Service teams compete in try-outs for the '56 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The team members ride bobsleds. Men note down the time. View of a timer. The bobsleds run on a snowy path.
A truck with its versatile features is displayed in Spain. The truck is driven over a ridge. It passes through a water channel and muddy terrain. Huge tires of the truck are displayed.
Le mans auto race in Le mans, France. Views of sports race cars. Spectators watch the race. Sports cars on the racing track. Ecurie Ecosse driven by Ron Flockhart wins the race. The team members celebrate the British victory.
Local boys build a steam-powered automobile in Jamesburg, New Jersey. Three boys make the amateur version of a Stanley Steamer auto. The boys use kindling wood to stoke a fire for steam power. Steam rises from the device. The boys hop onto their car and drive it down a road in before a gathered crowd. (World War II period).
Demonstration of an educated lawn mower in New Jersey. A woman starts the automatic lawn mower. This gadget with trick arms keeps going around the grass plot and cuts grass at even length automatically. The woman and a man sit on a porch and have cold drinks.
A missile workshop aboard the USS Shangri-La in the Pacific Ocean. A compartment aboard the carrier as the deck hatch is opened. Sparrow fuse containers are lowered into the workshop. Several of the crew members drop the containers through the open hatch into the workshop. Containers holding control sections for the missile are lowered into the control hatch by an electric chain. Crew members carry containers and work around a chain fall.
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