Golfers entertain wounded veterans at Naval Air Station in Atlanta, Georgia. People and wounded sit and watch. Byron Nelson teaches a wounded veteran to play golf. The wounded watch. Joe Kirkwood puts the golf ball on the foot of a man and swings the club. In a dangerous trick stunt, he puts the ball on mouth of a man and hits the ball with a golf club.
The U.S. infantry school displays new 57mm and 75mm kickless and portable rifles at Fort Benning, Georgia. Two U.S. troops sit near a gun. Magazines lay near the gun and troops load guns. A rifle and a mortar hung as a soldier stands near it. Soldier loads mortar and it is fired. Soldiers fire recoilless gun. Blast occurs at target. (World War II period).
Professional Golf Association finals in Dayton, Ohio. Sam Byrd hits the ball. Byron Nelson makes a stroke. Byrd and Nelson plays golf while spectators watch them. They go after ball after hitting it. Byron makes the final putt. People and Byrd come forward to congratulate him. Byron gets the winning trophy and he poses with his trophy.
Horse Pot O Luck wins the Arlington Classic race in Chicago, Illinois. Horses walk on a track. A woman looks through binocular from a stand. Horses stand at the starting point. Horses start run around the track. Spectators watch from stands. Calumet Farm's horse 'Pot O Luck' wins the race.
Celebration of the 38th anniversary of the U.S. Army Air Forces, dating back to establishment of the Aeronautical Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in 1907. Airmen of the Army Air Forces march in formation on the flight line at Wright Field in Dayton,Ohio. Aviation pioneer, Orville Wright, is seen in the reviewing stand. A color guard marches past the the reviewing stand. A 4-engine German Junkers JU-290 transport aircraft is seen parked on the field. (It arrived on July 31, 1945, after being flown to Wright Field from Europe, by U.S. Air Forces Colonel Harold E. Watson and co-pilot Captain Fred McIntosh,who were delivering it to Air Technical Intelligence Headquarters.) The crew of the JU-290 (named "Alles Kaputt") pose in front of it. Colonel Watson, is seen holding a Dachshund dog. The JU-290 takes off on a demonstration flight. A new U.S. P-80 "Shooting Star" jet airplane (serial number 44-84995) is rolled out for all to see. It takes off in a demonstration flight.
Byron Nelson wins George Mays All American Open Golf Championship at Tam O'Shanter golf course, Chicago. Nelson makes a stroke. People in a course watch the game. People walk after the stroke is made. Nelson continues the game. His co players shakes hand with him at the end of the game. Spectators sit in a stand.
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