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U.S. Army surplus goods go on the block at Sharpe General Depot in the first Army Surplus Sale conducted in California.
The largest successful army auction of surplus war materiel ever conducted. U.S. Army surplus goods go on the auction block at Sharpe General Depot in California. Large quantity of material handling equipment, including fork lifts. Two men examine a jeep. People attend the first Army Surplus Sale conducted by public auctioneers on a public bidding basis. Auctioneer make announcements. every item was sold.
U.S. Navy Lockheed XFV and the Convair XFY Pogo, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are shown to the public
First public films showing the U.S. Navy Lockheed XFV experimental vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. It is seen sitting sideways, on wheels, although it is intended to take off and land vertically, from a tail down position. Next the Convair XFY "Pogo" VTOL aircraft is shown. Convair techinician makes some adjustments to it. The XFY is slowly tilted to a tail down position. Its cockpit canopy is slowly opened and a pilot climbs aboard. Animated film shows image of a VTOL aircraft taking off and landing,vertically, from the deck of a freighter ship. Another view of the Convair XFY standing on its tail.
Scientists work on the 'Bevatron' at the University of California in California, United States.
Scientists at the University of California in United States. They discuss a document. 'Bevatron', the atom smasher aids scientists in probing the fundamental mysteries of the universe.
The U.S. XFY-1 Pogo hovers and lands on during a test flight of the experimental aircraft in California.
Convair XFY-1 Pogo tailsitter fighter hovers over land. The U.S. XFY-1 Pogo lands. Men carry platform near U.S. XFY-1 Pogo. Man drives equipment carrying jeep supporting the testing of the experimental aircraft.
U.S. military XFY-1 Pogo hovers over land during a test flight of the experimental tailsitter aircraft.
The U.S. XFY-1 Pogo hovers over land during a test flight Man drives equipment carrying jeep. Cameraman takes pictures as the Convair XFY Pogo lifts off and hovers in the air and then descends.
Operation Firestop at Camp Pendleton, California. Experimenting with use of helicopters for firefighting. Testing chemicals
"Operation Firestop" at Camp Pendleton, California. A helicopter lands and personnel board the helicopter. Helicopter in flight. Helicopter hovers near fire truck as pilot picks up an end of a hose and unreels it, laying it out over a hillside. Accordian-folded cotton hose uncoiled from a tray below a helicopter, as firefighter holds the hose. Fire retarding chemicals being tested by rotating treated materials through flames, in a laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Field testing by spraying fire retardants on a grass field at Camp Pendleton, and then observing their efficacy when the field is set afire. Large group of firefighters on hill, participating in "Operation Firestop," watch a helicopter flying below them during tests. A truck laden with bags of chemicals, makes its way up a hill through brush.