Interior of a war materiel factory in Germany early in World War 2. Men work to produce war equipment, including rifles. Men on an assembly line producing German rifles. Scenes showing new rifle stocks and rifle barrels being assembled. A man inspects a gun barrel and gun sight. Scenes of German men working to produce war materiel during Germany's remilitarization.
German militarization and military buildup early in World War 2 era. A munitions and armament factory in Germany during World War II. Interior of the war production factory. Bullets placed on a table. Assembly line and mechanized equipment for production of bullets and shells. Production of German war materiel by German war production workers. The cartridge belts being produced for guns.
The disappearance of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1937. A smiling Amelia Earhart stands with a man, possibly Fred Noonan. Earhart and crew loading up an airplane parked in a hanger. May 20, 1937, Lockheed Model 10-E Electra taking off from Oakland, California bound for Miami, Florida on the first leg of Earhart's second attempt at an around-the-world flight. Earhart and her navigator disappear during the flight and are last heard from on July 2, 1937. A huge air sea search is undertaken to find them. An aircraft carrier underway at sea. Airplane parked on the flight deck. Bi-Planes fly in formation during search.
Russian cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov enters space capsule of Voskhod-2 rocket in the Soviet Union. The spacecraft launch as it leaves the launching pad. Animation (only) depicts the activities of the cosmonaut and the co-pilot, and Cosmonaut Leonov on first manned spacewalk with the help of a life line attached to the spacecraft. No actual spacewalk images are shown. Narrator alludes to 1960's "space race" between astronauts of the United States and the Soviet Union, saying, "If this spectacular accomplishment is all that is claimed, Russia has moved ahead of the U.S. once more in the race for the moon."
Victory Squadron War Bond Rally at 8th Air Force Headquarters (Codenamed PINETREE) at Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe, England, on July 29th 1944, during World War 2. U.S. Army military band plays the National Emblem March, as they march across a parade field lawn. They stop behind a parked flat bed tractor trailer on which Major Glenn Miller and his Army Air Forces band is seated. While the military band plays, U.S. 8th Air Force airmen march onto the field and take up positions in a large formation at its center. Spectators are gathered around the lawn, outside the airmens' formation, and military policemen are posted inside the circle of spectators.
Major Glenn Miller and his Army Air Corps band play "In the Mood," for large gathering of airmen during 8th Air Force War Bond rally, at Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe in England on July 29th 1944, during World War 2. The airmen and spectators applaud enthusiastically. The band then plays "Stardust. Glenn Miller introduces his string section that includes classical musicians, who have played with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. The group is headed by Sergeant George Otners, whom Miller introduces, along with the String Section. Major Miller introduces the Saxaphone Section, headed by Sergeant Hank Freeman, who formerly played with the Artie Shaw band. Miller also introduces Sergeant Albert, his bass player.
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