Display of a model of 'Westing House' (Westinghouse) in Newark, New Jersey in the post-war era. People look at the design of an electric kitchen. Modern equipment in the kitchen. Electric refrigerators, grills, stoves, cloths ironer and washing machines. Salesman explains different gadgets as a couple listens to him. He demonstrates working of some of the gadgets. A signboard advertising 'Westing House Combination Kitchen-Laundry'.
A Special Ambassador stands near a plane and addresses during Michigan air tour by universal envoy in Newark, New Jersey. He takes out a paper from his pocket. Plane taxis and takes off.
Scene at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey, as the U.S. Destroyer Escort USS McConnell is launched. Shipyard workers aboard the deck and handling lines. U.S. Naval Ensign displayed at her bow and crew looking down. Mrs. Grace Otteson McConnell swings the bottle of champagne and the USS McConnell slides down the ways after christening. View from deck of the McConnell as she goes down the ways. View from water, as she enters, stern-first. Change of scene to high vantage point overlooking the shipyard, at change of shift, when those ending leave and those arriving enter the yard to start work. Workers leaving through guarded gate. Incoming workers punching in on the time clock.
American aviator Howard Hughes flies from coast to coast in 7 ½ hours. Hughes exits out of cockpit of Hughes H-1 Racer plane in Newark, New Jersey. Crowd surrounds the plane. Cameraman atop a car. Hughes H-1 Racer being pushed by men towards a hangar.
Hundreds of orphan children stand in long queues outside the Branford Theater in Newark, New Jersey. Children donated free movie tickets by Warner Brothers. Children wave at the camera.
Salem Barrack demonstrates his miniature 'Ornithopter', a flying machine, at the Newark Airport in New Jersey. The elastic powered plane makes a successful flight of several minutes.
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