USS nuclear powered submarine 'Skate' returns back after visit to Arctic. Families and friends gather to receive the crew in Connecticut. They carry banners reading 'Welcome home, North Pole sitters'. Skate's Captain Commander Joames F Calvert and other members of the crew disembark. Cameramen take pictures.
Aerial view of Fort Trumbell, Connecticut. Coast Guard enlistees learn to tie different types of seaman's knots. At a signal drill they learn flag semaphore. Men receive radio instructions and operate radio sets as well as telegraph keys.
Training for mentally disabled. A mildly mentally disabled boy is trained to use a high powered saw. His instructor observes from the other side of the table and handles the saw. The mentally disabled boy appreciates the patience of his supervisor. Several mentally disabled girls eat food in the dining room of a hostel, in Hartford, Connecticut, run by the Mansfield Training School. A girl enters a room and sits on a bed. Two other girls enter behind her and sit. The girl does her hair in front of a mirror. The two other girls read magazines. A group of girls in a room. The Director, "Office of Mental Retardation", Mr Schmikel speaks. A mentally disabled boy.
The USS Seawolf (SSN-575)submarine cruises underwater for a record 60 days. It emerges from water near Connecticut carrying 100 men after a record 60 days submerged. Another ship seen in the background. A dirigible is also seen above the USS Seawolf.
Electronic robot 'Unimate' in Connecticut, United States. The robot has an electronic memory of 200 separate movements and functions. The robot at work.
Antique cars in Derby car racing in Connecticut, United States. Antique cars lined up for a car race. A man near his antique Ford motor car built in 1903. A woman and a child sit in a car. Steam comes out of a steam powered car built in 1910. People stand around the car. Spectators watch the car race. Antique cars driven during the race on the race track. A man watches the race through binoculars.
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