Aviation thrills during the Thompson Trophy Race of National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Aircraft take off from an air base. Colonel Roscoe Turner is forced out because of a burning engine. Harold Neuman wins the race. The aircraft land. People gather at the air base to greet the pilots. Pilot Harold Neumann seen smiling. From a 1960 newsreel describing the event 25 years prior.
A Russian science fiction film depicting the history of early rocket club experiments in Russia. Scientists watch equipment on which pictures related to the space appear. Three men are sent into the space in a rocket.
A Russian science fiction film depicting the history of early rocket club experiments in Russia. A huge manned scientific space station assembled above the earth shows the facilities for and work of the people aboard. People aboard the space station work and look out into the space. A man and a woman talk. A woman enters a room. She switches on a television like equipment and watches women dancing ballet. A cat seated on a table. Two women astronauts tour a greenhouse room filled with living plants in the spaceship.
A Russian science fiction film depicts the history of early rocket club experiments in Russia. A huge manned scientific space station assembled above the earth shows the facilities for and work of the people aboard. A man watches a television. A news reporter presents news. An unmanned lunar rocket ship being sent from the space station to the surface of the moon. Men discuss amongst themselves. The rocket ship records the activities and observations at the surface of the moon. Scientists watch outside the space station.
A Russian science fiction film depicts the history of early rocket club experiments in Russia. A huge manned scientific space station assembled above the earth. A manned lunar rocket ship being sent from the space station to the surface of the moon. Astronauts disembark from the rocket ship on the surface of the moon. The establishment of a pioneer colony on the moon.
Members of the Roosevelt cabinet address the nation in the United States. They make predictions for the new year. U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull seated at his desk. He talks about trade among nations. He states that the present program is to secure trade agreement. U.S. Secretary of War George H. Dern states that everybody will serve for the best of the country. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Claude Swanson talks about the role of the navy. Postmaster General James A. Farley talks about the leadership of U.S. President Franklin D.Roosevelt and the fighting spirit of the American people. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace speaks about the conditions of farmers. U.S. Secretary of the Interiors Harold Ickes states that more jobs will be created by construction of public works. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper wishes all a new year.