Coverage of the satellite, Sputnik I at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio. The Project 'Cateye' being undertaken. The project is dealing with light amplification. Film shows the satellite moving slowly across the TV screen in a darkened room.
Atomic bomb testing in Nevada, United States. High altitude view of the testing ground. A bomb explodes. Formation of a mushroom cloud due to the explosion.
A square-rigged Norwegian sailing ship arrives in New York, United States. The ship in a harbor. Several cadets on board. A large crowd gathers at the harbor and greets the cadets. Officers shake hands.
The Third Annual Fire Chief Steel Conference in Long Island, New York. Simulation of a jet crash in a residential area. Emphasis on latest methods of coping with blazing jet fuel. Heavy columns of smoke rise up from the wrecked aircraft. The firemen douse the fire with fire hoses.
Project Vanguard being undertaken in Maryland, United States. The project will set an artificial satellite in space which would circle the earth and will send scientific data to the earth. Models of the moon and a Vanguard rocket. Men holding the model and discussing. Men working on the rocket for its completion.
Storks return to Austria during springs. Houses in an area. Storks seated in nests on roof tops and on chimneys. A bird in flight.