Boeing 707 at airport in El Paso, Texas. A man takes his equipment from car and join the discussions with some officials and army men. Two of the hostages are released from the rear gate of the plane. Released women come with a man. Hijacker Leon Bearden and his son subdued and police officers take them to ground. people stop car and board it.
U.S. Border Patrol nabs smugglers by a surprise attack in El Paso, Texas. Border Patrol men on horses. Smugglers cross the Rio Grande River. Border Patrol men try to hide themselves. They capture smugglers and take them away.
A USAAF B-17F is seen where it crash-landed in the desert near Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso, Texas, on February 18, 1943, in World War 2. The film was shot some time later when salvage operations are underway including removal of engines. As the camera pans around the plane, a bent propeller is seen in the sand. The tail number 25326 is seen, identifying it as Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, 42-5326, of the 351st Bombardment Group, 511th Bomb Squadron, with home base at Biggs Field. The camera focuses on the plane's empennage.
The sole remaining (of 2) Martin XB-51 Bomber aircraft, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, taxis and takes off at El Paso International Airport. Moments after breaking ground on takeoff, this first prototype, number 46-0685, settles back onto the runway and crashes in fire and smoke. Flight engineer, S/Sgt. Wilbur R. Savage, of Rte. 3, Dawsonville, Georgia is killed in the crash and Maj. James O. Rudolph, pilot, succumbed to his injuries the next month.
Report from Texas: Texas' contribution to World War II on both battlefield and home front. Horsemen gallop across the terrain. Man on horse with cattle. Texas increases its production of synthetic rubber, magnesium, sulphur and agricultural products. Factories and industries. Construction work underway. An airfield. Soldiers march. Views of Dallas, Houston, Fredericksburg, Hotel Nimitz, Ft. Worth, Kerrville, Pampa, San Antonio, Kilgore, El Paso, Beaumont, Wichita Falls, San Angelo and Austin.
United States General James Franklin Bell and a motor cycle squadron go to the International Bridge to meet U.S. prisoners from the 10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" held by Mexico. The prisoners stand in line at Carrizal. They had been released by Mexican Constituionalist Army leader Venustiano Carranza Garza 10 days after the battle between U.S. forces and Mexican federal soldiers at Carrizal. Officer gives instruction to prisoners.
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