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Early experimental failures in airplane development. Lawrence Sperry and his "Messenger" airplane
Film showing early history of flight with many early unsuccessful flying machines. As Igor Sikorsky speaks, in the background, about such earlier failures, the first scene shows a early 1900s seven wing airplane, with its propeller turning, being pushed by several men. Suddenly the the entire thing collapses into a heap, as the men run to safety. They quickly return to check on the occupant. Next, an experimental four-rotor helicopter is seen lifting above the ground, successfully, but not otherwise controllable. Then a contraption (labeled "Sky Car") employs a pulsating umbrella. It jumps up and down but does not accomplish anything else. A tricycle gear contraption, using an array of sails, and displaying the number, 691, moves along under power, but does not ever leave the ground. A helicopter of sorts, with several different size rotors falls sideways, as the pilot is adjusting it. He steps away to safety. Another glimpse of the "Sky Car." A wing-flapping contraption that does nothing else. Aviation pioneer, Lawrence Sperry, moves his early biplane up to a gasoline pump to refuel. He holds the fuel hose to his gas tank while another man pumps the fuel. Next, his airplane taxis along a public road, followed by a motorcyclist. The aircraft takes off. Sperry piloting his small single-place bi-plane "Messenger" aircraft, is seen flying above the U.S. Capitol dome, on March 22, 1922. Next, he lands on the Capitol Plaza and quickly turns the aircraft so it actually ascends several Capitol steps, before rolling back to park. Sperry climbs from the cockpit and is greeted by policemen and officials who surround him and congratulate him. (Sperry perished flying across the English Channel in 1924.) View of the Great Dome on Building 10 at the campus of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, pioneer aeronautical engineer and educator, is seen in a laboratory. He speaks of beginning the aeronautical engineering education program at MIT in 1913, with Donald Douglas as an assistant.
College students dance on a chaotic beach and run away as policemen arrive in the United States.
A film 'Crowds and Their Behavior' about behavior of crowds of people in various situations in the United States, used for FBI training. View of a chaotic beach scene, likely college Spring Break. College aged men and women dance on the beach. Many dance moves of late 1950s and early 1960's are seen. Group of men holding large blanket or tarp toss women into the air and catch them. People around police vehicles. People run as policemen arrive on the beach.
Women wearing different designs of Honeybugs sandals and slippers while traveling by railroad train in the United States.
Women travel wearing Honeybugs sandals and slippers in the United States. A woman walks in the corridor of a sleeper car in a railroad train, beside sleeping berths or sleeping cabins. She is wearing slippers designed by Honeybugs. She climbs up a ladder into a sleeping bunk as a porter helps her. A woman with her two children wearing Honeybugs slippers. Women seated wearing Honeybugs sandals. Legs of women showing different designs of Honeybugs sandals and slippers.
General Pizzorno walks across a street escorted by U.S. officers and inspects engineer equipment at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.
Italian Chief of Staff General Giuseppe Pizzorno at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, United States. Cars being driven beside a road. Italian Chief of Staff General Giuseppe Pizzorno returns and salute as he walks across a street escorted by American officers. General Pizzorno seated in a car next to an American General. They discuss military topics with an American officers. Interior: Pizzorno inspects engineering equipment.
Various jobs in the United States Navy are shown, including mechanic, pilot, administrative staff, medical staff, and sailor.
Recruitment advertisement for the United States Navy within the U.S. military. Teenage boy exits diner and sweeps stoop of diner with broom. Aerial view of Grumman F9 Cougar jet aircraft flying in formation. Mechanics on aircraft carrier examine Grumman F9 jet. Sailors in Japan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Sailor typing message on typewriter while wearing headphones. Flight director in aircraft carrier guiding Grumman F9 aircraft. Nurse and doctor confer with patient in bed in hospital. Sailor operates signal light. Grumman F9 Panther jets taking off from aircraft carrier. Narrator urges viewer to "see your Navy recruiter today."
Secretary of State John Dulles addresses CAP Cadets during International Cadets Exchange Program in Maryland,United States.
International Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadets Exchange Program in,Maryland, United States. Officer invites Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on podium. Dulles begins his talk with Civil Air Patrol Cadets. Gathering applauds.