A new 22 ton flying fortress plane in flight. The plane lands at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Plane sets a record as it flies from California to New York in 9 hours and 14 ½ minutes. Major Ulmstead talks with people, standing near plane. Army Air Corps tries out a miniature plane in Dayton, Ohio. Model aircraft launched from a catapult. Plane controlled by radio from ground. A parachute brings it to earth safely.
Army test pilot Robert W. Fausel on airfield smiles for camera in cockpit of P-40D aircraft at Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio. P-40D taking off and breaking speed record with a 661 mile per hour vertical power dive. P-40 in flight. Plane lands and pilot Bob Fausel smiles again for the camera standing near the aircraft. (Opening slate states Buffalo New York, but this event actually occurred at Wright Field in Ohio).
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, a shrine dedicated to the greats of Professional Football (predominantly in the NFL). A sign depicting National Professional Football - Hall of Fame outside the building. Interior view of the Hall of Fame. Sculpture of Bert Bell, Founder Coach Commissioner of Philadelphia Eagles. George Halas, Founder of the League and Coach of the Chicago Bears stands next to his sculpture. 'Red' Grange, the galloping horse of Illinois poses next to his sculpture. Sculpture of Jim Thorpe an all-round athlete. The Notre Dame 'Four Horsemen', Elmer Layden, Don Miller, Harry Stuhldreher, and Jim Crowley pose for the camera.
Goodyear Company's new aircraft parts plant under construction in Akron Ohio. Aerial views of construction site. Steel girders of new factory seen.
Film opens showing a blackboard and chalk sketch of the area in Dallas where U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Key streets and location where Mr. Abraham Zapruder took his 8mm film of the event are pointed out. Other details are identified, including the window from which shots were fired in the Texas School Book Depository Building. Details of distances from various points and timing of shots are narrated. Scene shifts to view from inside a car following the motorcade route. it turns in front of the Texas School Book Depository, where some spectators are watching the activity. Spectators watch on Elm Street,as the car retracing the motorcade route heads toward and through the Triple Underpass. Dallas police officers are seen controlling traffic to facilitate the Secret Service filming. Scene shifts to the Texas Book Depository, where window used by the assassin is pointed out. The camera focuses back as the car follows the original motorcade path.
A sketch shows the layout of sixth floor in the Texas school book depository building from where the assassin fired shots that killed Predident John F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. The diagram shows that the building has two service elevators one facing the east and other facing west. It has two stairways -up and down. The assassin's gun was found in front of the down stairway. Views inside the sixth floor are then shown that reveal , among other things, numerous cartons throughout the area, providing plenty of cover for the shooter.
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