A film about testing of rocket models at White Sands in New Mexico, United States. Technicians in a room. A car pulls up outside a building with a sign on it that reads 'Supersonic wind tunnel laboratory'. Men at a drafting table as they design rocket models. A technician in a machine shop works on a model of a missile. A model of a rocket being tested in a wind tunnel for flight factors like drag. Technicians observe during a test flight in a compression room. Men work on control panels. Rocket models being tested in the wind tunnel under simulated flight conditions. Huge gauges on a wall as technicians take readings. An image of a rocket model under test on a viewer screen. The pattern of air density being observed. Photographic record of the image being taken. A rocket lifts off and in flight.
From a film "The City", about need and importance of town planning. A man addresses a meeting in the United States. People seated as they listen to a speaker. A woman spins blankets. A man weaves baskets of cane. A water wheel in a village in New England region. A heap of wheat. A heap of flour. Men work in a field. Grave stones in a cemetery.
From a film entitled "The City", about need and importance of town planning. A boy with a dog outside a farm house in New England, United States. Two men in a blacksmith shop. The blacksmith hammers a rounded piece of metal which appears to be for a wheel or to bind a barrel. Scene shifts to an industrial factory and then current day. Molten metal being poured in a plant. Smoke rises from stacks causing pollution. Views of a town in the shadow of a giant industrial factory with pollution and smoke pouring from the factory and laden over the town.
Dumping of radioactive material into the Atlantic Ocean. USS Calhoun County (LST-519) anchored at a port in New Jersey, United States. The American flag flies aboard the ship. Barrels or drums of atomic waste lined up on the deck of the ship. A map with a place marked on it. The map depicts the area in the Atlantic Ocean (seemingly off the coast of the Carolinas), where the atomic waste is to be disposed. Closer view of map shows writing, "Com Three Disposal Area" and a 2000 foot depth indication.
The first fully automatic ejector seat is tested in New Jersey. Two men work on the automatic ejector seat. People stand and watch. Jets in flight. The seat and test dummy are ejected out of the aircraft. The seat separates from the dummy. The parachute opens and descends in air. A man collects the parachute.
Ice boat race in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. Ice boats in lake during the race. Jack Frost rides ice boat during the race. Other participants on boats. The boat of Jack Frost turns up side down.
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