Yorkville neighborhood area of Manhattan, New York City, inhabited by Germans around the start of World War 2. Cars parked outside German shops. Traffic along the road. Pedestrians on the sidewalk. A sign reads "Cafe Hindenburg" and another sign for "Rudi's and Maxl's Brau-Haus." Another sign reads "Platzl Dance." Various German signs outside shops and restaurants in Yorkville. Sign board in front of the the "Der Entappenhase" theatre advertises information about the USS Panay sinking incident.
The last flying days of 58 year old Master Sergeant George Holmes at Brookley Air Force Base in Alabama, United States. A U.S. Air Force C-47D Skytrain aircraft in flight. The airplane is piloted by Holmes. The airplane lands and taxis on a runway. Crew chief waves it into parking area. Master Sergeant Holmes and the co pilot in the cockpit of the airplane.
New York Harbor in New York, United States. Film starts showing two women on the deck of a ship using binoculars to view the traffic of ships and tugboats working in New York harbor. A variety of commercial vessels, mostly freighters are seen. One ocean liner, the General W.C. Gorgas is seen, with no visible passengers. (USS General W. C. Gorgas (ID-1365) was a a German ship seized by the US Shipping Board in World War I and used as a Navy troop ship. We see her as she departs New York on 25 April 1919 to embark Army troops and load cargo at Bordeaux, France.) Other scenes of interest include one closeup of a tugboat emitting a plume of black smoke.
Ground personnel moving the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) rigid airship across a field. The words “U.S. Navy” is written on the dirigible. The airship from stern to bow is moored to mast. The crew is seen standing underneath the airship. The USS Los Angeles airship’s back shows one of the engines. Navy men in uniform moving the stern wheel of the dirigible. A group of Navy men push the dirigible’s stern wheel around the field. View of the handling gear and control car of the USS Los Angeles Zeppelin.
MB-1 rocket rail-launched from a U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Footage taken from GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) camera mounted under right wing of F- 102 in flight. MB-1 rocket fired from rail launcher. Technicians work on F-102A parked outside a hangar. Two technicians wheel an MB-1 rocket on a dolly, underneath F- 102A parked on ramp. Three technicians check out and calibrate special instrumentation to be used during the test run. The instruments include different types of oscillographs, and photo panels. Special camera installations made on the F-102A vertical stabilizer, fuselage, and wings. Technician installs a l6mm camera inside the aircraft nose, then closes access panel. F-102A takes off. Radar vectoring station T-1 at Holloman AFB. Technician operates one of the tracking scanners installed on roof of building. Two men, inside the vectoring station, control the course of the test aircraft by radio communication from the vectoring machine plotting charts. The pilot in F-102A cockpit as he turns on the recording cameras to activate the armament system. MB-1 bomb extended below the aircraft. Engineer talks on the radio phone inside the vectoring station. Pilot's hand on the control stick as he activates the firing switch. MB-l rocket is fired from the short rail launcher. The aircraft is enveloped in a trail of white smoke. GSAP camera mounted underneath the right wing of the F-102A, shows the MB-l rocket being fired from the short rail launcher. Smoke due to the firing of the rocket.
Film shows test of SOC (Strategic Air Command) T.171/ A-5 Turret. View of Administration Building at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Project officer converses with Airmen. The Project officer signs paper. Airmen salute and leave the room. Board reads MacDill Air Force Base Home of Sixth Air Division. Another board reads 306th Bomb Wing, Headquarters with a crest. Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber parked on ground. Airmen install turret to Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber's tail. Airmen check radar unit of A-5 control system against ground target. Airmen load Gatling gun.
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