U.S. Task Force underway in the Pacific prior to Doolittle Raid during World War II. Oiler USS Cimarron, AO-22, refuels heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, underway. Mail being transferred by breeches buoy. Midship section of the tanker in heavy seas.
Operation Crossroads (Atomic Bomb Test Able Day) by the United States on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. U.S. sailors aboard a target ship, the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), showing damage caused after the atomic bomb explosion. Superstructure of a ship. A tank and a seaplane on the ship. U.S. flag flies from the bridge of the ship.
President Herbert Hoover reviewing exercises of the U.S. Navy fleet off the Virginia Capes. He is aboard the Cruiser, USS Salt lake City (CA-25). A U.S. aircraft takes off from an aircraft carrier. A Voight UO-1 airplane attempts hookup with the Navy dirigible, USS Los Angeles.
Sir Malcom Campbell putting on goggles before driving his six-ton Bluebird Car at 301 miles per hour on the Salt Flats in Utah. Aerial view from airplane of Bluebird as it streaks across salt flats. Views of smoking tires on car as they are removed by technicians.
English racing car driver Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Several men stand near his supercharged MG streamliner EX-135 car . He sits in the car and races it to set a speed record. Mountain ranges in the background.
Sir Malcolm Campbell sets speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Officials look through binoculars from raised platform. A board under platform reads 'Headquarters Official timing station Contest Board'. Campbell drives his six-ton Bluebird Car at 301 miles per hour. Technicians fix a flat tire during the record attempt. Sir Malcolm seated inside the car after setting the record.
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