New U.S. Ambassador to Canada Stanley Woodward arrives at the American Embassy in Canada. Stanley Woodward and his wife arrive by a railroad train and are greeted by a Canadian official. Exteriors of the American Embassy. Interiors of the Embassy shows Stanley shaking hands with staff members. A clock tower. Stanley arrives and shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
A new speedboat record is made on Lake Washington in Seattle, Washington DC. Seattle auto dealer Stanley Sayres gets into his hydroplane 'Slo-Mo-Shun'. A man looks through a sighting instrument. The hydroplane moves on Lake Washington. He averages 160 plus miles per hour.
American and Australian troop convoy underway at sea, and then arriving at Port Moresby, New Guinea. A Hudson bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force flys by the troop ship escorting them into the harbor. U.S. and Australian troops unloading men and supplies at Port Moresby. Japanese planes attack the dock area and troop convoy. Elevated land-based views of the harbor with explosions and smoke during the bombing. Anti aircraft guns fired at enemy planes. Soldiers and sailors on ships at harbor open fire on the Japanese aircraft overhead. Planes drop bombs and explosions occur. Complete change of scene to the USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. United States Navy sailors fighting fires aboard the USS Yorktown. Japanese airplanes overhead during the Battle of Midway attacking the Yorktown. Patterns of tracer bullets seen fired from the Yorktown. Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft is hit by gunners on the USS Yorktown.
Life in the city of Cologne , Germany after Allied occupation during World War II. A sign reads ' Koln' Damaged Cathedral in cologne as a result of Allied bombings. Interiors of the Cathedral. A severely damaged rail road station in the city. Hohenzollernbrucke bridge across the river Rhine. German civilians around a bulletin board as thy read news about the war. A man waits for a street car. A damaged street car. People gathered outside a shelter. Women cook food at a community kitchen. Allied armies supply water to the people. Water being filled in containers. Women wash clothes. Food being looted from Nazi Army kitchen. People carry food crates and bags from the kitchen.
The New York Central Mercury locomotive and train designed by Henry Dreyfuss is seen in Chicago, Illinois. The modern, futuristic Mercury luxury railroad train moves down a track. Exterior views of the moving train as seen from another moving train and from stationary viewpoint. Interior view of the rear observation car. Passengers on board the Mercury train read newspapers while they are served by African American waiters. An African American bar tender shakes a flask to prepare cocktails at the bar. A man smoking a cigar on the train.
Police men show new techniques of dealing with culprits in San Francisco, California. Officials at a ceremony. San Francisco policemen lined up at a field during the ceremony. The policemen pass in review. Officers hold the American flag during the ceremony. Cavalry and infantry units march. Policemen on bikes during the parade. An insignia reads ' San Francisco police '. The police exhibits methods of dealing with culprits. Three men acting as gangsters enter a house. The policemen arrive in a car. They fire pistols at the gangsters. A smoke grenade being used. The police succeeds in getting the gangsters out of the house.
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