Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. Bombs explode in the target area. Smoke rises from explosions. Photographs evaluate the results of the attacks. A Tiny Tim rocket explodes over the target on the ground. (World War II period).
B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Troops march through an entrance to the quick-hill course. The soldiers are briefed by an instructor. Students walk through the course and fire at a pop-up target. The soldiers set off booby traps (simulated). They put on protective helmets and face shields.
B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. An outdoor class in woods shows a U.S. Army trainee with a helmet and a face shield. Another trainee fires at a face mask. The trainees walk through the course. A sign reads 'How Far Is The Enemy From Your Present Position'. An instructor briefs the trainees. A sign reads 'Return to Debriefing Area'.
B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Soldiers walk through an obstacle course. A trainee puts on a helmet and a face shield. Another trainee fires at a face mask. The trainees walk through the course. A soldier's foot sets off a trip wire.
Pilots General Francesco de Pinedo and James Mattern make last minute tests on their planes, at the Floyd Bennett Field, in New York, before their non stop flight attempt across the Atlantic, the Italian with Persia. Pilots sit in cockpit of their planes and take off for test flights before setting off for new 'round the world record' of 6200 miles. Insignia of an eagle on the nose and fuselage of a plane.
Police try to control the communists demonstrating in New York, against the arrival of Hans Weidemann, Nazi envoy to Chicago World's Fair. Police officers on horseback beat protestors and try to dispel the demonstrating communists at the North German Lloyd line offices. Police on horses arrest the wild demonstrators during the riot. Police forcibly beating back rioting demonstrators. They hold and walk with a woman arrested for causing disturbances.
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