Gold seekers in Dahlonega, Georgia. Tourists arrive at a stream and are given pans and shovels from the back of a truck. They dig in the stream, panning to find gold. Women give small bags filled with gold to R.D. Hogue, the owner of the land and the nearby Josephine Mine. R.D. Hogue weighs the gold on a scale.
The World Series of Motorboating, the Gold Cup Race, held in Seattle, Washington. Men seated in a motor boat. The motorboat gets underway and moves through water. People watch the race. The motorboat 'Quicksilver' submerges in water and the racers die in the accident.
William 'Red' Hill rides the Niagara Falls in Canada. Hill and other men look at a barrel. Hill seated on the ground and pets a dog. People stand nearby. The barrel is towed down to the river. Hill in the barrel underway toward Niagara Falls. The barrel underway in the river. The barrel moves down into the water and Hill dies in the accident going over the falls. Hill's family members cry.
Sign on door 'Ford Motor Co Vehicles Test Dept, Phoenix Section'. Test driver, Clay Hallickson, coming out of a door, gets into Ford Test car. Car on the desert highway. Test gases inside the car. View of test car on dirt road. Engineer at the control board of test equipment. V-8 engine hooked up to testing equipment. Man at the control board.
Departure of United States Army Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. High ranking officers stand on a pier. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Doyle Overton Hickey stands. Major General Willoughby stands on the pier. He talks with the officers. Willoughby talks with Hickey. Willoughby shakes hands with U.S. Army General Matthew Bunker Ridgway. His wife Mary Anthony Ridgway looks on. Major General Willoughby, Lieutenant General Hickey, General Ridgway and Mrs. Ridgway pose.
Departure of United States Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Maj. Gen. Willoughby reviews the honor guard at a pier. An army band plays. Transporter in the background. A citation is read and Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) is presented to Willoughby by U.S. General Bunker Ridgway. Ridgway walks along the pier. His wife Mary Anthony Ridgway walks along.