British soldiers demonstrate rapid setup and use of Vickers machine guns to U.S. Army 307th and 308th Infantry troops in France during World War 1. British instructor shows parts of the gun and demonstrates how to load it, with U.S. Army soldiers gathered close around. The U.S. Army forces in two facing lines observe as a pair of soldiers work together to quickly transport the gun base and muzzle separately, and then join the two to be ready for firing. A Commanding Officer walks the line of observing soldiers and talks to them. A target firing line of machine guns is seen. U.S. forces practice use of the machine guns, and then inspect their targets to evaluate accuracy. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Shows several locomotives at a railroad yard in little Rock,Arkansas. Man appears from behind the tracks and gives an interview to the reporter. He speaks and discourages all sorts of segregation based on race, color or creed.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows Douglas DC-3 airplanes (R-4D in U.S. Navy) loaded aboard the deck of USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) at a U.S. naval base in Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. sailors spot an iceberg in the Southern Ocean. Christmas celebrations held aboard U.S. ships. Scenes from the Central Group underway. Cruzen and other officers gather for a conference. Views of Scott Island and waves crashing on its rocks. The ships reach the Scott Island in Southern Ocean. Cruzen transfers his flag to the USCGC Icebreaker Northwind to become the lead boat in cutting channels for the group.
Japanese aircraft being destroyed by antiaircraft fire from U.S. warships and by U.S. carrier-based aircraft near Tokyo, Japan, in World War 2.
American baseball superstar Willie Mays signs a two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants at a reported $130,000 a year, then a major league record. Cameras, reporters seen covering the event as Mays talks with Giants' officials and journalists. Scenes of Mays playing baseball with Giants, including a steal of second base, his famous over-the-shoulder catch in game 1 of the 1954 World Series, and hitting a record-tying four home runs in one game against the Milwaukee Braves early in the 1961 season. Last shot is Mays with Giants' owner Horace Stoneham.
Film starts showing and American soldier atop a hill in France during World War I. He is hatless and looking through a periscopic telescope mounted on a tripod. Next, American troops are seen preparing defensive positions at the base of a slope. They are using picks and shovels. Not far behind them, in the background are buildings of a French village. Closeup of soldiers in their entrenchment. One wears a headset and kneels by a field communications device. A lieutenant, smoking a pipe, comes to him with a log book and hands him a paper dispatch to transmit. The soldier transmits the message using a telegrapher's key. The next scene shows two soldiers at another communications site, near a tall slender transmission pole, rigged up with guy wires.
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