Three soldiers who fought in the Korean war receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in Washington DC. U.S. President Truman decorates the soldiers. People watch the soldiers and applaud. Cameramen record the event.
A beauty pageant in Greece. Girls compete for the title of Miss Hellas in Greece. They walk on the ramp. People watch them and applaud. The winner with the award.
People walk in the Easter Parade in New York. Men, women and children walk wearing colorful dresses. Houses along the street. Women wearing bonnets.
Views of the new (1951) GE jet engine assembly plant at Lockland Ohio. Animated description and U.S. map showing numerous suppliers across the country that contribute parts for the jet engines assembled at the GE Lockland plant.Views inside the plant, with engines being assembled. GE staff members, including chief engineer, Donald F. Warner, are seen in the plant. Various U.S. jet warplanes taking off, including: Hughes XF-91; North American F-86D Sabrejet ; Martin XB-51; North American B-45 Tornado; Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber; and Convair B-36.
Animated illustration of rapid improvements in GE jet engine designs. Views of the GE plant at Lockland, Ohio. Interior of a jet passenger liner airplane, as envisioned in 1951. View of flight attendant or stewardess in uniform, delivering tray of food to a passenger in the cabin of an aircraft in flight. View of Dr. Sanford A. Moss, standing in front of the Collier Trophy, looking at his award certificate, in 1941. The trophy was awarded to him and the U.S. Army Air Corps for development of the aircraft engine supercharger. Discussion of Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Air Force, General Electric and Convair ideas about building an atomic powered airplane. Views of the GE gas turbine laboratory. Montage of jet aircraft of the early 1950s. Among those seen are: Convair SF-92 delta wing fighter plane; The Chase XCG-20A 4-engine cargo plane; North American F-86 sabrejet; Grumman F9F panther; F-89 Scorpion; and B-36 bomber, plus several unidentified experimental aircraft. Several scenes of B-47s in rocket assisted takeoffs.
Corntones Blood Donation Show at AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service) Radio Studio in Tokyo, Japan. Lieutenant Bill Glaza reads from a paper and introduces the Corn Tones. The Corntones play music and sing a song. Bill Glaza speaks into a microphone and the band leader Lieutenant Dickinson introduces his group.