Captain Joseph Kittinger during Operation Excelsior III in the United States. Parachute descending and landing, parachuted by Captain Kittinger. Shows Piasecki H-21 American helicopter landing near parachute.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran visits United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis,Maryland. Artillery guns are fired in salute when he arrives. Shah Pahlavi steps from his car and is greeted by the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr. George E. Allen, a friend and assistant to Predident Truman, also arrives to greet the Shah. The Shah, accompanied by officers and officials proceeds to the parade ground, where Academy midshipmen are standing in formation. They parade and pass in review before the Shah. Color guards passing with flags. Shah Pahlavi and Admiral Holloway salute as midshipmen parade past.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, visits the United States. Shah Pahlavi salutes as he is greeted by U.S. Navy officers aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Valley Forge ( CV-45). Shah Pahlavi and Marine Captain review contingent of U.S. Marines, on board. Elevator brings them up to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Harry B. Temple, Captain of the USS Valley Forge, escorts the Shah. They talk to a pilot, standing by his aircraft for inspection. A helicopter takes off and lands again. The Shah speaks with a pilot about his flight gear. Douglas AD Skyraider Aircraft takes off and in flight. Aircraft wings fold as it taxis after landing on the carrier. The Shah and Captain Temple look at photo albums of the USS Valley Forge.
Technicians and officers in the laboratories and offices at WADC, United States. Animation depicts the effort output of Research and Development. The graph depicts number of unsatisfactory reports and decrease in efforts. Book entitled: "Mission of WADC." Interior of drafting room, worker is sitting at desk drawing up plans. Flight of formation of five USAF Convair B-36 aircraft. Interior of Aero Medical Laboratory, centrifuge test equipment is in operation. Pilot's face during test.
F-80s and F-86s on test stand in the United States. Pamphlet on jet propelled aircraft, stamped 'Secret', held by Air Force officer. Interior of office building, Air Force officer talks to civilian contractor. Drawings of F-80 and F-86. Interior of laboratory testing of hydraulic equipment. Equipment is mounted on test stands, meter registers 3000 lbs. per square inch. Cold weather test is being conducted on hydraulic equipment in laboratory. Technician, wearing heavy protective clothing, removes section of landing gear hydraulic system from hydraulic section of landing gear in the cold weather test chamber. USAF jet fighter F-80 Shooting Star lands at Wright Field. Technician checks landing gear wheel of an F-80. Unsatisfactory report on the wheel of the F-80 is turned in. F-80 landing. Two Air Force project officers discuss aircraft performance. One officer pointing to the wheel location, end of wing and fuselage of the F-80. Testing of wheel for the USAF F-86 Sabre in test stand. Interior of laboratory building showing wheel test instrument panel. Views of test and recording charts in operation. Stationary F-86. F-86 in initial flight, wheels down. F-86 landing at Muroc AFB.
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in the United States during the first flight around the world. In Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Flier Douglas World Cruiser on a lake before the hop across the Pacific to Japan. A snow-covered mountain in the background. Two cruisers. One of the cruisers warms up. One of the cruisers as it is being raised onto a Coast Guard ship. Raised aircraft engine shows engine change in Lieutenant Leigh Wade's (Pilot of the World Cruiser) airplane for a hop to Attu Island in Japan. Lt. Lowell H. Smith standing on the nose of the aircraft holding the propeller blade. A stationary cruiser on a shore. Another cruiser seen. Both are equipped with pontoons. Three of the world cruisers in flight while they are in their first flight from America to Asia. Animated map shows the dangerous route across the Pacific. The Pacific crossed by airplane. Animated map of the coastline of North America and Asia with 'Second Division Chicagoff to Kagoshima, Japan' written on the map.
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