An overview of baseball teams preparing for the 1958 season in Florida. Views of New York Yankees' camp with manager Casey Stengel running onto field, pitchers Sal Maglie and Whitey Ford warming up. A smiling Mickey Mantle (#7) hits a ball far in batting practice. Yogi Berra (#8) and Hank Bauer (#9) take their swings. Scene shifts to the Dodgers' camp; this is the first spring after the team moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Views of pitchers Don Newcombe (#36) and Johnny Podres throwing, and players Duke Snider (#4), Gino Cimoli and Gil Hodges (#14) swinging in batting cage. Announcer notes Dodgers have big problem at catcher after Roy Campanella was put "out of service." (He was permanently paralyzed in a car accident.) Al Walker, Joe Pignatano and John Roseboro are named as his possible successors. Scene shifts to St. Louis Cardinals training camp. Announcer predicts Cardinals will be pennant contender. Views of brothers Von and Lindy McDaniel, shortstop Alvin Dark and all-time great Stan Musial. Scene then shifts to Chicago White Sox camp. Outfielder Al Smith (#9) fields a ball; Jim Rivera (#7), Nellie Fox and Smith take swings in batting cage. Action moves to Detroit Tigers camp, where pitchers Jim Bunning (#14) and Frank Lary (#17) are seen warming up. Al Kaline (#6) hits a ball in batting practice.
Static test number 1040 on December 23, 1958, of XLR-11 engine for X-15,at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The engine is in a test stand.
Progress report of United States Air Force B-52G and B-52H in the United States. Activity at the Boeing Wichita Plant in Kansas. A Boeing technician moves straight edge on drawings on a table. A Boeing technician wearing a white lab coat with Boeing written on the back places equipment beneath X-ray machine, moving a probing apparatus over water tank. A lab technician uses a slide rule in the laboratory and makes visual adjustments. A B-52G aircraft with turbo fan engines in flight. The aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway during a test flight. The aircraft in flight with green fields on ground below.
A Martin Dyna-Soar model rises to a launch position on American Machine and Foundry launcher in the United States. A pilot simulates a flight in Dyna-Soar mock up. A view of Dyna-Soar mock up built for the Development Engineering Inspection held at the Martin Plant on 11 December 1958.
USAAF B-29 Superfortress units at Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Kansas,United States. Tail section of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber aircraft parked at the Smoky Hill Air Force Base. The crew gets into the aircraft. The nose section of the B-29 aircraft. "Lena" written on the side of the aircraft. The aircraft engine starts. Enlisted men stands near landing gear. A man holds fire extinguisher in his hands. Engines warm up. The B-29 aircraft taxis on the runway.
USAAF B-29 Superfortress units at Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Kansas,United States. The nose section of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber aircraft. The engine starts. A side of the aircraft shows a picture of a scantily clad young woman with old-fashioned hat and shoes. Names "Stork Club" and "Hang Over Haven" seen written on side of two aircraft.
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