New York Airways inaugurate a new helicopter air service in New York City shuttling between New York City airports and the heart of Metropolitan New York. Men stand in front of the helicopter before boarding. Passengers boarding the helicopter flight. A New York Airways helicopter taking off from the West 30th Street Heliport in West Manhattan, New York City.
Scenes of excavations in Sperlonga, Italy and Syria. The Grotto of Tiberius (Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Villa di Tiberio Via Flacca, km 16.300 04029 Sperlonga) is discovered to be a treasure trove of sculpture and statuary from the time of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Archaeologists examine pieces of large Roman statues found in the grotto. In Bosra, Syria, a 15,000 seated stadium (Roman Theatre at Bosra, GF9J+3HC, Busr as Sam, Syria) dating back to 106 A.D. is brought into recognition.
Shows U.S. Navy personnel testing their new amphibious vehicle, LVTUX2 (Landing Vehicle Track Utility Experimental Model 2) in Seattle, Washington. The LVT(U)X2 Goliath carrying navy personnel and a U.S. Army tank enters water. Its crosses the water body and successfully reaches the shore. The tank debarks from the LVT (U) X2 Goliath.
Water fashion show: Water-skiing girls in swimsuits display the newest varieties of bathing caps featuring colorful bandannas and bows in Florida, USA. Girls do water skiing and perform various acrobatic moves.
A film based on the Plum Island Animal Disease Center( PIADC ) off Long Island, New York. Commuters employed with the U.S. State Department of Agriculture board a ferry in Long Island. Animated map highlights the PIADC established for study of foreign animal diseases. The map shows locations of laboratory, dock area, administrative area, animal holding area and research buildings. Research units in the research building. Security fences around the building. The coast of Plum Island showing installations.
Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Long Island, New York which is dedicated to study of animal diseases. Visitors and employees of the United States Department of Agriculture board a ferry in Long Island and head for Plum Island. View of dock as ferry approaches. A sign reads 'U.S.D.A. Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory'. Personnel pass the ferry dock area to enter the guarded gates on Plum Island. Regular employees show passes to enter. The personnel leave the bus used for transportation from the gates to the working area. The employees after entering the building divide into three groups and head for three different locker rooms. Doors of the locker rooms painted red. The employees get rid of their belongings and clothes and proceed through a turnstile to the next locker room to put on a complete set of laboratory clothing. They enter a laboratory to carry out tests.