World's largest blast in Bristol, Virginia. View of mountains. Workers place explosives at a rock. They cast lines for an explosion. People at blast site. A man in an operating room to blast the rock. Rock crashes into the valley near South Holston Dam. Rock explodes and smoke clouds rise. View of the blast site.
Practice session with mechanized dummy in Ventura, California. The Los Angeles Dons, an American football team gets training under President Don Ameche and Coach Jim Phelan. President Don and Coach Phelan watch the team members during the training. Team member tackles a dummy. Squad learn to tackle moving mechanized dummies (the Tikker Blocking Dummy). Mechanized dummy with wheels. Team members practice with a dummy on ground.
Spectacular Dixie Air Show in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A plane leaves smoke contrails during an air show. A man climbs up a ladder attached to a plane from car moving on ground. Spectators watch the air show. Man perform air stunts on plane in air. Spectators watch air carnival. Plane lands on ground.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the historic Marshall Plan in the United States. The signing of the foreign assistance bill and aid to China is witnessed by Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg; American politician, Thomas Terry Connally; Representative Sol Bloom; the Speaker of the House, Joseph Martin and others. President Truman makes a short statement about the bill.
A new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany. Workers engaged in construction work. Colonel Reginald Whitakar, Berlin Military Post Engineer, spaeks with German engineers on the airstrip. Colonel inspects a piece of construction machinery. Colonel with German engineers from Tegel airport watches the new construction.
A new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany, during the Berlin Airlift. Workers engaged in construction work. Cars arrive at construction site. Engineers come out of cars to inspect the work. Colonel Reginald Whitakar, Berlin Military Post Engineer, speaks with German engineers at the airstrip. Colonel with the German engineers from Tegel airport watches the new construction. Buildings in the background. Airplane takes off from the new airstrip.