United States Air Force Falcon missile guided by a radar to its target in a test. The supersonic air-to-air missile fired from F-102 Delta Dagger interceptor aircraft. The missile fired in a demonstration of automatic electronic destruction.
Snow covered Chinook Pass in Washington. Rotary snow plow and three bulldozers used to clean the forty feet snowdrift at the highway. Mountain ranges in the background. The roads cleared.
During a break at a ceremony honoring wing commander Colonel Peyton Gibson, a morale building session for the436th Reserve Troop Carrier Wing is held at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. The 436th Reserve Troop Carrier Wing selects it's beauty queen who will compete nationwide for the Miss Air Force title. Planes in the background. 'U.S. Air Force Reserve' written on the building at the air field. The dog mascot of the Wing is seen. Female beauty queen contest participants model for the competition, dressed in bathing suits.
Guggenheim Aircraft Competition at Mitchel Field in New York. American planes and planes from other countries participate in the competition for $150,000 prize money. A pilot enters the cockpit of a plane and takes off. A British plane 'Handley-Page' shows it's 'safety' slotted wings. The British plane in flight. The rules require quick take off and short stops of the planes.
Demonstration of a new amphibious vehicle at Tillamook in Oregon. The automobile rides as easily on water as it rides on land. 'Laurette' written on the amphibious vehicle. Men in the vehicle.
Ocean Liner S.S. Queen Mary brought safely to pier in New York without aid. Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the ship. It is docked safely despite a tugboat strike. Sailors aboard the ship. Commodore Irving skipper of the ship attributes the feat to his luck and his St. Christopher medal. He shows his medal.
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