Dwight D Eisenhower at an intimate dinner with Senior U. S. Republican Senators. To his right is Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, and at his left is Senator Robert Taft of Ohio, his principal opponent for the Presidential nomination. Eisenhower and Taft converse.
The Piccards go on a stratosphere flight in Dearborn, Michigan. Jeannette Piccards joins her husband Jean Piccard in a perilous journey into the stratosphere. Attendants help them aboard. Souvenir hunters strip the gas bag after its landing at Cadiz, Ohio. The Piccards begin their flight with the help of a large balloon. A plane flies in the background. 'Piccards stratosphere flight' written on the balloon.
A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A civilian technician assembles first pilot-less aerial torpedo at Carlson Field, in Arcadia Florida. A launching track and gear. Technicians work on the missile beneath camouflaged netting. Attempted launching of the missile results in a crash due to track failure. The missile is launched and takes off. First successful launching of the aerial torpedo on October 24, 1919. The missile crashes immediately after the take off. First successful flight on October 2. Aerial view of hangars and airstrips of Wright Field in Ohio during early 1940s.
Views of General Motors (GM) Fisher Body factory in Cleveland Ohio, where United Auto Workers (UAW) union members are picketing as uniformed policemen monitor them. Strikers next to a large chalk board announcing that "GM renews negotiations at 10 AM today." Closeup of Union news flyer announcing that "GM bows to union, negotiations underway." Sign reads: "Department of Industrial Relations, Fisher Body Corp." on a building where strikers are picketing. A large group of uniformed policeman, including some on motorcycles, and mounted on horseback, move toward picketing strikers. Change of scene shows UAW leaders leaving a building in Detroit, Michigan, on their way to appeal to the Detroit City Council, to protest against police brutality. Union President R.J.Thomas, and Secretary, George F. Gaddes, are seen on a porch of the building, wishing them well, with words of advice and encouragement. The union delegation is seen entering Detroit City Hall. Inside an office door is labeled: "Common Council Chamber." The delegation is seated in chairs, as they appeal to Council members. Union members and women auxiliary members are seen preparing meals for strikers and their families. View of the CIO-UAW headquarters next to the Hotel Paul Revere, in Detroit. Men and several union auxiliary women enter cars to drive into the country, at the invitation of the Farmer's union, to obtain donations of food from them. The motorcade of cars is seen driving through the streets of Detroit, with flags flying from each, and later out in the countryside. At a farm, a union member presents his UAW membership card to a farmer. Other do the same with a different farmer. Next, the union members are seen carrying bushel baskets provided by the farmers, and picking vegetables from a field. Farmer on tractor drives in adjoining field. Closeup of a union auxiliary woman picking green beans. A bushel basket being filled with green beans. Men loading full bushels of vegetables into the cars, and driving away, as farm families wave farewell.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. A United states B-26 aircraft in flight. F-86 aircraft on an airfield with jet engines. United States F-86 D aircraft. X-1 plane takes off at supersonic speed. Men dressed in protective clothing fuel X-1 aircraft, one of them stands under a shower to wash away rocket fuel from protective clothing. X-1 aircraft in area near rocket fuel stands at Muroc Air force Base in California. X-1 in flight, nose and wheels down as it prepares to land. Martin Matador, a guided missile launched, missile in flight. A document titled ' Nuclear Powered Aircraft' stamped as ' Top Secret' A mosaic of five scenes showing F-59 As diving in low, Matador launched, X-1 aircraft in flight and F-86 D stationary. A top secret document titled ' Nuclear Powered air craft'
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. F-86 D aircraft stationary with a pilot in the cockpit. Pilot flips the switch and moves a lever. A split frame shows the tail exhaust section of the aircraft closed to a narrow opening. As the pilot moves the lever the opening vent on the exhaust is manipulated. Exhaust section of F-86D aircraft. A light blinks on instrument panel indicating an unsafe position. F-86D aircraft taxis along and takes off.
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