Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association (AOA) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. Sky divers leave a flour trail as they fall. Parachutes open. The divers float to the earth and land near a target. A 106 Recoilless Rifle mounted on a jeep is fired. A medium antitank weapon is fired. An M-56 Scorpion gun is driven.
New security controls to fight terrorism in Saigon, Vietnam. Special boats patrol in the Mekong river delta. Men in boats. Steel covered boats in river. Houses along the shore line. People walk on street. Military Policemen at a street. Military Policemen check people entering a building. A wire mesh on tree in the foreground. A road with fenced area on one side.
Yachts being given final cleaning and checks before the America's cup race, in Newport, Rhode island. In opening scene, the racing yacht, Intrepid, is seen up on blocks, and surrounded by scaffolding, in a boatyard. "Intrepid New York" is inscribed on her stern. Several men stand nearby. Next, the Australian entry, "Dame Pattie," is also seen out of water, as her crew hoses down and cleans her hull. Change of scene shows others of her crew washing her sails with a hose and long-handles brushes, in a pool, at Vernon Court, which is serving as their headquarters during the event.
Inauguration of a new powdery substance 'Instant banana peel' in the United States. Press and public gather for the inauguration of a chemical Riot-trol. A man holds a powdery chemical 'Instant Banana peel'. The powder is spread on a hard surface. A man sprays water on the power. A man pulls a car on the powdery surface. A man skids while riding a motorbike on powdery surface. Men fall while running on the slippery surface. A man running with a crate falls. A man pulls a women on a ski cart on the slippery surface.
A ceremony for New Savings Bond program of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Richland, Washington. Soldiers march in a parade. People stand on a road side and clap. Miss Richland in a car at the parade. She waves to people and children wave back. Native American Indians dressed in regalia ride in cars during the parade. Officials show a flag that reads 'US Treasury, Richland'. People watch as officials raise the flag. Aircraft fly in formation. The flag on a flagpole. Trees in the background.
A film titled 'Inside the Atom' about the structure of atom and the use of radioactive isotopes in the treatment of cancer in Canada. A board on a shore reads 'Picture Taking Prohibited'. Buses drive past a sign reading 'Atomic Energy Project'. Buses are stopped at the entrance of the plant and are checked by security police. Identity cards of men are checked by the security police. Workers enter the plant. A worker walks on the plant grounds carrying a piece of a radioactive metal suspended from a rod. A minute fragment of matter is checked under a microscope. Narrator describes prospect of atomic energy to introduce a new industrial revolution, contrasting with traditional work. Scenes of Chinese or other Asian laborers at an excavation site, moving rocks and boulder by cart and wheel barrow. Men sit atop a wooden frame rig with pedals, using man power to operate a water mill. View of coal miners at work digging in a coal mine and loading coal chunks onto a moving track.
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