U.S. Navy Douglas R4D aircraft comes in for landing. F4U Corsair burning on flight strip. Jeep and fire truck in background. Men turn hose on fire. Fire Fighters turning hoses on the burning plane. Wreckage of the plane inspected by men. Smoke rising from the nearly burnt plane. Men duck and lie on ground. (World War II period).
President John F. Kennedy visits the SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Omaha. He presents a plaque recognizing the flights made during Cuban crisis. He visits the 'Project Rover' center in Los Alamos (working on nuclear-thermal rockets). He sees the steps accomplished in developing nuclear power for rockets to outer space.
Cars covered with snow on the streets and on the Highways. A sign reads, "Cleveland, Corporation Limit." Shopping stores are seen. A street car is seen. Several people stand in the snow covered streets. People are seen clearing snow from a car.
Ambulance and cars are seen. Rescue workers try to save men trapped by an explosion deep in a Pennsylvania coal mine in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. The blast caved in the ventilation system. Families of the trapped men wait in a room.
Newsreel "For Military Use Only." A Firestone's rubber plant seen. A view of the interior of the plant. A board reads 'Coagulant Tank'. Coagulant tanks seen. A man checks the coagulated synthetic rubber. A board reads 'Buna Rubber, finished product.' Sheets of Buna rubber seen. Rubber manufactured exclusively for war purposes of the military in World War II.
Thirty Girl Scout leaders from all parts of the country visit a big bomber plant and begin an intensive course to qualify as "Wing Scouts". The girls seen with tiny planes. The Girl Scout leaders seen with an instructor near a plane.
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