The U.S. XFY-1 Pogo hovers over land during a test flight Man drives equipment carrying jeep. Cameraman takes pictures as the Convair XFY Pogo lifts off and hovers in the air and then descends.
US Army Air Force training film on the A-N Gun Camera - Scoring of Gun Sight Aiming Point Film. Army Air Forces AT-6 aircraft towing a target sleeve as other AT-6s shoot at it. AT-6 training aircraft in flight with gun camera installed in the aircraft. Pilot seen in cockpit. The aircraft, parked on ramp. Pilot climbs out of cockpit, wearing seatpack parachute. An armorer removes the film magazine and then completes a scoring data form. The film is taken to a laboratory to be developed and scored. A Lieutenant explains gun camera scoring to a group of Air Force personnel, in an auditorium. He winds the film on a 100 foot reel, removing any damaged or unused film and splicing a leader on to it. He writes pilot and mission information on the film leader. Lecturer then illustrates scoring process, using a blackboard, and demonstrating with a scoring device adapted from a 16mm motion picture projector. Finally he displays charts dealing with trajectories of 30 caliber ammunition and relationships of range, span of target, and image size. He performs arithmetic calculations on the blackboard. Animated diagrams illustrate points being discussed. A Lieutenant in the audience asks about ground targets, and the instructor discusses that and also responds to several other questions from the audience. (World War 2 period.)
Premiere of the film 'Midnight Lace' in California. The star of the film Doris Day arrives at the premiere. The co star John Gavin and his wife Anna May Wong also arrive. The producer, Ross Hunter, exchanges greetings with guests. Actors Janet Lake and John Saxon also attend the premiere.
16th Annual Junior Rodeo in California. A band plays at the opening ceremony. A junior cowboy and a cowgirl athlete participate. The participants fall from bucking broncs. Spectators cheer the junior participants.
U.S. astronaut Scott Carpenter arrives at the campus of the University of Colorado. Scott Carpenter and his wife Rene Louise Price in a motorcade wave at the civilians as they arrive at the campus of the university. He arrives in Colorado to receive the degree in aeronautical engineering which he failed to take in 1949. A professor presents the brand new degree and a silver plate to commemorate the occasion.
The Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, California. Wax statues of Hollywood comedians Laurel and Hardy. Italian actor Rudolph Valentino’s wax statue dressed as Sheik Ahmed from movie ‘The Sheik’. Wax figures of Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler as Min and Bill. A wax figure of Frankenstein inside a dark room. Humphrey Bogart’s wax statue dressed as Charlie Allnut from ‘The African Queen’. Figure of Gary Cooper from ‘High Noon’ displayed at the Movieland Wax Museum. A man dresses one of the statues. Visitors enjoy watching the statues.
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