The construction of Boulder Dam, later renamed as the Hoover Dam. Structure of dam erected into canyon. Equipment in tunnels. Giant cranes in operation. Concrete arch-dam in the Black Canyon. Traffic moves on highway over dam. Boat in Colorado River. People sail in boats. Colorado River view. Four intake towers at Hoover Dam. Spillways at Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam power plant to general power. Man points to the map of United States. Electric power setup for the Hoover Dam shows various electric towers, power house and electric lines across desert. Hoover Dam controls water.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt visits Warm Springs, Georgia for his annual stay at Little White House. A crowd gathers at the train car carrying FDR. Close up of children waving to FDR. Crowd along a road as Roosevelt's limousine leaves the railroad area. President Roosevelt waves to the crowd. Children clap for him. A guard next to a sign that reads, 'This is the Little White House. It is Occupied. The public is requested to view it from the hill. Please do not intrude' FDR's car travels on the highway.
Vehicle Ambush Counter-attack techniques. Dramatization: A Corvair stops in the middle of a road. Two men get out. They take out hand guns and semi-automatic guns and wait in ambush for a Cadillac limousine. A woman sits on a motorbike she signals kidnappers using her walkie talkie handheld radio device. The men with guns come in front of the Cadillac limousine and stop the other car. Close up view of hands holding and firing a semi-automatic assault rifle. They shoot the driver and kidnap the passenger, putting a blindfold over his head as they put him into a van. Newspaper headlines about kidnappings, including the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. California State Police logo. View of cars weaving through traffic cones in parking lot, learning evasive maneuvers. POV through front seat of police patrol car being driven at high speed. Shot of chauffeur polishing a Mercedes Benz. View of damaged cars in a junkyard, including a Trans Am and a Buick Riviera. Even though the Riviera has considerable front end damage, it is started easily by technicians. The narrator explains that cars can be used as weapons to get out of an ambush.
Navy Recruitment office in Indiana. The Chief Petty officer interviews the applicants. Applicants sit in front of the officer. United States flag on the wall. A sign reads 'Navy Recruiting Service'. Three applicants sit on the right. Applicants talk to the Chief petty officer.
Large regatta of small two-person sloops,in a bay, in Florida, United States.One sail boat with the number 1246 on the sail. Two men in bathing suits, in the sail boat, trying to control the boat. The sailboats in a line. A wooden motor yacht carrying officials in white uniforms. It displays Florida registration number: FL 230 on bow and flies a burgee with dark cross on white field. Another motorboat carrying several civilians, displays the Cuban flag from its stern. Trees on the shore. A Gazebo with a dome and a walkway in view. A steel bridge over the water. Numerous boats under the bridge and nearby. A small building on the shore. Boats tied up at the shore.
A new engine is tested in an X-15 rocket powered aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft with an X-15 aircraft in flight. The rear of the X-15 aircraft with a new engine. It is attached under the right wing of the B-52 aircraft. The X-15 is released and is in flight. It releases contrails. The X-15 lands and taxis on a runway at the air base after the successful first flight with a new engine.
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