More than hundred sail boats underway in Lake Washington during a race in Seattle, Washington. People on the bank of the lake look on as boats sail. A boat tilts towards the right while underway in the lake.
Large crowd gathers to witness a harness racing at Empire track in Yonkers, New York. Trotters stand behind the start line and race starts. Trotters try to race ahead of each other. Owner of the winning horse.
Large crowd gathers to witness a bullfight in Seville, Spain. Spectators also includes famous actress Ava Gardner. Matadors appear before the crowd and then the fight begins. A matador provokes a bull by using various tactics. Bull knocks down the matador by severely goring him. Matador carried out of the fighting arena.
People gathered to watch the coronation of the Apple Blossom Queen in the United States. A man dressed as an apple is carried in a litter. Majorettes carry and unfold a huge American flag in front of a city or town hall. Men and women watch the ceremony from the lawn. A man crowns a teenaged beauty queen as the town’s Apple Blossom Queen. The man kisses the girl on the cheeks. The Apple Blossom Queen and others dressed in white gown pose under a cherry blossom tree. The beauty queen kisses an apple blossom branch and smiles. The Apple Blossom Queen sits on a throne in a float during the Apple Blossom Parade. A young girl eating candy while watching the parade. Girls wave from decorated floats as they pass by large crowds in a street.
A graph shows an ever increasing speed of aircraft year after year. In 1937 speed was 250 Knots and it rises to 600 Knots in 1948. United States F-84 undergoes some tests in a wind tunnel at Wright air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Main control panel inside the wind tunnel. A man wearing headset works on throttles. An engineer checks the main test panel. Engine fire test conducted as flames start to pour through ports.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. A United states B-26 aircraft in flight. F-86 aircraft on an airfield with jet engines. United States F-86 D aircraft. X-1 plane takes off at supersonic speed. Men dressed in protective clothing fuel X-1 aircraft, one of them stands under a shower to wash away rocket fuel from protective clothing. X-1 aircraft in area near rocket fuel stands at Muroc Air force Base in California. X-1 in flight, nose and wheels down as it prepares to land. Martin Matador, a guided missile launched, missile in flight. A document titled ' Nuclear Powered Aircraft' stamped as ' Top Secret' A mosaic of five scenes showing F-59 As diving in low, Matador launched, X-1 aircraft in flight and F-86 D stationary. A top secret document titled ' Nuclear Powered air craft'
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