The first successful model Ornithopter aircraft takes flight in Seattle. The Ornithopter in flight at a Seattle park. Children watch as it flies. U.S. Army Captain William Sears with his invention. He shows the children the Ornithopter. The Ornithopter flies again by means of rubber-band powered flappers.
Eleven year old Song Yong Cho, a legless orphan of the Korean war, arrives in America to begin a new life in Boystown. Song Yong Cho disembarks a plane and is greeted by his adoptive mother. He walks with his adoptive mother. Signs : 'Entrance', 'U.S. Customs', 'U.S. Immigration', 'U.S. Public Health', 'Dept. of Agriculture'. Song Cho's luggage is inspected by a custom guard. He stands with a man near a counter and then moves.
John Ederer, a polio victim and a Boy Scout, is honored in Seattle, Washington. 'Children's Orthopedic Hospital' written on a wall of a hospital building. Boy Scouts of America members walk towards the hospital. They arrive at the hospital. John seated in a wheel chair for his Court of Honor. He is awarded the Star rank badge by his Scoutmaster, and presented with a robe that has his merit badges sewn on it. The other Scouts in his troop salute him and he shakes hands with them.
The inauguration of the sailing season on lake Washington in Seattle, Washington. Yachts at dock. Sailors aboard a yacht. Sailors raise the sails of the boat. A sailor rotates the boat wheel. People watch the race. A yacht underway in lake Washington