Senate Subcommittee on Investigations conducts so-called Army-McCarthy hearings, chaired by Senator Karl Earl Mundt. Scenes include Senator Joseph McCarthy with his chief counsel, Roy Cohn. Among Senators seen are Stuart Symington and Everett Dirksen.
Major dinner attended by many dignitaries, including Winston Churchill, Cordell Hull, and John Foster Dulles.
Bell X-1A in United States. B-29 Superfortress taxis and takes off. B-29, F-86 Sabre Jet and T-33 Canadair chase a plane in flight. B-29 in flight. The Bell X-1A is suspended from the fuselage of B-29. Bell X-1A detaches from the B-29. X-1A in flight. It lands on a dry lake bed. B-29 fly over the X-1A. X-1A lands and taxis. A car and cameramen on a port. The nose and cockpit of X-1A. Pilot Major Charles Yeager (Chuck Yeager) climbs out of X-1A after landing. Lawrence Bell, president of the Bell Aircraft Corporation and Major Yeager stand on the nose of X-1A. Mr. Bell congratulates Major Yeager.
Bell X-1A in United States. B-29 Superfortress is lifted into air on large hydraulic jacks. Bell X-1A is pushed by the men and is underneath the aircraft. X-1A is loaded onto the B29. Insignia of United States.
Bell X-1A with B-29 Superfortress. B-29 Superfortress and Bell X-1A in flight. Contrails left out by X-1A. B-29 in flight with Bell X-1 hanging from the bottom of the fuselage. Bell X-1A in flight. Mountains in background. Insignia of United States. X-1A hanging from the fuselage of B-29 in flight.
Bell X-1A with B-29 in United States. B-29 with X-1A attached to it is towed with a cletrack. Insignia on X-1A reads 'X-1A' in large red letters. Technicians load liquid oxygen in the X-1A. A pipe through which the liquid oxygen is fueled. X-1A is towed by a tug. A man in a cockpit.