Technicians and members in the laboratories and offices of WADC, Dayton, Ohio, United States. Aerial view of approach to Wright Air Development Center (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), includuing view of Wright Memorial on Wright Brothers Hill. Low altituide aerial view of Aero Medical Laboratory, wind tunnel area, static structural tent building and the main flight line area. Hand holding book entitled, "Wright Air Development Center" (WADC). Hands open book-on first page is: "Mission of WADC". Interior, laboratory research building at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), airmen push rack down test area and into vault. Exterior view in Cambridge Massachusetts of the MIT Great Dome and Building 10 seen from Killian Court, with text engraving seen on building frieze: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two members of the Institute walk down steps of Building 10. Two technicians working in office building. Supersonic propeller undergoing test on large test stand. Superimposed over this picture are the words: Research And Development. Supersonic propeller undergoing tests. Two technicians at control panel of the test stand. USAF B-50 Superfortress aircraft in flight. Engine starting on B-50 in flight-plane equipped with special deicing equipment. B-50 in flight showing special test and research instruments and operator.
Opening title is: "The Fleet That Came To Stay." Opening scene shows a U.S. warship dimly in darkness, during World War 2. Three American sailors in battle gear, lean over the ship's railing and discuss their destination: "Okinawa.". One sailor walks along the deck, past many more looking over the railing. The men discuss being only 320 miles from Japan, itself. Nose view of a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 aircraft with engine running. View of it taking off, followed by a succession of views showing numerous similar Japanese aircraft taking off. A U.S. B-29 bomber taking off and views of B-29s in formation aloft. Bombs dropping from the B-29s and seen from the aircraft as they explode on Japanese targets below.
Different types of American and Vietnamese aircraft at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 aircraft, Air Vietnam DC-6s, DC-3s, and C-46s Commando parked. A U.S. Air Force Martin B-57D Canberra taxis. Two B-57Ds and United States Air Force Douglas F-4C Phantom II wait for takeoff. USAF C-123K Provider and C-130B Hercules taxi past the intersection of a road and a runway. Pan American 707 (cargo version) aircraft taxi and are parked near Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 and Air Vietnam DC-6 aircraft. USAF AC-47 Spooky, C-47 Skytain and DC-3 transport aircraft wait for takeoff.
West Point Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy receive instruction about aircraft, during visit to Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York. Instructor points out features of aircraft engine exhaust system. A B-6A bi-wing bomber taxiing. Crew loading a two thousand pound bomb under a B-6A, and aerial views of B-6A in flight, with pilots and gunners visible in open air positions. Several O-1D biplanes taking off in loose formation.
Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. An orbiting solar observatory provides information about the upper atmosphere and radiations from the Sun. Echo, a passive communication satellite, in flight. It is a giant balloon that provides a surface from which radio signals are reflected. Men work over Telstar communication satellite before its launch. View of NASA's "Relay" satellite. Men draft the transferred data from Telstar. The launch of Syncom satellite. A man operates an instrument panel from a control station. Reel to reel tape deck spinning in background. Weather satellite Tiros-1. A man watches photographs of weather patterns sent by Tiros-1. Astronaut Joe Walker prepares for a manned flight. A NASA X-15 rocket powered aircraft parked at an airfield. The astronaut gets into the aircraft. The aircraft takes off attached to a Boeing B-52 for the space flight. The B-52 is NB-52A serial number 52-003, known as "The High and Mighty One." Shows aerial view at time of air-launch separation of X-15 from B-52, and ground views as the X-15 continues on its path toward sub-orbital space flight.
American Film Director Cecil B. DeMille on a film set at at his studio in Hollywood. The interiors showing Cecil B. DeMille with his Pathe camera moving on a film set. Director DeMille and his secretary Gladys Rosson as they come out of a barn. A sign on iron gates reads 'Cecil B. DeMille Productions'. Interiors showing DeMille with his camera.
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