Film opens showing logo of "mosquito boat." A flotilla of the boats is seen tied up at docks. They include PT boats (patrol torpedo boats) numbers PT 10, 11, 12, and 13. View from Florida shore as some ot these PT boats speed through the water. Aerial view of several of them racing over the surface of the water, leaving huge wakes behind them.Closeups of some approaching the aerial camera. View from another PT boat, of PT-17 riding close behind in the camera boat's wake. Extreme closeup of PT 17 bow. Other views of the PT boats generating large wakes as they pass the camera. Another aerial view of the boats running in parallel formation.
Various activities of tourists during winter vacations in Key West, Florida. Board hanged reads 'Sloppy Joe's'. Tourists walk on Green Street outside Sloppy Joe's Bar. People move inside the bar and drink
13th Anniversary celebration in Coconut Grove, Florida. Governor Goodwin Knight of California speaks into a microphone during the ceremony. Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson, National Commander of American Legion Seaborn Collins and Master of Ceremonies Bob Hope. USAF General Doolittle presents the 'Safety Trophy' to the USAF for reducing vehicular accidents. This trophy which is accepted by General Albert Boyd representing USAF, to be presented to the winning command yearly.
A golf match between players of baseball teams the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics in St. Petersburg, Florida. People watch the match. The match starts and the players take their first shots. A coach teaches a player how to play. Mervin Shea of the Tigers wins the match and stands with a trophy. Llyod Brown of Philadelphia is the runner-up.
A heavyweight wrestling bout in Lake Worth, Florida. Men lay snow in a ring. Heavyweight wrestlers in the ring. They drop each other. Spectators in the stands. Their red flannels add a quaint touch of color.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy with an American astronaut John Glenn in Florida after Glenn successfully orbited the earth in the NASA Friendship 7 mission. Welcoming formation of troops moves away from the President's aircraft (Boeing 707, Air Force designation: VC-137C). Color Guard marches holding flag of United states. The President's plane taxis out for takeoff, blowing up a wind.. Camera man on top of a car. An orange helicopter flies across the field. Photographers and newsmen stand on top of a van with a camera. Officials at the port. John F. Kennedy with John Glenn in a motorcade. They arrive at stage in front of building where sign reads: "Spacecraft Center." President Kennedy and John Glenn climb up the stairs of a stage. John Glenn and wife, Annie, sit beside the President. Officials and employees applaud. John Glenn speaks into the microphone. A United States Spacecraft sits on the ground near the stage. President Kennedy makes a few remarks. Afterwards, the President, Astronaut Glenn, and Annie Glenn, together enter a building labeled: "NASA."
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