A U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre jet crashes into a neighborhood during landing approach after a supersonic training flight in California. It kills seven people as it smashes into a residential area. It sprays flaming fuel oil and completely destroys two houses. The demolished houses are seen. Army Personnel check the wreckage. Toys of children found in the wreckage. Signal Hill Oil Field seen. Several people take their belongings.
United States first jet turbine automobile tested for experimental purposes at Arizona. It is driven by auto speed racer Mauri Rose. Several other men stand near the automobile as it is tested. Mountains in the far background.
Teenage girl Bobby Porter of Herscher, Illinois keeps a lion as a pet in her home. The teenager combs the mane of her pet lion. Bobby’s older brother, Bill, attempts to open the mouth of his sister’s pet lion (named “Kinsabe”), and plays rough with it. The lion lives in captivity behind bars in the living room of the Porter family. Young woman Bobby raised the 325-pound jungle lion from a cub. The girl feeds the lion with meat. Girl hugs her pet lion after brushing its teeth. Lion yawning. Other family members also handle the lion.
Amateur boxing annual competition 'Golden Gloves' in New York City at Sunnyside Gardens . Participants in the ring during the contest. A huge crowd gathers to watch light middleweights, at 147 pounds, compete. Crowd cheers the boxers. Michael Devita seen versus Hamilton Sherman. Then Alfred Henrick versus Adonis Kelly. Kelly gets a TKO over Henrick.
The world's first underwater boxing match at Silver Springs in Florida near Ocala. A young woman referees while "Davey Jones" serves as cameramen. The boxers are dubbed, "Mike Bass" and "Willie Salmon" as they flounder underwater.
Group of United Auto Workers visits Camp Atterbury during World War 2 to get a first hand perspective on what life is like for the soldiers who are receiving the military vehicles and weaponry they build as factory workers in Detroit. The auto workers exit a train car at the camp and run through steps similar to new recruits, including a basic medical check and receiving uniforms from a quartermaster. The auto workers try some of the same training drills as regular soldiers, including an obstacle course, bayonet drills, and crossing a ravine over water on a rope bridge while mock bombing takes place near them. The men clean dishes in a mess hall kitchen and make beds in a barracks. Scene changes to a Detroit factory where officers and soldiers from the Camp tour with the auto workers. They view B-24 liberator aircraft being built, tanks being built as treads are assembled onto vehicles, other vehicles being built. War production workers building and assembling war materiel. Welding and assembly line operations seen. Wide view of factory floor with many newly assembled military tanks and vehicles completed. Newly completed tanks are demonstrated on an open field as officials observe. A war production worker speaks and encourages fellow workers to work hard to support the soldiers.
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