Launcher on the stern of the USS Mississippi (AG-128). Missile (TTV-2, Terrier) attached. It is trained around and then points skyward. Missile is launched. Missile in flight as puff of smoke seen. Crew going out to the launcher. Spot burned on the deck by the launching of the missile.
From " A Short Survey of The Film in America." On screen English text describing advances in film making in the early years of the motion picture. Description of the years 1908-1918 as pivotal years for American film makers DW Griffith, Thomas H. Ince, and Mack Sennett. On screen text describing DW Griffith's work, "The New York Hat." The actual film follows : Small town gossips scandalously link together the names of a minister and a girl when they discover that he has given her an expensive hat from New York. The turmoil abates when the minister produces the will of the girl's mother, in which he has been asked to buy the daughter "bits of finery."
Igor Sikorsky speaks about aircrafts. Sikorsky points to early drawings of helicopters on the wall.
Igor Sikorsky speaks about helicopters. A rack full of books in the background. VS-300 Sikorsky helicopter flies first time in September 1939. A pilot sits at VS-300 helicopter. Vought Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter lands at water. Helicopter takes off.
A man sits in cockpit of VS-300 helicopter and it takes off from a parking place during demonstration. Cars in the parking area. The helicopter lands on pile of cargo boxes. Helicopter takes off and lands on a rooftop.
A ship in the sea. Colonel H Frankson Gregory flies a Sikorsky helicopter from the ship. Helicopter flies and lands on the ship. Officers stand near helicopter. Helicopter takes off.
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