Captain George Eyston's car does 347 miles per hour during a trial run in Bonneville, Utah. Spectators and mechanics' team with support staff under shades during the trial run. The car runs on the sandy beach and touches the figure of 347 miles per hour. The failure of electrical timing device makes the record unofficial.
The last race for Ab Jenkins and his 'Mormon Meteor' car in Bonneville, Utah. Mormon Meteor with people around it. The car races. A man with a sign that reads '197'. A man looks through a pair of binoculars. People around Jenkins as the hood of the car is opened after overheating. Smoke comes out of the engine. Ab Jenkins shakes hands with a man and rubs his eye with a handkerchief.
Stirling Moss drives the experimental MG at the Bonneville Flats in Utah, United States. Stirling Moss, Britain's top racing driver wears helmet and gets into MG car. He drives the experimental MG. Operators at the electronic timing device as they take the speed records.
American college football game between Michigan State Spartans and Oregon State Beavers in Portland, Oregon. Michigan State defeats Oregon State by 17-14. A on-screen PSA appears at the end, with a message encouraging viewers to vote in American elections, "Vote your choice, but VOTE!"
The disappearance of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1937. A smiling Amelia Earhart stands with a man, possibly Fred Noonan. Earhart and crew loading up an airplane parked in a hanger. May 20, 1937, Lockheed Model 10-E Electra taking off from Oakland, California bound for Miami, Florida on the first leg of Earhart's second attempt at an around-the-world flight. Earhart and her navigator disappear during the flight and are last heard from on July 2, 1937. A huge air sea search is undertaken to find them. An aircraft carrier underway at sea. Airplane parked on the flight deck. Bi-Planes fly in formation during search.
Sir Malcom Campbell putting on goggles before driving his six-ton Bluebird Car at 301 miles per hour on the Salt Flats in Utah. Aerial view from airplane of Bluebird as it streaks across salt flats. Views of smoking tires on car as they are removed by technicians.
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