U.S. Senate investigation of 40 million dollars in war time airplane contracts to Howard Hughes' firm. Officials seated around tables during Investigation of National Defense Program. John W. Meyer speaks into a microphone while testifying to senate committee. Senator Ferguson asks him questions. United States Army Air Force officer and son of late U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, testifies on his role. John Meyer, Hughes publicity agent, speaks about his side of lavish war time party expenditures.
Northrop Gamma 2G (NR13761) aircraft in final approach and landing at airstrip of Union Air Terminal in Burbank California. It is arriving from its record setting speed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, piloted by Howard Hughes. Aviator Howard Hughes emerges from cockpit and greets crew who approach plane as it taxis to a stop near terminal buildings. Howard Hughes walks away with several associates. He had flown from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California at a top speed of 215 mph, arriving in 8 hours and 10 minutes.
A United States Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell aircraft hits a skyscraper in heavy fog in New York, United States. The Empire State Building. Several buildings along street sides. People walk on a street. Policemen on the street. The aircraft crashes into the 79th floor of the building. Firemen douse the fire using hoses. Men carry the wounded. The damaged building. Wreckage in a room. The dead body of a man in the room. Wrecked parts of the airplane. Wrecked equipment on the street. (World War II period).
The history of aviation. A glider being launched from a hillside in Germany. The glider is parked. Several men stand nearby. The glider in flight overhead. The first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina on December 17, 1903. A still photograph of Wright Brothers' aircraft in flight. The pilot in a prone position while piloting the aircraft. Launching of Wright Brothers' aircraft in France on August 8, 1908. A launching tower, weight dropping and the take off of the aircraft are shown. Spectators in stands watch the air show. Headlines of a New York newspaper proclaim Wright's flight in France.
A film on the life of American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Jr. He was the first American to orbit the earth in 1962. Unmanned experimental flights. Launch of a spacecraft. Astronauts at work. Training of the astronauts. American astronaut Alan Shepard in a spacecraft. The Mercury-Atlas 6 mission underway. Men work on a spacecraft. Preparation for the launch of the spacecraft at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The spacecraft on a launch pad. Astronauts prepare for the spaceflight. Men at work in a building. The Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 spacecraft is ready to be launched. John Glenn prepares for the flight. The spacecraft on a launch pad. A U.S. flag on the spacecraft. Glenn takes his position in Friendship 7. The countdown begins. People gather and look at the spacecraft. Glenn in the spacecraft. The spacecraft is launched. Vapors rise from the bottom of the spacecraft at liftoff. It ascends towards the sky. Technicians establish contact with Glenn. Views of mission control stations and countdown clocks. United States Air Force missile range instrumentation ship Rose Knot underway as it follows the course of the spacecraft.
Public service announcement by U.S. Department of Transportation in a message that looks and sounds like an automobile advertisement. A parked Minicar RSV automobile (concept car) is seen. A man stands nearby and introduces the car. The safety features of the car make it unique. The car is demonstrated and multiple crash test scenes are shown, with the car bouncing back from crashes with little damage. Scene shows automobile air bags deploying in an accident. A man opens the gull wing style door and is seen seated in the car. He closes the door.
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