Demonstration of the new liquid fire extinguisher 'Purple K' in Washington DC. 150 gallons of flaming fuel spread over 600 feet during demonstration of new liquid fire extinguisher 'Purple K'. man lits fire. Another man douses fire in 25 seconds.
Paper print. Early illusory motion picture, from turn of 20th century. Depicts a man pedalling a flying machine above scenes of New York City. Bridges of New York City are recognizable in the images below the man, including the Brooklyn Bridge. The man and machine appear to fall down at end of scene.
Training of U.S. Army infantrymen in the United States. A newspaper headline reads ' infantrymen arrive in France'. The infantrymen are taught to advance on a battlefield. Recruits in New York's Rainbow Division are seen marching in the mud, at Camp Mills, Long Island, They undergo physical training at the camp. They learn to fire rifles and dig trenches. They inhabit a tent city at the camp. Scenes of Rainbow Division soldiers on a chow line at Camp Mills. After basic training, the soldiers board ships and trains for France. Loved ones give them a sendoff. Upon arrival in France, they are given a warm welcome.They resume training in France, until they are ordered to the Front. Scenes of U.S. infantry in trenches wearing gas masks and firing rifles. Tanks advancing across the trenches. View of the 7th Regiment World War I memorial statue in Central Park, New York City.
The American Forces Korea Network in Seoul, South Korea. A man seated at a film splicer and film projector edits film to add U.S. Army produced commercials, and to tailor films as needed for station schedule. A station commander holds a meeting with staff of military and civilian department heads to discuss problems of technical upkeep and program schedule changes. Decisions are taken in the meeting. Live programs designed for U.S. troops in Korea are produced at the key station of American Forces Korea Network. A man works before the broadcast of the daily television news shows. He selects photographs to be broad casted during the program. Other man sorts program tapes. Newsreaders seated at a desk. A cameraman records the event. A newsreader reads sports news.
Efforts for additional cultivation of food crops in London, England during World War II. Richmond Park being plowed up to grow potatoes during an effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation. Group of children examining a tractor on a field. Farmer starts the tractor and the children run along beside as the tractor plows a field. Other civilians walking on the field and two dogs playing. View of tractor approaching low camera position and stopping just before the camera. View of new furrows plowed in land as seen from camera looking backward on moving tractor. The farm being plowed by the tractor at night. London suburb dwellers on their new garden allotments for production of their own vegetables. Families and children help planting gardens. (Similar to "Victory Garden" program in the United States.) The sites are in Brockwell, Dulwich, and Battersea Parks in the southeast suburbs of London.
Christening of new German aircraft in presence of cabinet ministers in Germany. Crowd assembled around an aircraft. The new aircraft, "Hindenburg", is christened by Minister of Aviation, Hermann Goering, in presence of other cabinet ministers.
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