A stray simian wanders in a farm in Saint Charles, Illinois. The monkey sits onto a cow. Trees in the area. The cow moves in the farm. The monkey falls on the ground and runs away.
Football match played between Notre Dame and Drake in South Bend, Indiana. A large crowd gathers to watch the match. Match in progress. Notre Dame wins the match 21-0.
Circus tryout or auditions for animals in Mount Vernon, Missouri, for the Seils-Sterling Circus. An elephant pushes a bus. Horses in a fenced area. Building in the background. Men on horses as they try to control them. People watch the show. Elephants and horses in a fenced area.
Camera pans vertically from top to bottom over the bow of the USS Iowa (BB-61) as she is ready for launching at the Brooklyn Navy yard in New York City, on August 22, 1942. Sponsor of the ship, Ilo Browne Wallace, wife of Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Christens the Iowa by breaking a bottle of champagne over her bow, and the ship moves down the ways toward the East River. The Williamsburg Bridge is seen dimly in the background, as the Iowa plunges into the water. Camera focuses, next, on the USS New Jersey (BB-62) ready for launching at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on December 7, 1942. Men knock supports from below the New Jersey, in preparation for her launching. Next, she is seen moving down the ways. Closeups of some shipyard workers smiling as the New Jersey is launched. The New Jersey is seen well out into the Delaware River, with some smoke rising from one of her funnels. (World War 2, WWII, WW2)
Shows the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., as Franklin D. Roosevelt's voice is heard in the background. American flag flying at half mast. American flags on other buildings. Women on wheelchairs outside building. People line rail road tracks as the funeral train leaves. British and Soviet flags at half mast.
A government official arrives by a plane and greeted by military officer during World War 2. Next scene is unrelated and shows Japanese General Hideki Tojo and an aide seated at a ceremony, with Imperial Japanese navy pilots seated behind and others including civilians in the audience. Next scene shows officers of Navy of Imperial Japan in conference as they examine a map on a ship deck. Scene shifts to another greeting of unnamed Allied officials meeting and greeting at an airstrip. Next scene shows a Pacific Island battlefield with both dead troops on beach area and live American troops walking nearby. Next scenes shows U.S. Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox, as he arrives at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in a plane. Frank Knox and other officials leave. Various views of radio towers are seen in between scenes in the clip.
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