Spectators during the Harness Race event at the Roosevelt Raceway in Long Island, New York. Race starts. Messenger Pacing Stakes racing. Crowd cheers. Horse Henry T. Adios takes a lead among eight other horses. Henry T. Adios wins the race. Yankee Express is in second place. Tarport Jimmy wins third place and Lang Hanover in fourth. Adios Don makes a comeback and wins fifth place.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric railroad train moves along a heavily electrified track in Long Island, New York. The train pulls up at a station. Passengers gathered at the station.
The history of famous airplanes. A Curtiss airplane in Long Island, New York. The aircraft is parked on an airfield. Hangars in the background. Men stand near the airplane.
A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.
Crash landing of a United States Air Force Republic F-84 Thunderjet aircraft in Long Island, New York. The jet pilot landed his burning Thunderjet in an area, saving the nearby residential area. Wrecked vehicles and equipment on the ground. Men watching the wreckage. A damaged house.
The Third Annual Fire Chief Steel Conference in Long Island, New York. Simulation of a jet crash in a residential area. Emphasis on latest methods of coping with blazing jet fuel. Heavy columns of smoke rise up from the wrecked aircraft. The firemen douse the fire with fire hoses.
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