A reproduction of a flying saucer is made at Army laboratory in Fort Belvoir Military Installation in Virginia. 'Engineer, Research and development Laboratories' seen written on the building. Physicist Noel Scott creates a reasonable facsimile of a flying saucer UFO.
Newsreel 'Missile failure, Atlas explodes, capsules intact'. In a test before a man is launched into space an Atlas Missile is fired. The missile is fired from Cape Canaveral with the Mercury astronaut capsule in its nose. A defect in the guidance systems causes it to go off course. The missile is destroyed but the capsule is successfully parachuted on earth. Men stand near the intact capsule.
A large group of unemployed people in New Jersey march during Great Depression. Banners read 'We want immediate relief'. Unemployed citizens take over the State House in Trenton, New Jersey. Unemployed men sitting in the State House. The men sit in the house till the Legislators promise relief aid. From an April 27, 1961 newsreel depicting events 25 years earlier.
1365th photo squadron film titled 'Missiles boost B-52 effectiveness'. GAM-77 Hounddog and GAM-72 Quail missiles tested. Hounddog being loaded into U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. B-52 Stratofortress in flight. Quail dropped from B-52 Stratofortress. Men on plotting screen in air tracking station.
General Hugh L. Scott, General Frederick Funston and General Alvaro Obregon after a conference in El Paso in Texas. The conference held to arrange co-operation of troops against Mexican leader Pancho Villa's raids. Jeep and horses seen on field. War planes seen. Men firing artillery pieces. Explosions and smoke seen.
Treasury Secretary William McAdoo speaks at rally. A huge United States flag in the background. Surrounded by crowds, on Fifth Avenue, New York, First Lady, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, steps from vehicle to sidewalk. High-ranking Police Officers seen in uniform in the crowd.
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