Minneapolis-Honeywell engineers work on Dyna-Soar controls in the United States. Engineers at Minneapolis-Honeywell test accuracy of the digital gyro torquing-technique. A man operates a control console. An engineer sees through an eyepiece during the gyro-torquing test. View of inertial platform being tested.
American aviator Howard Hughes and an official talk with newsmen in the United States. Hughes poses with the official. Photographers take pictures. The official speaks to the newsmen and Hughes stands bedside him. The H-4 (HK-1) Hercules flying boat. Howard Hughes and the officer enter a room.
Training film "Physical fitness U.S. Army." Shirtless U.S. Army soldiers jogging together in a tight column, toward a moving camera position. Soldiers conducting armed maneuvers during combat training at an American base, including running and crawling as they advance. American soldiers do push ups during training in United States. Series of scenes shows soldiers conducting maneuvers in the field, followed by soldiers conducting similar training exercises to build strenthy, agility, and endurance for conducting those maneuvers. Emphasizes the importance of physical fitness for soldiers. Simulated combat scenes, soldiers fire rifles and soldiers undergo physical training. Views of radar dishes and antennae representing new technology, while narrator stresses that physical fitness is still vital. Soldiers in M47 Patton tanks conduct live firing exercises and maneuvers during training.
Arrival of new cadets with poor physical fitness at Army training academy in the United States. Group of new U.S. Army recruits exit a Greyhound bus, dressed in civilian clothes. Some are white and some are African American. They line up for instructions from a uniformed officer. Drill Sergeant trains the cadets in physical fitness. Cadets do push ups and other exercises for strength and coordination. Cadets march, run and sprint to improve physical fitness. They relax and cool off after the training session.
Physical combat proficiency test (PCP Test) conducted to judge the level of physical fitness among cadets in Basic Training at a United States Army training academy. The cadets undergoing the test perform events like 40 yard low crawl, dodge run and jump test, 150 yard men carry, mile run. A Drill Sergeant makes the cadets perform exercises. Cadets trained in guerrilla warfare. Cadets undergo dual combat training and hand to hand combat training. They again undergo tests as officers judge them.
Mostly reenactment footage showing how post-civil war Industrialization leads to a market surplus in United States giving a boost to commerce. (Film made in 1961) Development of communication system, system of sending mails by horsemen. Telegraph poles and cables set up. Construction of Transcontinental railroad tracks to develop a vast transport network. Sketches of men laying telegraph cable across Atlantic to set up link between east and west. Expansion of petroleum industry: Dramatization of an oil well "gusher" as it gushes oil upward and excited well workers celebrate. Following scene is of actual oil wells gushing and a field of oil wells and derricks in place.
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