Aerial view of airfield at Oakland, California. Pilot, Bennett Griffin, is seen with his wife and child, standing beside his Travel Air 5000 airplane,"Oklahoma." Registration number:"N-X 911" is stenciled on its tail. Pilot Martin Jensen, saying farewell to members of his family in front of his airplane,"Aloha" (that finished second in the race). Aircraft being readied for takeoff. Starter with checkered flag stands ready as nine men push the Travel Air 5000 "Oklahoma, the first to take off, forward into starting position, with engine running. Next scene shows starter holding stopwatch and flag. He signals start with the flag. Scene shifts to the second aircraft to take off, the Goddard Special metal monoplane, NX5074, "El Encanto." Camera tracks as the airplane has difficulty breaking ground, skipping several times in a long ground roll. Suddenly, it veers off the the right in a crab, wiping out its landing gear and breaking part of its right wing as it flips over in a crash leaving it tilted on its left wing facing backwards. Some smoke is seen but quickly disappears. Men and rescue personnel rush to the scene. (Reportedly the crew was unhurt.) Next, the prototype Lockheed Vega 1 monoplane, NX913, "Golden Eagle," is making smooth takeoff. Navigator Gordon Scott waves to spectators below as the plane climbs out. Aerial view of the plane in flight. The "Miss Doran," a Buhl CA-5 Air Sedan, number NC2915, is seen next on takeoff, past photographers and spectators, and then airborne. Next, the Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane, NX914, "Aloha" is seen taking off. It climbs out very slowly. Navigator Paul Schluter waves as they depart. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel and navigator, Willian V. Davis Jr. are seen next by their plane "Woolaroc." A woman wishes them good luck, with a bouquet of flowers. Next, men are seen pushing the "Woolaroc" and it takes off and climbs. Pre-departure footage of Pilot Gordon Scott and navigator John W. Frost, with friends, near their airplane, "Golden Eagle." (Their aircraft vanished in the Pacific.) Pre-departure footage of pilot John Augie Pedlar, navigator Lieutenant Vilas R. Knopie, and their passenger, Mildred Doran, whose aircraft, "Miss Doran," was also lost in the Pacific.
The National Aircraft Show at Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma, United States. A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress followed by four United States Air Force F-102A Delta Daggers in flight. C-130 turbo prop transport aircraft parked on ground and open for viewing. Actress Jayne Mansfield is seen being escorted by an Air Force officer among the crowd at the air show. View of three USAF F-101 Voodoo aircraft, F-101A Voodoos and F-102A Delta Dagger aircraft in formation. F-100C Super Sabre airplanes in close formation flight. USAF B-66 Destroyer, B-47 Stratojet, Convair B-36 and B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight, along with the F-106 Starfighter. Also seen is the B-66 light bomber in flight. A woman who won as Miss Denmark is present during the ceremony as photographers take her picture.
Regiments of National Guard barring the way into the area where spinal meningitis is spreading in Snyder Oklahoma. Guard strops the car along a road. He writes on Military Quarantine Pass and allows the car to move. A truck passes.
Men work in Oklahoma oil fields. Men work and roll pipes on the ground. A sign board reads: 'No Smoking'. Oil tanks and trucks arrive and leave the area. Oil wagons in the background.
A gasoline station in Oklahoma, United States. 'Black Gold Gasoline' written on a board on the top of a building. Gasoline trucks and tanks arrive at the gasoline station. 'Distillate Kerosene' written on kerosene tanks.
An oil factory in Oklahoma, United States. Interior of the factory. Men work in the factory. They work on oil machines. Processing of oil cans.
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