The bow of the US Navy ship USS Enterprise (CV-6) is covered with red white and blue bunting as she sits on the ways in Newport News shipbuilding yard. Workmen drive out stakes holding her in position. A crowd of spectators is gathered for the event. The sponsor, Lulie Swanson, wife of Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, holds bottle of champagne for the christening. She stands on a platform with several other persons, including two Naval officers. Mrs. Swanson swings the bottle, suspended on a line decorated with American flags. The Enterprise begins to move down the ways. Closeup of Mrs. Swanson. The Enterprise entering the water. Closeup of two girls and a boy watching the launch. The oldest girl applauds.
Game of football being played between two teams in South Bend, Indiana. Game in progress. Players during the match. Crowds in stands as they cheer.
Motorbike race in Lockport, New York. Bikers racing motorbikes on a dirt road. A biker falls from his bike after taking a turn. Bikers race their bikes.
Six girls enjoy the sport of water skiing at Cypress Gardens in Florida. The six of them are pulled behind a motorboat racing in water. The girls go over a ramp for jumps. A girl skis through a fire on water.
Three United States F-105 D aircrafts taxi along the runway at Seymour Johnson Air Force base in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Planes take off
Backyard barbecue picnic at a private home near Seymour Johnson Air Force base. U.S. Air Force pilots and their wives at a barbecue and cookout in the backyard of a house in Goldsboro, North Carolina. People in typical 1960s fashions sitting on lawn chairs, drinks in hand, and talking. A man cooks on a grill.
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