A film about workers in automobile factories in Detroit, Michigan. A long line of cars in an assembly line. A die maker checks blue prints and instruments. He walks over to another worker. He points something out to him and walks to his position. He picks up a tool and works on a machinery. A man hands him papers. A girl opens a file drawer. She walks to a man at a desk and gives him cards. A man takes a fender of a stamping machine and hangs it on a moving overhead hook. Workers lined up at a cashier window to receive pay check. Men punch time cards at time clock.
Exhibition race at the 9th Pimlico Classic in Baltimore, MD. Female jockeys get dressed for a no-betting exhibition race between female jockeys. The women jockeys adjust their hats. Long shot of horses leaving the starting gate as the race begins. Medium shots of crowd cheering during race. American jockey Wantha Davis wins the race by 12 lengths. Wantha Davis poses for pictures with a silver plate presented as trophy.
Majority, but not all of clip shows Madison Wisconsin circa 1946. Clip opens with views of an unidentified town in the United States. Automobile traffic on street of the town. Long views in distance suggest possibly western United States. Next scene is a very brief view of a riverboat or steamboat on a river. Next scene is Main Street in Madison Wisconsin, with cars and trucks on street. Capitol building dome in Madison is visible in distance. Point of view from a moving vehicle of shops and businesses on West Main Street in Madison, Wisconsin. Businesses include The Drake; Fashion Shop; Chris Eckert; Edward Eckert at 125 and 127 W. Main Street. Next is "W. H. Hanger Plumbing and Heating at 123 West Main Street, Madison, Wisconsin. Then a Steak and Fried Chicken restaurant. Next is Margaret's Beauty Salon; Goodyear Tires; J.C. Penney Company. Scene changes to a house. A man comes out of a house carrying a fishing pole. Brief scene of two young men in a library.
American robot bombs, America's answer to the German V-1 buzzbomb, being prepared in Dearborn, Michigan during World War 2. War production workers in armament factory weld bomb casing at Ford robot bomb factory. The workers move long tube like bombs with jet engines. They are known by nickname "Flying Chimney". The flying bombs on wheels. Men with ear protection in a testing area as the engines are fired during testing. Buildings in the background. Flame shooting from the jet engines. Workers including some women assemble the bombs at a plant in Toledo, Ohio, where wings and warheads are also built. A woman war production worker lying inside the body of a robot bomb and working on its assembly. The bombs take off from a launch pad in a gully at an Army Air Force test site. A booster cuts loose from the American Robot Bomb and hits water at a distance as the buzz bomb flies through the air, with an estimate 200 mile range. The bombs in flight. The booster hits water.
U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft in formation flight in the United States. A Wright Brothers aircraft in flight. A flight line area and early model aircraft parked in a long row. A pilot and ground crew stand in front of the aircraft. Hangars in the background. A commanding officer turns around and gives signal for men to board the aircraft. A formation of early aircraft flies low over a field. A formation of nine U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone LB-5A in flight. Two formations of bomber aircraft in flight. The fighter aircraft maneuver. The bombers in formation. Men hidden in a clump of trees. A formation of bombers overhead. Troops fire rifles at the aircraft. A fighter aircraft flies over an open field and lays a smoke screen. Ground soldiers advance across the open field. They are hidden by the smoke screen. Several early model aircraft take off together. The aircraft in flight overhead. Formations of bombers overhead. Fighters flying top cover. A battleship underway at sea. The battleship firing heavy guns. A formation of LB-5A in flight. The fighters are above the bombers. Bombs fall toward a simulated battleship in a desert area. A bomb strikes a battleship in water. Direct hits and misses scored upon the vessel. A formation of early model two engine bombers Curtiss models with twin wings and twin tail in flight overhead. A bomber aircraft shows a bombardier's hand throwing a switch releasing bomb load. The bombs explode on a bridge.
Inventors in Baltimore show their foot propelled plane to the cameras. One sits in the cockpit while his two companions stand on either side. Close up of rudder in action. The pilot attempts to fly the foot propelled plane, taking off from a long ramp built in front of a farm house. The plane crashes.
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