A documentary depicts combat activities of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division during World War II. The Battle of Leyte in 1944. The troops in landing craft underway in the Philippines Sea. A close up of the U.S. troops on the landing craft. The U.S. ships underway and set on fire by the Japanese. A Japanese aircraft in flight. The troops get off from the landing craft on a shore. A tank being unloaded from the craft. The troops in prone position at the shore. An injured U.S. soldier. The troops in a jungle and a U.S. Sherman tank moves at the field. They advance in a jungle. Two troops carry supplies. The soldiers fire rifles, bazooka and rifle grenade. The dead Japanese troops. The soldiers on tanks enter Talcoban City in Philippines. The civilians greet the soldiers. Two soldiers and a civilian smoke.
A film depicts activities of the U.S. Navy personnel aboard submarine in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. dirigible flying overhead. The U.S. officers in a control room. The dirigible in flight. A submarine underway and submerging. The submarine surfaces. An officer looks through a periscope. A chief petty officer operates valves of the submarine. A view of the submarine surface.
The first test flight of U.S. Army Air Corps Bell XFM-1 Airacuda bomber destroyer aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. XFM-1 stationery at the field. A pilot and an officer stand in front of the bomber airlift. The propeller of the aircraft starts. XFM-1 taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. XFM-1 lands at the air field and taxis.
Woman explorer, Ruth McCombs Harkness, (widow of explorer, William Harkness) brought the first live panda (named Su-Lin) into the United States, when she returned from an expedition, on December 18, 1936. Here she is seen in the Brookfield Zoo, in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield, Illinois, where she is playing with a second baby panda (named Mei Mei) that she acquired in 1937. A large group of boys and girls, enjoy the antics as she plays with the baby panda. At one point, Mrs. Harkness lifts Mei Mei up close to the children. Next, she holds Mei Mei close to Su-Lin, as zookeeper Sam Parratt holds the larger panda. The two pandas nuzzle one another.
The test flight of new Douglas DC-4 luxury airliner in Santa Monica, California. DC-4 taxis at an airfield. People around the airliner. The luxury airliner taxis and takes off. DC-4 in flight. Aerial view of the city. A wing of another aircraft in the foreground. The Douglas DC-4 in flight. The aircraft lands and taxis at the field.
German boxer Max Schmeling at a training camp in Speculator, New York . An archer aims at a target and shoots. A river in the background. Two men seated and one of them smokes a cigar. German boxer Max Schmeling jogs at a field with a dog at a training camp. Schmeling in a bout during the training. He prepares for his fight against a U.S. heavyweight champion Joseph Louis Barrow A man takes picture in the background. Spectators stand near a boxing ring. The spectators seated in a stand. Schmeling fighting with his opponent. Max wins and bows his head in front of the spectators.
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