Views of various projects depicting man's creative engineering skills across the United States, including: The Indian Serpent Mounts, Ohio; Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters, Connecticut; Mackinac Bridge, Michigan; Green Bank Radio Astronomy Antenna, West Virginia; Tanker "Manhattan" in the Northwest Passage; Chicago's Marina Towers, Illinois; NASA launch complex 39 in Cape Canaveral, Florida with a rocket in place; Watts tower, California; John Hancock Building, Illinois; Washington Monument; Dworshak Dam while under construction, Idaho; Newport Bridge, Rhode Island; U.S. Steel building, Pennsylvania; Mt. Glory Arch Bridge under construction in Wyoming; Johnson Wax Headquarters building, Wisconsin; Boeing 747 Factory Building Complex, Seattle Washington; A model of the proposed New Orleans Super Dome in Louisiana; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Dulles International Airport, Virginia; Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minnesota; Westinghouse Headquarters building, Pennsylvania; Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, New Mexico; Gulf Life Tower, Florida; Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wisconsin; a paddle style River boat on the Ohio River; an artist depiction of the under construction Mobile River Highway Tunnel, Alabama; the Westinghouse Desalinization Plant, Florida; Model of master plan for the city of Gary, Indiana; Gulf Oil's "Big Brutus" crane at work on a dig site (The 160-foot tall coal shovel known as the 1850-B was designed and built by Bucyrus-Erie in Hallowell Kansas, for the Pittsburg & Midway, or P&M Coal Mining Company. It is the only one of its kind ever built. The mining company was purchased by Gulf Oil in 1963, and subsequently went under The Chevron Mining umbrella); Knights of Columbus headquarters building, Connecticut.
Miss Universe Contest in Long Beach, California. 17 Contestants pose in the stage. They walk on the stage waiving at the crowd. Miss Argentina Ileana Carré smiles on stage. Marina Orschel of Germany waves to the audience. Miss USA Carol Morris chosen as Miss Universe comes up on stage to receive the crown. Crowd cheers as she walks on the ramp with the crown. Miss Universe 1955 Hillevi Rombin of Sweden crowns Carol Morris.
A man opens a mailbox named 'Joe Simonton' in front of Mr. Simonton's house in Wisconsin. Joe Simonton shows the place where he says a flying saucer landed in front of his house in 1961. View from inside his kitchen window, looking out to where he saw the saucer land. Mr. Simonton shares his experience of an encounter with 5 foot tall aliens on the UFO. He says that he gave the alien some water to drink after it held out a jug and motioned like it wanted a drink. He shows a piece of a very thin pancake which he says one of the aliens was frying on a special hot surface. He comments that he ate one of the pancakes and they tasted like cardboard, which he notes may explain the small size of the aliens. USAF Major Quintanilla speaks regarding Mr. Simonton's case. He says the Air Force cannot comment on the veracity of Mr. Simonton's claims, but that the pancakes were analyzed by food and drug people and found to be pure buckwheat pancakes. Exterior views of a planetarium.
Ice skating in La Crosse, Wisconsin. A huge crowd stands on the snow covered ground. Amateur ice skaters compete. Crowd cheers the boys and girls. Cars parked on the road in the background.
Aftermath of a tornado in Westby, Wisconsin. Wrecked structures on the ground as men search through the rubble. Damaged cars due to the tornado that killed 24 people. A sign outside a shop reads 'Rudce's drug store open'. Damaged houses. Debris spread outside the demolished buildings. Demolished roof of a house.
Elevated and ground level views of a silver fox fur farm owned by Fromm Bros Nieman & Co (precursor to Fromm Family Pet Food company) in Thiensville, Wisconsin. Silver foxes seen near their pens. Five fur farmers pose, each holding a silver fox. Two fur farmers load silver foxes into a portable cage. Next scene shows female models displaying latest trends in fur coats made of silver fox pelts. The women in 1930s fashions show their fur coats and fur shawls.
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