U.S. Air Force Convair B-36 bomber aircraft in flight. The Convair B-36 launches and recovers in mid air an A-bomber carrying Thunder streak Jet. The Convair B-36 is also known as 'Peacemaker'.
Air-Sea rescue by PBM Mariner aircraft. PBM planes in flight. PBM Mariner aircraft flied low near the water surface. Several vessels underway. Mountains in the background.
Air-Sea rescue by PBM Mariner aircraft. PBM planes land among ships lying off island. Smoke rises from an explosion on the beach. Men paddle in life raft. Line is thrown to him from PBM. Life raft pulled to PBM tail. Aviator in rubber life raft towed alongside PBM. The aviator climbs into plane head first. Empty life boat drifts freely. PBM taxis for take off. Tail of an aircraft. PMB towed to the stern of a vessel. Men watch aboard. Aviator floats in a rubber life raft. Rescued aviators and enlisted men in aircraft rearm boat. Officer interviews enlisted survivor and takes notes. Rearming boat gets underway and leaves.
Alaska survey expedition. Planes lined up before departure at the air base. Group of officers detailed to the expedition. The officers stand near it. 'US Navy Alaskan Survey Expedition' written on the plane. Group of officers pose for the photographs in front of the plane.
A dam and spillway. Large flow of water through the spillway falls with considerable force. Mountains in the background. Lake formed by the dam. Trees seen. River flows. Rocks on the side of the river.
Writer Gertrude Stein speaks briefly and then reads part of libretto from her opera "From Four Saints in Three Acts" the famous lines "Pigeons on the grass, alas,...." (Sound is poor)
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