The Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah during its test trials in the United States. The NS Savannah leaving the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yards at Camden New Jersey, enroute to Yorktown, Virginia, is seen passing the Delaware Memorial Bridge, as she cruises along the Delaware River. views of spray blowing across the ship underway. View of reactor control room, where increasing levels of power are demanded until full (100%) power is set on April 14, 1962 and the Savannah achieves a speed of 22 knots. The NS Savannah docks at her home port of Savannah, Georgia.
Famous passengers aboard ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield during World War II) in the United States. Flashbacks show the USS Manhattan being christened by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt on 5th December 1931. It is seen being launched from New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden New Jersey. View of maiden voyage on 10th August 1932, with passengers boarding the ship. It leaves a port for her first trip to Ireland, England, Germany and France. Couples dance aboard the deck of the SS Manhattan. Passengers including Babe Ruth, Jimmy Walker, Glenn Cunningham, and aviator Douglas Corrigan ("Wrong Way Corrigan") seen aboard the ship.
An autogiro starts an airmail service from Camden to Philadelphia. Men load mails on the autogiro. A parked plane in the background. The autogiro takes off. It lands on a field. The pilot shakes hands with two officials.
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1) going through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal with many aircraft parked on her deck. In different sequence, aircraft are seen taking off and landing on the deck of the Langley. Complete change of scene shows launching of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Camden, New Jersey. The USS Saratoga is christened with a bottle of champagne and slides down the ways into the river. Views from the deck of the Saratoga as she proceeds down the ways.
Max Baer, an American boxer, displays his body before the heavy weight championship. Baer practices with coach in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Next is seen his opponent, Italian boxer Primo Carnera, as he practices and gets himself into shape at Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.
Kidnapping case of twenty months old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, in Trenton New Jersey. Police Commissioner John F. O'Ryan announces in press the arrest of a suspect Berhard Richard Hauptmann, from Bronx, New York in the case. He also displays the ransom money recovered from him. Mayor LaGuardia is seated beside O'Ryan. Subordinates and others working on the case seen behind and beside O'Ryan. Media is present and press men question him. A quick view of Hauptmann. Brief view of intermediary Dr John F. Condon. The arrested suspect's portrait. Crowd in front of the Hauptmann house in Bronx New York at 1279 East 222nd Street, New York, home of Richard Hauptmann. Hauptmann in handcuffs being led away by police.
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