Scenes of early Forest Ranger activities to fight forest fires. A circa 1910 photo of Fire Warden standing on observation post at top of extremely tall tree. A flag flies at the observation post. A tree House observation post on the top of a tall bare tree. A "wooden skyscraper"lookout tower. A fire warden and his family pose in front of their house at the base of a lookout tower in Arkansas. Lookout house built on a high peak in Willamette National Forest, Oregon. A tall steel tower lookout in the Suwanee forest, Georgia. A Ranger at an early lookout point, equipped only with a map and compass. Fire warden sights through a W.B. Osborne's fire finder and makes a telephone call. Observations from two ranger stations being plotted on a map and the intersecting lines give the exact location of area under fire.
A chimney is razed in Wyandotte, Michigan. A 258 feet tall chimney made up of 1,10,000 bricks. Two men work at the base of the tall chimney. The chimney at a coast emits smoke. The chimney is razed and it collapses and falls into Lake Erie. Smoke rises. People gathered at the beach.
Students build a huge fire in Corvallis, Oregon. Young boys build a huge wooden structure. People gathered at the base of the structure. Boys on the structure as they give final touches to it. The structure is set on fire at night. The wooden structure on fire.
U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Invasion fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima. A Marine aboard a landing craft writes down on a paper. A naval gun aboard U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada fires at the coast of Iwo Jima. The base of the turret as expended casings fall out on the deck. A lookout aboard the ship in a revolving frame as he uses binoculars. The invasion fleet underway at sea. Two LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) and other landing crafts in the background. The muzzles of main battery rifles aboard USS Nevada as they fire. Smoke rings appear.
Launching of United States Navy cruise missile Regulus from United States Navy submarine USS Tunny in California, United States. Regulus missile on a trailer arrives at the U.S. Naval Advance Base Depot at Port Hueneme in California. The missile men take over as they work to install J2 booster bottles. The men work on the boosters as they try to align it in relation to the center of gravity of the Regulus missile A sighting target being installed underneath the belly of the missile. A missile man assembles a sight and mounts it on the nozzle of the booster. The crew Chief sights through alignment jacque. Regulus being loaded aboard with the aid of a crane. Regulus missile being lowered aboard a loading tray and then onto the launcher. The men fold the tail pin of the Regulus. In a hangar, the missile being swung to an inverted position to check for loose connections, if any.
A film titled 'Navy men' about the training of U.S. Navy recruits at various naval training centers in the United States. The training of United States Navy recruits at U.S. Navy training center in Bainbridge, Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois and Naval Base San Diego in California. Dramatization shows a sailor carrying a rifle and reporting to an officer. A Navy officer climbs up the stairs and walks through a corridor at the U.S. Navy Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland. The officer orders the sailors to keep their rooms clean and keep their clothes and other belongings in a proper manner. A group of sailors as the officer comes down the stairs. A sailor's parents ask the officer about their son. The officer speaks about the training of U.S. Navy recruits with a sign in the background that reads 'US Navy Training Center'. The sailors carrying rifles perform a drill. Buses arrive at the naval training center and recruits get off the bus. A sign on a building reads 'Welcome into Navy'. The recruits enter the building and line up. An officer instructs the recruits. The officer takes away a magazine from a recruit. The recruits undergo medical examination. A dentist examines the teeth of a recruit. A sign reads 'Clothing issue'. The recruits being issued the Navy uniform. The sailors in their uniforms lined up and an officer briefs the sailors. The officer introduces the sailors to their Company officer. Sailors holding their caps lined up. An officer inspects the sailors. The officer scolds a few sailors for their dirty uniforms. The sailors eat in a mess, study together, march, row a boat. The sailors undergo an obstacle course.
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