A U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Plant at Los Alamos National Laboratory is opened to the public and news cameras to view some processes. Visitors go through the security check at one such plant. Interior of the facility. Scientists and technicians in white lab coats work at a Los Alamos water boiler reactor. A sign is seen that warns of danger and presence of Neutron and Gamma Rays. Technicians use complex and precise remote robot instruments and robotic arm gadgets to handle atomically hot material fresh from the atomic pile. 3 feet of shielding isolates the researchers from the harmful nuclear material. A remote controlled power saw is used to unseal a sample container. Artificial hot specimens of industrial metals are analyzed to determine loss or hardness in the material after nuclear exposure. A slave manipulator transfers the material to a standard hardness tester. The dial reading measures the strength of the metal after exposure. A microscopic view of the specimen. A secuirty guard at the plant door is seen, and then soldiers near an artillery piece that helps to guard the secure United States facility during the Cold War.
Vojta Benes, brother of Czech President Edvard Beneš, arrives in Polish ocean liner SS Batory in New York, United States. Vojta Beneš of Czechoslovakia states in his speech that his country will fight to the last man (early in World War 2 period, just before Munich Agreement was signed yielding Czech Sudetenland regions to Nazi Germany).
12000 tennis fans watch a thrilling game of tennis at Forest Hills, New York. Alice Marble trounces Miss Wayne of Australia in the women's final. Don Budge, singles champion of the world, defeats Gene Mako to take his fourth national title.
View of a ship in New York, United States. Mrs Samuel Insull aboard the ship leaves for Chicago where her former utilities magnate husband faces trial on several fraud charges. Her son, wearing a black armband, greets her aboard the ship.
Key lying on table with tag 'Conference Room' at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. Sergeant picks up the key and opens door. He places sign on door 'Conference in Session' and enters room. Colonel Martin and other officers at desk in conference room. Colonel Cropmton in conference room, stands at wall map, pointing out route from Walker Air Force Base to Thule Air Force Base.
Convair B-36 Peacemaker parked at Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico. The aircraft taxis and takes off with trailer stairs in foreground. Aerial views from B-36 aircraft in flight. Snow and ice on ground below in region of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. View from aircraft as it lands on runway at Thule Air Force Base.
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