Pilot study on Freeway Control System for controlling the pressure of increasing traffic on roads. Model design of control system developed to control traffic congestion problem on Gulf Freeway. Merge detector, gap speed detector employed on the road control entry of cars. Various indicators used and the control equipment at surveillance head office. Urban areas utilize the system.
Development of airplane by Wright brothers. Orville Wright in a plane presented to U.S. Government by him at Fort Myers, Virginia. Plane takes off catapulted in a field near a building. Spectators on ground observe the plane. Army personnel remove doors of hanger. Wright aircraft take out of the hanger. Army personnel stand near the plane. Lieutenant Lahm and Orville Wright sit in plane and take off for a flight. Lieutenant Foulois and Orville make preparations and sit in plane for a cross country flight.
A small motorcade of three cars led by a red open convertible carrying President John F. Kennedy, Air Force General Walter Campbell Sweeney Jr. in the back and Secret Service agents and another Air Force officers in the front. An Air Force open stake truck carries members of the press and photographers, driving alongside the President's car. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel in a flight suit, standing by a microphone, salutes as the President's car pauses and listens to him speak. The President's car is next seen parked near a C-130 transport aircraft, and surrounded by Air Force photographers taking pictures. A formation of F-105 aircraft flies low overhead. Close view of the President and occupants of the red car watching the formation. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel wearing a flight suit speaks to the President who points toward the flight line, where numerous aircraft are parked on static display. The first seen are F-105s. View from moving car as it proceeds along the flight line. Next an F-100 aircraft is seen. then an F-84F; an F-104; Several Navy tactical aircraft including an F-4 Phantom fighter. A Douglas A-1 Skyraider is the last fighter type seen. Parked behind it is a C-124C cargo aircraft, and next to it is a C-133 cargo plane with six crew members who salute as the President's car passes. The President's car stops near a C-130 aircraft. View from behind General Sweeney and the President. Next, Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Strickland is seen speaking. He is in fatigues and wears the Tactical Air Command patch on it. Closeup of the President listening to him. Formation of 24 F-105s and 24 F-84Fs flies overhead. Closeup of the President watching them. Film ends showing the formations overhead.
A map shows the pattern of spread of smoke over the region around Washington after volcanic eruption on Mount St. Helens. Ash over animals and even on car engines. People wearing masks are seen. People remove ash from roads and roofs of their houses.
New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad trains collide in Atlantic, Massachusetts, injuring hundreds of passengers. Wrecked trains lie at the tracks as people throng the area to look at the accident site.
View of Hudson bombers (A-29) and workers inside Lockheed aircraft Plant where these planes are produced. A Hudson bomber taking off. U.S. Army Air Force P-38 is towed out of hangar, taking off and in flight.
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