President Herbert Hoover reviewing exercises of the U.S. Navy fleet off the Virginia Capes. He is aboard the Cruiser, USS Salt lake City (CA-25). A U.S. aircraft takes off from an aircraft carrier. A Voight UO-1 airplane attempts hookup with the Navy dirigible, USS Los Angeles.
Sir Malcom Campbell putting on goggles before driving his six-ton Bluebird Car at 301 miles per hour on the Salt Flats in Utah. Aerial view from airplane of Bluebird as it streaks across salt flats. Views of smoking tires on car as they are removed by technicians.
World War II veterans in Utah, United States. A sign for the city of 'Ogden'. Traffic on the streets. A sign reads 'Entering the Cedar City'. Farmers till and plow farm land. Cattle graze on farm lands. Expansive wide views of farm valley landscape with snow covered mountains in the distance. A war veteran talks to Veteran's Department official. The veteran meets the Dean at the University of Utah campus. He strolls on the tree lined sidewalks of the University campus. He enrolls for a course at the university and attends lectures.
German civilians in a city on the Elbe River, gather around a poster containing Law Number 5, issued by the Military Government-Germany (American Occupation forces). It announces the dissolution of the Nazi party. Next, a German Army medic talks to an American, near a huge pile of German military uniforms, military equipment, and accessories. Civilians including former German soldiers throng a town square, adding items to the pile. A woman pulls uniform items from her wash basket. An American soldier talks with a German woman as bystanders watch and listen. A man and boy look at a small rifle before the boy throws it on the pile. View from above of the square with people crowded around the pile of castoffs in its center. Women placing officers' swords on the pile. Complete change of scene shows a U.S. soldier from the 3rd Army, in a salt mine, in Merkers, Germany, on April 15, 1945. He is perusing Nazi seized and stolen jewelry, cutlery, and precious metal trinkets in a case. Another soldier looks at a bar of gold and displays it for the camera. Many wrapped gold bars are behind him. German currency bank notes are seen in the hands of a soldier. Numerous packages of currency sit in the background. American soldiers show some of the stolen art works also hidden in the salt mine. Among the seized paintings seen is "Wintergarden," by French impressionist painter Edouard Manet.
Sir Malcolm Campbell sets speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Officials look through binoculars from raised platform. A board under platform reads 'Headquarters Official timing station Contest Board'. Campbell drives his six-ton Bluebird Car at 301 miles per hour. Technicians fix a flat tire during the record attempt. Sir Malcolm seated inside the car after setting the record.
English racing car driver Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Several men stand near his supercharged MG streamliner EX-135 car . He sits in the car and races it to set a speed record. Mountain ranges in the background.
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