37th anniversary of Soviet Army and Navy celebrated on February 22nd at Central Soviet Army theater in Moscow. Exterior of 2nd Soviet Army theater. Soviet Army and Navy Marshals, Generals and Admirals attend this event and are seated in the theater. Presiding committee include Nikolai Bulganin, Nikita Khrushchev , Marshal Vasilevsky and other ministers. The meeting is opened by USSR Defense Minister, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, who congratulates Soviet Army and Navy on their 37th anniversary. Soviet Army and Navy were established by Congress party. The audience applaud. Speeches of Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the communist party, Ivan Marchenko; by the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Young Communist League, and by Hero of Socialist Labor and chairman of the Lenin Collective Farm, Ivan Yubanov. At the end of the event, Marshal Zhukov delivers thanksgiving speech.
U.S. Air Force Thunder streak jet fighters break 4 hour coast to coast mark in the United States. The jet fighter pilots look at a map. They sit in a cockpit. The jet fighters race from Los Angeles to New York in a blazing speed test The jets take off. The jets in flight. A map shown and officials point at the map. The jet fighters land. Views of Robert Scott and other pilots after completing the race in less than 4 hours.
The U.S. Army displays a folding bridge in Virginia. The bridge can be operated without requiring any personnel to expose themselves during an operation. A new traveling, folding bridge which is pushed by a tank is opened by massive gears. The tank passes through the bridge.
Fashions in New York for overweight girls. New styles for overweight youngsters are shown. Girls aged 7 to 15 display specially designed and proportioned clothing for heavier weight girls. Plus size girls wearing designed, attractive and inexpensive dresses. The girls gather at the "No Calorie Bar" of the "Lane Bryant Chubby Shop" and drink beverages prepared by a boy working behind the counter.
The Lincoln Futura concept car's first appearance in New York. Futura car is driven through the New York City streets. The Lincoln Futura drives past the United Nations building. Various features of Futura are displayed: a double, clear-plastic canopy top, exaggerated hooded headlight pods and very large, outward-canted tail fins at both ends of the vehicle. People standing beside the car look at it as the driver shows the engine and demonstrates the lowering of the pod windows. Built at a cost of $250,000, this car would later by purchased by George Barris and converted into the Batmobile for the 1960's television show.
Service teams compete in try-outs for the '56 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The team members ride bobsleds. Men note down the time. View of a timer. The bobsleds run on a snowy path.