Hollywood Derby at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. 50,000 fans gather to witness the horse race. Tempestuous takes the lead and goes on to win the Hollywood Derby.
United States Army Air cadets graduate in Glendale, California. Film opens showing a graduating class of U.S. Army Air Corps aviation cadets at attention along with their instructors, in front of a line of PT-13 training aircraft. A senior officer is reading from notes for their graduation ceremony. Closeups of individual aviation cadets. A formation of 6 PT-13s flies toward and over the camera at very low altitude. Next, an aerial view shows the 6 aircraft flying in formation at altitude. Point of view (POV) shot from inside one aircraft, as it banks gently over a highway with only two cars driving on it. POV shot from back seat, of pilot in helmet, at controls in front cockpit. Several views of individual airplanes flying past movie cameraman filming them from another aircraft. Views of aircraft performing aerobatic rolls, including one from inside a maneuvering plane.
Demonstration of exchange of pilots in air in Lancaster, California. Aircraft in flight. Man comes down with parachute. A group of people assists the pilot. Pilot climbs through a ladder onto an aircraft in flight named "Little Bear", boarding from a car in motion. Pilot climbs into the cockpit and aircraft flies overhead.
Car parallel parking challenge is solved by new fifth wheel-equipped car in Piedmont, California. New device invented by Brooks Walter that facilitates the task of nosing automobiles into spaces along the curb. Car demonstrates parking along the curb between vehicles. Driver positions car front into space and then activates use of a spare wheel attached to rear of car that lowers to the ground, raises vehicle end, and allows driver to direct the rear of the automobile horizontally into the parallel parking space.
Practice session with mechanized dummy in Ventura, California. The Los Angeles Dons, an American football team gets training under President Don Ameche and Coach Jim Phelan. President Don and Coach Phelan watch the team members during the training. Team member tackles a dummy. Squad learn to tackle moving mechanized dummies (the Tikker Blocking Dummy). Mechanized dummy with wheels. Team members practice with a dummy on ground.
A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. General Motors power-driven bomb (GM A-1 Bug), number 9 on tail, in Muroc, California. Technicians work on the same. The bomb is raised into position for attaching to the launching automobile by means of a hoist on a truck. The missile is nick named the 'Bug'. Technicians work at the automobile being driven beneath the suspended missile. The missile is radio controlled. The automobile specifically built for the launch of the missile is powered by two 165 HP Cadillac engines attached to a single drive shaft. Attaching the 'bug' missile to the launching car. The tractor and the hoist are removed. The automobile is driven across terrain at Muroc. A testing station for testing radio control section of aircraft during test. A technician checks over the radio equipment and shows television camera and equipment used for test. The automobile start at a high speed across the launching strip. Take off of the missile from the automobile. 'Bug' missile in flight. Views from a control aircraft beside the GM A-1 Bug while the Bug is in flight. (World War II period).
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