A film 'Biochemical Research Laboratory' about research activities in the Biochemical Research Section of the Air Force Armament Test Equipment laboratory center in the United States. A chemist performs chemical analysis on soil samples in support of the vegetable growth control project. A test performed on radioactive tracer method. A scientist weighs on a chemical balance. A radioactive sample being placed in a Geiger tube which transmits electrical impulses to a super scaler counter to determine the radioactivity of the sample. A chemist holds a flask under a burette as chemical pours in it while performing a test.
The office of the Time magazine in Washington DC. A reenactment : Robert Sherrod, war correspondent for the Time magazine, dictates to a secretary. He dictates about write ups, articles, lay outs, memorandums and pictures to be used in the next Time magazine issue.
The office of the Time magazine in Washington DC. A reenactment : Mary Malloy, a correspondent for the Time magazine, at a teletype. She answers a telephone. A woman sorts letters and postal mail in a shelf. Correspondents for the Time magazine Harold Horan, Robert Sherrod and Mary Virginia Johnson sort telegrams and mail. A woman takes out books from shelves.
The office of the Time magazine in Washington DC. A reenactment : A man observes a map. A woman sorts mail. She reads a document. Another woman sorts mails. She reads a Time magazine issue. Women read and sort mail.
The office of the Time magazine in Washington DC. A reenactment : A woman sorts letters and mail in a box. A man and a woman discuss. The woman walks away. Another woman discusses a document with a man. A man writes on a paper as he smokes a cigarette.
A film about the history of aviation in the United States. Retired Air Force Brigadier General, Frank Lahm talks about his first flight, as an Army Lieutenant, with Orville Wright on the Wright Flyer airplane, in July, 1909.Then, Retired Major GeneralBenjamin Foulois recalls how, as an Army Lieutenant, he flew the final cross-country and speed test flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria , Virginia, and back, again, with Orville Wright on 30th July, 1909. Film then shows that event, on July 30, 1909. Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois is seen climbing aboard the Wright Flyer airplane to accompany Orville Wright on the final cross-country and speed test required by the U.S. Army before it would purchase any aircraft. View of the Wright Flyer taking off with Wright and Foulois. Spectators watch in the background. View from another perspective of the aircraft taking off from Fort Myer, Virginia. View of the Wright Flyer being moved by several soldiers after landing back on the Fort Myer drill ground. (In his comments about this, Foulois notes that the flight set three world records: flying ten miles cross-country; attaining altitude of 600 feet, and speed of 42.5 miles per hour.)
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