U.S. Navy Grumman J2F Duck amphibian biplane flying in trail with a land version of Vought OS2U Kingfisher aircraft (fitted with fixed landing gear and tailwheel). The aircraft are flying over land, during World War 2. Altocumulus clouds are visible in background behind them.
Cars pass under a banner reads as "Professional Golfers Association of America" during a championship in Ohio. Golfers play strokes. Large crowd gathers. Golfers see ball going into hole after playing stroke. Bobby Nichols with trophy.
Ralph Boston jumps and betters his own American long jump record during California relays in California. Dyrol Burleson wins over Tom O'hara in a race.
Colonel Dean Hess addresses at stage as he is conferred with an honorary degree from Marietta College in Ohio. Large crowd gathers. A man honors Dean Hess with the degree. Dean Hess stands with a man and a woman after he got degree.
Film begins showing view from an airplane flying over a forest fire burning in the Los Padres National forest, near Santa Barbara, in California. Next, the aerial view is repeated 10 days later when men and equipment of the U.S. Forest Service have gained access to the burned out area. Scene shifts to an airfield, where a Twin Beechcraft model 18 aircraft is being loaded with a special grass seed mixture to be broadcast over the denuded area to provide protection against floods. The Twin Beech aircraft is seen taking off. Aerial view of the aircraft flying over California hills. Glimpse of the pilot at the controls in the cockpit. His nose and mouth are covered with a mask (to protect from the seed dust inside the plane). More aerial views of the plane in flight and then spraying grass seed over the damaged area.
Planes take off. Planes flown by four aces from the Korean front in Arizona. Planes in formation.
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