US Army Air Force training film on the A-N Gun Camera - Scoring of Gun Sight Aiming Point Film. Army Air Forces AT-6 aircraft towing a target sleeve as other AT-6s shoot at it. AT-6 training aircraft in flight with gun camera installed in the aircraft. Pilot seen in cockpit. The aircraft, parked on ramp. Pilot climbs out of cockpit, wearing seatpack parachute. An armorer removes the film magazine and then completes a scoring data form. The film is taken to a laboratory to be developed and scored. A Lieutenant explains gun camera scoring to a group of Air Force personnel, in an auditorium. He winds the film on a 100 foot reel, removing any damaged or unused film and splicing a leader on to it. He writes pilot and mission information on the film leader. Lecturer then illustrates scoring process, using a blackboard, and demonstrating with a scoring device adapted from a 16mm motion picture projector. Finally he displays charts dealing with trajectories of 30 caliber ammunition and relationships of range, span of target, and image size. He performs arithmetic calculations on the blackboard. Animated diagrams illustrate points being discussed. A Lieutenant in the audience asks about ground targets, and the instructor discusses that and also responds to several other questions from the audience. (World War 2 period.)
College football game between Michigan State Spartans and University of Michigan Wolverines, held at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing Michigan, United States. Large crowd of spectators gathered to watch the match. Features a 92 yard punt return by Dean Look of the Michigan State Spartans. The game ends in a 12-12 tie.
Ingemar Johansson wins the Hickock Belt in Rochester, New York. At the Annual Charity Dinner many sports players, writers and broadcasters have gathered for the presentation of the Hickock Award to Ingemar Johansson, a Swedish boxer and heavyweight champion. S. Rae Hickock awards the Hickock Belt for the professional athlete of the year to Johansson.
The Golden Gloves sub-novice heavyweights boxing championship in Sunnyside Gardens, New York City. Gene Bonina and Jim Nolan in boxing ring for the first fight. Gene Bonina wins.. In the second match, Charlie Hampton and Bill Bishop fight. In the third contest, Ralph Woodbury and Ollie Smith fight. The spectators cheer the boxers.
The Polaris missile goes on duty in Charleston, South Carolina. Polaris missiles are loaded on the nuclear submarine George Washington with cranes. Giant rockets loaded with hydrogen bomb warhead are loaded on the submarine. Operators and engineers work on board the submarine.
A new engine is tested in an X-15 rocket powered aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft with an X-15 aircraft in flight. The rear of the X-15 aircraft with a new engine. It is attached under the right wing of the B-52 aircraft. The X-15 is released and is in flight. It releases contrails. The X-15 lands and taxis on a runway at the air base after the successful first flight with a new engine.
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