Speed test runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base at California. Men standing near vehicles. Mountain ranges in the background. The 3-wheeled land vehicle is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. It is powered by a rocket engine. This run is at 731 mph and recorded on camera number 747. Big puff of smoke seen, and then it dissipates. Another puff of smoke from which the car is seen moving very fast. Then, suddenly, white flame is seen behind the car which lasts a few seconds as it passes by the camera position and disappears in local ground fog and haze.
A vehicle named 'Weep' made by Edward Hammond in Auburndale. The vehicle is made from spare parts of 16 automobiles, a tractor, a mowing machine and a boat. Edward Hammond shows mechanical parts of the automobile. He then drives it.
A full rigged ship 'Amerigo Vespucci' sails up the Chesapeake Bay near Virginia. The ship surrounded by Italian destroyer ships. The ship inspected by the American Navy Officers. Officers trained to join Italian Navy on the ship.
Flight research at Air Force Flight Test Center in California. High-speed cameras record the flight research. Men set the high-speed cameras. The cameras record the deceleration tests and the launching of rockets at the Flight Test Center.
Northwestern Indians gather at their traditional salmon netting grounds at the Celilo Falls in Oregon. The Native Americans do traditional dipnet fishing at the fishing sites at the Celilo Falls. The Chief of the tribe along with other people of the tribe have a last look at the traditional salmon netting grounds. View of the new Dalles Dam constructed which will submerge the area. White citizens gather and take pictures and photograph the Indians' final visit fishing for salmon fish at the site. Narrator describes a cash payment agreement between the tribes and the U.S. government for the tribes to relinquish the fishing rights. Narrator declares "Once again red man bows before white man's march of progress."
Teenage girl Bobby Porter of Herscher, Illinois keeps a lion as a pet in her home. The teenager combs the mane of her pet lion. Bobby’s older brother, Bill, attempts to open the mouth of his sister’s pet lion (named “Kinsabe”), and plays rough with it. The lion lives in captivity behind bars in the living room of the Porter family. Young woman Bobby raised the 325-pound jungle lion from a cub. The girl feeds the lion with meat. Girl hugs her pet lion after brushing its teeth. Lion yawning. Other family members also handle the lion.
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