American aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York after completing his solo flight around the world in a just under 8 days. People gather in a large number to welcome him. They gather around his aircraft. Scene shifts to streets of New York City where Wiley Post is honored with a ticker tape parade for his Around The World achievement. The aviator seated aboard a jeep passing by. People celebrate and greet him. He is bestowed with the Medal of Valor by New York City Mayor John P. O'Brien. Next segment shows plane of American aviator Roscoe Turner landing, after his record-setting flight from New York to Los Angeles in 10 hours and 5 minutes flying his Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft. This won him the 1933 Bendix Trophy. Close view of Roscoe Turner smiling from the cockpit of his aircraft. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
The mascots of Hook and Ladder Co No 24 present a litter of nine Dalmatian pups in New York. Workers feed the nine pups with milk. The pups kept in their bags. Some Dalmatian pups sleep.
Dalmatian puppies at Hook and Ladder company in New York, United States. Nine Dalmatian puppies placed in small bags as two men feed them milk in a bottle. A puppy yawns. The puppies sleep in their bags.
V-2 rocket move on loading freight car during 'Operation Sandy' in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Men move around tracks. A loading freight car near them. Men fix V-2 rocket on the car. A loading freight car carries a V-2 rocket. It follows an army vehicle. It moves on road passing through town of Las Cruces. A sign board of 'Coca-Cola' appears. The car arrives at a place. A box car nears a truck. A crane lifts a V-2 rocket. The rocket is placed on a truck over the mounting racks. Men fasten the holds of the racks to secure the rocket.
A V-2 rocket assembled during 'Operation Sandy' in New Mexico. Separated nose and body of the rocket. The nose is lifted by a crane. Workers fasten the holds. A V-2 rocket is slide into a box car. Workers help during transfer. Miller wagon on top of a flat car. Workers secure equipment on the flat car.
Body of V-2 rocket lifted and transferred to Miller wagon during 'Operation Sandy' in New Mexico. 'Naval Unit, White Sands, Proving Grounds' written on a sign board. The Miller wagon on top of flat car. 'No Smoking' sign appears on a part of rocket. Men near trucks. Railroad train cars loaded with V-2 equipment.
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