An overview of baseball teams preparing for the 1958 season in Florida. Views of New York Yankees' camp with manager Casey Stengel running onto field, pitchers Sal Maglie and Whitey Ford warming up. A smiling Mickey Mantle (#7) hits a ball far in batting practice. Yogi Berra (#8) and Hank Bauer (#9) take their swings. Scene shifts to the Dodgers' camp; this is the first spring after the team moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Views of pitchers Don Newcombe (#36) and Johnny Podres throwing, and players Duke Snider (#4), Gino Cimoli and Gil Hodges (#14) swinging in batting cage. Announcer notes Dodgers have big problem at catcher after Roy Campanella was put "out of service." (He was permanently paralyzed in a car accident.) Al Walker, Joe Pignatano and John Roseboro are named as his possible successors. Scene shifts to St. Louis Cardinals training camp. Announcer predicts Cardinals will be pennant contender. Views of brothers Von and Lindy McDaniel, shortstop Alvin Dark and all-time great Stan Musial. Scene then shifts to Chicago White Sox camp. Outfielder Al Smith (#9) fields a ball; Jim Rivera (#7), Nellie Fox and Smith take swings in batting cage. Action moves to Detroit Tigers camp, where pitchers Jim Bunning (#14) and Frank Lary (#17) are seen warming up. Al Kaline (#6) hits a ball in batting practice.
American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson visits Indianapolis, Indiana. A reviewing stand with a man in the foreground. View of Marion County Courthouse and United States Post Office. A parade advances towards the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The President's motorcade approaches the reviewing stand. President Wilson and Governor of Indiana Samuel Moffett Ralston, Mayor Bell, Senator Taggart and Joseph P. Tumulty in the reviewing stand. The Honor Guard.
Road sign welcomes people to the city of Gary in Indiana, United States. Signboard near road reads "Welcome to Gary, city on the move". In smaller letters above, it reads: "Ridhard G. Hatcher, Mayor." And below, it reads, "Home of Pat Patterson, Miss Indiana, 1971." Trucks and tankers drive on the roads and parked nearside. Cows grazing near the signboard.
United States Army Recruitment in Muncie, Indiana. A post office in Muncie. The post office includes U.S. Army, Navy and Marines recruiting office. Posters pasted outside. Several people walk into the office. A large sign of Muncie and Indiana monthly Navy enlistments. Recruiting posters. Posters read 'Lets hit 'em with everything we've got' and 'The U.S. Marines wants you'.
United States Army Recruitment in Muncie, Indiana. A U.S. Army recruitment sign near a jeep out front of the building. Buildings and cars in the background. Men walk in the street. Scene inside a recruitment office in Muncie, Indiana. The recruiter sergeant interviews the applicants. Four young men recruits sit for the interview. The recruiter talking to the prospective Army soldiers.
A Martin Dyna-Soar model rises to a launch position on American Machine and Foundry launcher in the United States. A pilot simulates a flight in Dyna-Soar mock up. A view of Dyna-Soar mock up built for the Development Engineering Inspection held at the Martin Plant on 11 December 1958.
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