Designer of U.S. fighter aircraft Igor Sikorsky sets a new record for hovering in air for 1:32 in Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in Stratford, Connecticut. People stand around the VS-300. A three-blade rotor rotates. VS-300 raises up from the group. The VS-300 hovering in the air. The VS-300 lowers down on the ground. People cheer and wave to Sikorsky for setting a record. People stand around Igor Sikorsky. A man approaches Sikorsky to congratulate him.
A U.S. arms manufacturing in World War 1. Hundreds of war production workers seen at shift change, waiting for their respective trolley cars passing on tracks between arms manufacturing plant's buildings. Women at work on metal working machines in an arms factory. Racks of Browning Automatic Rifles (Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918) are being moved about. Assemblers are seen hand fitting parts for the Browning M1917 water cooled machine gun. One man makes final assembly adjustments to one of the machine guns set up on tripod in the factory. He enjoys firing the Browning M1917 machine gun. (Note:The M1917 and M1918 BAR were manufactured by numerous American arms makers. Colt, Remington, Marlin, Royal typewriter, Winchester. Most of the M1917 machine guns were manufactured by New England Westinghouse.)
A committee of Army and Air Forces officers in Europe meet in Karlsruhe, Germany for the purpose of counting and disposing all old and worn out Military Payment Certificates (MPC). The money is convoyed under guard to the I.G. Farben Building where it is burnt. The money burning. An officer light a cigarette from burning bills. The officer uses a stick to put the money in fire. The money burning. The convoy met by MP car speeding on the icy autobahn. A U.S. truck carrying money backs up towards the building. A man directs the truck. The officer unload boxes. They open a box. Money inside the box. The officers look at the box. An officer pushes the money in fire. The officers one after the other sign on a document
A man woman and child evacuating from Saigon as it is taken by North Vietnamese run from a UH-1 that brought them to the USS Midway. Sailors push the helicopter overboard. Another UH-1 flies over a small U.S. Navy launch and ditches in the sea. The launch moves in to pick up evacuees from the water.
A collie named 'Blaze' is presented with a medal for saving her 3 year old mistress from a sow in Chicago, Illinois. People seated in a hall. Blaze, his mistress and a woman walk in a the hall. A man puts a medal in the neck of Blaze. Blaze seated on a platform. People seated celebrate. The dog and his mistress together.
American Power Boat Association (APBA)Gold Challenge Cup race on Lake Washington,Seattle,Washington, August 10th, 1957. Hydroplanes are seen traversing the 90 mile course in 30 mile heats at high speed. One hydroplane motionless in the water,after its engine quit. The winning boat is Miss Thriftway, driven by Bill Muncey, who is seen standing next to the large Gold Cup trophy. Change of scene to England, November 7, 1957, where a group of men stand on a pier next to the Bluebird II, jet-powered speedboat. Owner, Donald Malcolm Campbell, is seen getting into the boat. A man onshore sits at an electronic speed recording device. The Bluebird II, driven by Donald Campbell, is seen speeding across Coniston Water lake in Cumbria, England, where it achieved a new water speed record of 239 mph.
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