aircraft of Navy Squadron VT-2B. Crew on deck of Carrier fasten a torpedo under the fuselage of T4M-1 number 2-1-7. . The aircraft has logo, of dragon astride a bomb, painted on its side. The aircraft takes off from the carrier flight deck. Views of Navy cameraman and one from universal News hand cranking their movie cameras. View from aircraft, of explosion and smoke below and behind.Views from rear cockpit of aircraft in flight. View of Navy photographer in rear cockpit. View from rear seat of aircraft diving down towards warship underway. Views of the T4M-1 aircraft number 2-1-2 flying low over the water and releasing its torpedo. The torpedo leaving a wake as it heads toward the target ship (a single-stack freighter).Torpedo strikes target ship amidship with huge explosion.
View from rear of carrier-based aircraft that has just taken off from the USS Saratoga (CV-3), underway in the Pacific Ocean. The empennage of the airplane, with 4 guy wires, is seen with the carrier behind and several aircraft on its flight deck. From the backward view of the empennage, it appears that the departing aircraft may be a Boeing F3B-1.