The 3rd International Motor Sports Show in New York. The Mercedes 300SL Gullwing is featured at the show. Unusual features and gadgets seen, such as removable steering wheel on the Mercedes 300SL. An Alfa-Romeo B.A.T. is displayed, with a price of 25,000 USD. The pop out headlights of the B.A.T. are demonstrated. The Hudson Italia is displayed. The Packard Panther is shown on a turntable. A small car with three headlights is shown. A woman seated in a sports car waves.
Test Pilot Scott Crossfield climbs into cockpit of X-15 rocket powered aircraft, as spectators are assembled to witness its first free flight. B-52B Stratofortress aircraft taxis and takes off with the rocket powered X-15 under its wing. X-15 detaches from the B-52, and drops towards the earth as Crossfield tests its behavior in flight. View of X-15 nose wheel turning during landing. 'North American Aviation Inc' stenciled on fuselage. The X-15 exhibits an extreme high pitch angle as it comes in for a successful landing on the Rogers Dry Lake Bed in the Mojave Desert.
The high frontier of X-15 in United States. Rocket powered aircraft X-15 is towed and taken out from a hangar. Various symbols on X-15. A sign reads 'North American Aviation Inc'. Models of aircraft from earliest to most recent are shown. B-29 launching Bell X-1 rocket plane on October 14, 1947. View inside cabin of B-29. Airspeed indicator in the X-1 shows Mach 1 plus. View of X-1D rocket plane landing in Mojave desert, July 24, 1951, as nose wheel collapses and the plane sends up plumes of sand as it spins around before coming to rest, facing backwards. Test pilot Jean Ziegler is seen afterwards in the cockpit, breathing a sigh of relief. Jet fighter seen exceeding mach 2 airspeed. Animation of B-52B Stratofortress launching X-15. and its landing on desert.
Passengers board a Ford Trimotor plane in Kingman, Arizona, to continue a trip across the United States. Interior view of Trimotor passenger compartment. Plane flies over Colorado River and aerial view of the river is seen. A map shows route from Kingman to Los Angeles. Plane flies over Mojave desert and death valley, and aerial views of each are shown as seen from the aircraft. View of the Trimotor in the air with Mount Wilson observatory behind. Aerial view of Los Angeles. A man at Los Angeles airport announces the arrival of Ford Trimotor over a megaphone. Plane lands and taxis to the terminal. Passengers deplane from the craft and Jack Maddux and Amelia Earhart greet the passengers. Map of United States, a train, a plane and Charles Lindbergh.
Flag of United States. United States men and women in uniform representing every element of U.S. military establishment. U.S. Army soldiers march on a grass parade field. Aerial view of a base camp. U.S. armored unit of tanks and self-propelled artillery, maneuvering and firing their guns. U.S. Army paratroops seen hooking up static lines and jumping from C-130 aircraft. U.S Army helicopters deliver soldiers and transport heavy vehicles and artillery pieces. (Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave delivering the jeep and the artillery piece.) Various scenes of U.S. Army heavy artillery being fired, including a self propelled howitzer.
USAF C-123 transport aircraft lined up on airfield ramp. U.S. airborne troopers lined up and boarding several USAF C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. A jeep driving into a U.S. Army H-37 Mojave helicopter. Truck with supplies driving into rear of a C-130 transport. C-130 taking off. Formation of C-130 aircraft carrying airborne troops. Cabin of a C-47 transport aircraft with top (green)jump light illuminated. U.S. paratroopers jumping from the C-47 employing static lines attached to fixed cable in the aircraft. Parachutes seen behind the aircraft. view from ground of paratroopers jumping from formations of C-47 aircraft. U.S. paratroopers jumping from C-130 aircraft. C-130, tail number 56-0842, seen in flight, with a skid of supplies being pulled from its tail cargo door by a parachute. Side view of jeep dropping out of plane pulled by parachute. Numerous views of paratroopers descending with parachutes open. Troopers on the ground carrying bazookas and rifles. A U.S. Army AT-19 in flight, with members of the Army Parachute Team jumping from it to research tactical aerial maneuvers.