The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. P-38 photo recon aircraft being loaded with film magazines and then buttoned up. The P-38 Lightning aircraft takes off on a mission to photograph Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. The aircraft lands after returning from the mission.
Gun camera footage of Japanses aircraft being shot down by U.S. fighters and bombers over Wewak airfield in New Guinea Australia. Gun firing and blasting sounds in background. (World War II period).
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt with his wife Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and newly appointed Cabinet aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) to view U.S. Navy maneuvers. U.S. Navy battleships, the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) and other ships in New York Harbor. Officials including U.S. War Secretary George Dern, Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, Admiral Standley, and others can be seen. Biplane airplanes of the United States Navy fleet in a flight formation pass New York City. Troops on Governor's Island offer a salute. Views of skyline of New York City in the background. Views of large warships passing by with Statue of Liberty in the background. Numerous views of skyline of New York City with tall skyscrapers on Manhattan Island, as seen from ships moving in harbor.
Post-World War 1 United States marked by labor-management strife and strikes, especially in the garment industry. Clothing workers are seen busy at their jobs in a factory in New York City. A man is seen symbolically closing and locking a steel door (narrative refers to a company "lockout.") Footage of police officers and crowd of laborers on New York City street. Police try to maintain order as crowds fill garment district streets in protest. Montage of persons awaiting a June 1921 decision by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County. Narrator announces that Justice James C. Van Siclen, has granted an injunction (against all picketing by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America). Narrator quotes Van Siclen's opening statement in the decision: "The court must stand at all times as the representative of capital, of the captains of industry..." View of Sidney Hillman, leader of the Amalgamated union (ACWA) sitting with other union members. View of a bustling New York City street lined with tenements and pushcarts in the lower east side of Manhattan. A man washing his face at a sink. A woman preparing a meal over a stove. Four children sharing a large bed. A gathering of idled clothing workers in a school room setting. Some in art classes. Dancers entertaining locked out workers. Young people presenting a puppet show. Narrator states that the lockout lasted 6 months, but the union prevailed. View of pleased union members.
New York City ceremony honoring American Olympic Team on their return to the United States. Olympians march into Randall's Island Stadium in New York City as a band plays, following a celebration parade from The Battery to Randall's Island. Audience claps and cheers them. The members of the team take seats on a stage of the stadium. Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City extends welcome and La Guardia congratulates the Olympic Team. and expresses the sincere gratitude of the seven million people of New York City. He states that the City has cast special medals to be presented to the members of the Team, on this occasion. He begins calling the names of athletes, who come forward as they are called. The medals are arranged on a large table by the microphones. The mayor suddenly calls on Champion runner, Helen Stephens, to speak. She comes to the mike and says Hello and Goodbye, and returns to her seat. Former Heavyweight Champion, Jack Dempsey, assists with the presentations.
U.S. Navy C-class AIrship takes off from snow-covered ramp in front of hangar at Fort Tilden, Rockaway,Queens, New york City. A cinematographer is aboard the gondola and takes most of the pictures shown, from above New York City. Aerial view of New York City skyline, office buildings, and rooftops of residential areas. Many ships in New York harbor, some sailboats. Occasional views of a C-class sister Airship. Statue of Liberty as seen from the airship circling it in flight.
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