World's top skiers compete in the Giant slalom at Alpine championship in Bad Gastein in Austria. America's Bud Werner takes a spill but comes back to win fifth position. Austria's Toni Sailer and Josl Rieder blaze down the treacherous course. Toni Sailer wins the first place. Huge crowd gathered to watch the competition.
A sign reads 'Road closed'. View of a U.S. Air Force B-47 jet like the one that experienced a bomb shackle malfunction, causing the release of an atomic bomb, which fell to the ground in Florence South Carolina. Bomb was not assembled for firing so atomic blast occurred. View of wrecked house of Walter Greg, struck by the bomb. A deep 35 foot pit is formed on the land. Men inspect the damage. Air Force keeps a vigil reviewing the skies and ground for any evidence in the case.
A sign reads 'Escape Training Tank'. U.S. Navy's Submarine school in Pearl Harbor teaches underwater escape techniques. Trainees control their breadth before entering the compartment. Trainees leave a flooded compartment in a submarine fifty feet below the surface.
An atomic blast in a tunnel in Nevada. Men enter a tunnel. A sign reads 'Danger, Do not enter without proper authorization'. The atomic bomb blast makes news with the disclosure that the shock was detected in Alaska over 2000 miles away. Men wearing helmets and shoe coverings inspect and make observations in the tunnel. A man passes a geiger counter near a tunnel wall spray painted with writing, "Seismometer site."
In Los Angeles the first electronically controlled all-automatic factory with a production line of machine tools doing precision air craft work under control of an electronic computer. View of computer controlled production automation system developed by Hughes Aircraft Company. A label reads "Hughes Production'. A woman is seen working on a keyboard. A man is seen encoding instructions to the computer and threading a punch tape onto a tape reader of the early computer system.
Newsreel 'Fashion parade'. Italian women wearing vintage Flapper girl dresses and long gloves. Women twirl as they enter a room. Models parade in elegant Rome saloons in the latest designs of Italian fashion designers. A model shows off her balloon dress. Stylish evening gowns with balloon skirts are given more emphasis.
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