Testing of flight engines of spacecraft. Sign of 'PHOEBUS IB' nuclear reactor. Phoebus IB reactor in testing area of Atomic Energy Commission facility at Los Alamos in New Mexico. Technicians work with NRX-A6 reactor. A recently developed new test stand and a nuclear engine carried by rail car. Test of engines in test area. Animation shows spacecraft in space.
Leading British designers mark Fashion Week with a display of new coats, jackets, various dresses and gowns. Models display new dresses.
Army Air Corps under direction of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell bombs the decommissioned battleships "New Jersey" (BB-16) and "Virginia" (BB-13) at Diamond Shoals, N.C. Chemical Warfare Smoke Curtain seen. Officers check the bomber aircraft before take off. USS New Jersey BB-16 anchored and after several bomb droppings sinks in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.
View of the bomb damaged Frauenkirche Catholic cathedral in downtown Munich, Germany, at the end of World War 2 in Europe. Camera pans from top of towers down to ground level, with a pile of debris seen near the entrance between the towers. View of the interiors of the Church sanctuary, heavily damaged by bombing, with open sky visible. Wide view from an elevated tower position (presumably a Frauenkirche tower) of the bombed remains of the city of Munich at the close of World War II. Several wrecked buildings in view. View toward New Town Hall. Next scene at ground level shows U.S. Army jeeps and trucks, along with pedestrians passing by on street of Marienplatz with the New Town Hall behind.
United States Army Sergeant is seen wearing a ear-mounted microphone and broadcasting news to German civilians in Cologne, Germany, late in World War 2. Three audio loud speakers are mounted on truck. Large crowd of somber and sad looking German civilians stand on the streets and listen to the news and announcements. The crowd is mostly women, older men, and some children. Several men are seen wearing hats. Close up views of some of the German civilians and German children in the crowd as they listen to announcements. A few men are seen smoking and some are seen with bicycles. Civilians are seen questioning the U.S. Army speaker after his broadcast
Sun Valley Resort in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho opens to public after serving as a U.S. Navy rest center during World War 2. Skiers atop ridge look over wide view of Sun Valley resort and snow covered mountains. Skiers board a horse driven sleight or sled in front of a ski lodge. Nineteen colleges take part in tricky Slalom races. Views of skiers competing on the ski slopes. Scene changes to ski jumping in New York, and the Torger Tokle Memorial Jump for amateur ski jumpers at Bear Mountains in New York. Art Davlin wins the competition. Dot Graves is the only woman entrant. Views of ski jumpers landing, some with mishaps, after the jump.
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