The first Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer aircraft (BuNo 139208) at Edwards AFB for its maiden flight on April 21, 1956, with test Douglas Aircraft test pilot Robert O. Rahn at the controls. Test pilot Rahn climbs aboard the aircraft, which is painted in U.S. Navy colors. After several views of pilot, Bob Rahn, in the cockpit, the scene shifts to the airplane on takeoff roll. It takes off smoothly accompanied by a T-33 chase plane. The F5D climbs out steeply and is next seen in level flight cruise configuration. The sequence concludes with the F5D on final approach and landing, with T-33 flying in parallel. The aircraft touches down smoothly and rolls out in a nose high attitude, seeming to almost drag its tail, but not quite. Photographers record the landing from the side of the runway. Reportedly the test flight was smooth overall and the aircraft easily exceeded the speed of sound on this, its first flight. (Note: The U.S. Navy cancelled the F5D Skylancer order, after only several aircraft were built. Two were eventually acquired by NASA.)
A large American flag is formed by school children dressed in Red, White and Blue in Hawaiian Islands. Children in colored costumes form flag in grandstand. Children include Hawaiians, Americans, Japanese, Filipinos and Chinese. Children parade in the foreground. Mass dancing exhibition of Japanese boys and girls in native costumes and others in white dresses.
A swimming race in Hawaiian Islands. View of the swimming pool as swimming race (100Yard Swim) starts. People standing beside the pool in the background. Participants of the race swim in the pool.
Pineapple crops in Hawaiian Islands. Natives seated around pile of pineapples. One man cuts up and distributes pineapples to the group. They eat pineapples. Workers clear ground between pineapple plants. Pineapples are picked by workers. The full grown pineapples. The plant interior with workers slicing as pineapples move along a conveyor belt. Workers grade, pack and seal pineapples. Views of the pineapple field, awaiting harvest.
Agriculture among the Hawaiians in Hawaiian Islands. Two young men carry a tub filled with cooked taros. Natives peel off taros and is placed on a 'Poi' board and pounded with a heavy stone pestle, reducing the roots to a dough to make poi.
Agriculture among the Hawaiians in Hawaiian Islands. Natives make poi. Native child eats poi. Native climbs papaya tree, poses with the fruit. Another native climbs tall tree, donkey in foreground.
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