Fresh pumpkins in California. Pumpkins piled up for transportation. Trucks in the background.
A large farm of lettuce, in California. Farmers sitting at side of the field. Scene shifts to a low wing monoplane crop duster, with cantilevered wings and fixed gear, flying just a few feet above the field, spraying.
Aerial view as airplane approaches and surmounts Hawk Hill, near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. As the aircraft passes over Hawk Hill, the Golden Gate Bridge is seen ahead, as well as the city of San Francisco and boats in the distance.
Multiple retakes during filming at the Air Force Test Pilot School in Edwards Air Force Base, California. Film opens showing Brigadier General James Stewart speaking with Base Commander, Brigadier General Irving L. Branch. They are standing outside a building labeled: "United States Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School." Air Force officers and airmen going to and from the building walk past the two as they converse. (Those passing do not salute, so as not to disturb the filming.) After a while, the two Generals descend steps toward the Pilot School entrance. At TC:01:08, the sequence is reshot. At TC: 02:04, the Generals disappear but filming continues. At TC:02:14, another sequence begins with frontal closeup of General Branch and the back of General Stewart, as they face each other. The two continue a sustained conversation, and finally turn to enter the school building. This scene is retaken several times. The next scene begins with frontal closeup of Jimmy Stewart, who appears to be conversing with General Branch (not seen). Stewart blinks as something seems to get into his eyes. The scene is shot twice more.
Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, United Sates. An instrumented Air Force student at the Aerospace Research Pilot school is tested on a treadmill. He has monitoring instruments on his wrists and in a belt around his waist, and walks at a steady pace. Camera focuses on his feet as he keeps steady pace. The treadmill begins to slow at the very end of the film.
A pilot at the Aerospace Research Pilot School in Edwards Air Force Base, California, is seen seated in the Reaction control simulator used to practice controlling space vehicles. He reaches up to pull down a cover. An Air Force Sergeant, monitoring the device, secures it and small hatch at its front. Next, the camera focuses on the simulator, which is seen to move very slowly under the control of the pilot inside. After a while, the simulator makes a significant turn to the left, followed by an increase in elevation, and a turn to the right and what appears to be a return to its initial starting position.
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