Framed photographs of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson on a wall. A song writer writes a song on behalf of the National Recovery Administration (NRA). He falls asleep while writing the song. As he "dreams" actors portraying Washington, Lincoln and Wilson appear in his room asking him why he wants to write such a song and they're reassuring him that Franklin D Roosevelt is the right way. When he starts singing his new song, he finds himself alone, but he knows that Franklin Delano Roosevelt will lead the USA back on the road to prosperity. He sings "The Road is Open Again". Film is a National Recovery Administration and New Deal propaganda piece during the Great Depression.
A tactical jet fighter fires a missile at an obsolete jet target aircraft (F-80 or F-84). The missile strikes and the target aircraft bursts into flames and crashes into the ground with huge explosion and fire. An F-100 Supersaber fighter strafes ground targets. An F-105 climbing out. An F-100 dropping napalm, leaving huge explosion of flames. F-105 fires rockets that explode on railroad tank cars. Jet fighter launches missile that strikes and destroys railroad locomotive. F-100s straffing and firing rockets and missiles at various ground targets. F-105 drops cluster of bombs. F-100 and F-105 aircraft engaged in close support maneuvers with U.S. Army artillery and infantry units firing field pieces and machine guns and mortars.
Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System shows airlift delivery method where aircraft deposits parachute supplies when landing is not possible. Parachute supplies deposited by an aircraft flying low. Parachute low delivery system shows a plane releasing parachute with supplies at a certain height from drop point at ground. Interior views of C-130 aircraft including pilot and controls. The cargo hatch is opened and the extraction parachute is deployed. Once the parachute catches the wind outside the craft, it pulls the connected supplies out of the plane and on to the ground. View of supply drop using many parachutes of different colors, with parachutes opening and supplies falling to ground. Supplies offloaded from aircraft at landing field.
A group of Canadian designers come up with rotary-wing aircraft that combines a conventional engine with free-spinning rotors. Technicians examine the plane while pilot boards for take off. Aircraft taxies, hangar in the background. Aircraft takes off from runway. Aircraft flies on airfield.
A man plays pocket billiards. Various views of shots being made. Audience watches in the background. Men at desk watch. Winner, Jimmie Caras, is presented with prize. Audience claps for the Caras. Other experts put on demonstrations for the audience. Player tries trick shots using two cues. Audience surrounds the player and table. Man hits the ball without using cue. Close view of player smiling.
Wire photo system to send a photo through ordinary telephone wire. Interiors of office show a man working on a turntable-based device. Man speaks into telephone mouthpiece. Photograph revolves on one turntable, the transmission is sent via telephone wires, and a copy of the photograph is developed on another, remote turntable. From a newsreel in 1961 recounting events roughly 25 years earlier.
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