The ship S.S. Fort Jackson, part of the U.S. emergency fleet in 1929, is destroyed by salvage buyers at Richmond Beach in Washington. Flames and smoke rising as the S.S. Fort Jackson falls to pieces.
The ocean liner Bremen underway. Smoke rises up from the stacks of the ship. Sailors aboard. Skyscrapers of New York City seen in background. Boxes containing gold bars move on conveyor belt from ship to dock. The liner Bremen brings more than $13,000,000 gold to United States following a sharp rise in the price of gold after passage of the Gold Reserve Act, and President Roosevelt setting the gold price much higher in the U.S. triggering exporters to send gold to the United States.
Northwestern Indians gather at their traditional salmon netting grounds at the Celilo Falls in Oregon. The Native Americans do traditional dipnet fishing at the fishing sites at the Celilo Falls. The Chief of the tribe along with other people of the tribe have a last look at the traditional salmon netting grounds. View of the new Dalles Dam constructed which will submerge the area. White citizens gather and take pictures and photograph the Indians' final visit fishing for salmon fish at the site. Narrator describes a cash payment agreement between the tribes and the U.S. government for the tribes to relinquish the fishing rights. Narrator declares "Once again red man bows before white man's march of progress."
President Eisenhower walks up steps of a building at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and East High Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace (Episcopal) visible across the intersection. Several local inhabitants gather to watch the President. A few Boy Scouts take his picture. He turns toward them briefly as he goes up the steps. View of President Eisenhower's grandchildren, Dwight David and Barbara Anne, in back seat of car, smiling and waving. The car drives away. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Joseph W. Martin, Jr. stands on sidewalk and chats with reporters. Mr. Martin is next seen sitting and conversing with President Eisenhower. The President fools with his eyeglasses and looks at his watch during the conversation. The Speaker and James Hagerty , the President's Press Secretary, leave the building together, and get into a car.
Captured 1941 model Japanese light tank behind a U.S. Army tank crew who had just run the tank through various tests. The crew smiles for the camera. Close-up views of some parts of the tank, showing points of vulnerability and various measurements. Several slits marked in chalk with number "3/16 inches" are seen close-up.
U.S. Army World War II promotional film presents an overview of the new M10 Tank Destroyer that humorously mimics a new car sales advertisement. A newspaper cutting shows the advertisement of 'Screaming Eagle Hardware Company' that produces the Tank Destroyer. View of United States M-10 tank destroyers in rows in an open field. Crew climbs into Tank Destroyer. The M10 tank destroyer is shown being tested over rough terrain, water, steep drop off, and steep inclines. It is shown operating at 35 miles per hour on flat open terrain. View of crew inside tank destroyer demonstrating operation of its 3 inch gun. Gun of of the tank fired at target on a practice range in the United States. Soldier observes using binoculars. Steam locomotive running on railroad tracks approaching camera position, and then passing with train cars filled with M10 Tank Destroyers. Throughout the clip, narrator describes the features of the tank as if describing a new car, with various humorous lines added.
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