Forests being converted to lumber industry in Northern forests of the United States. Workers sort and grade lumber with the help of machinery. The green lumber is dried and sea-soned in a steam heated kiln. Theses boards are seasoned in the open for air to circulate freely about them. Workers stack lumber sheets in piles.
Views of Cornell University where mechanical engineer, Stanford Moss, conducted research into gas turbines as part of his doctoral thesis work in 1903. Dr. Moss later joined the staff of General Electric Company. During World War I Dr. Moss is called to Washington DC to discuss, with the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA), development of a turbo supercharger for airplane engines. View of a biplane with turbo supercharger mounted on top of radial engine. Animated diagram illustrating workings of a turbo supercharger. Using a supercharged engine, the U.S. Army Air Services established an altitude record of 36 thousand feet. (The pilot, flying without supplemental oxygen, passes out and doesn't regain consciousness until the airplane has fallen about 30 thousand feet.)
Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) in Michigan, United States. Group of girls seated in the college premises. They talk about their experiences on sighting a UFO. Man inspects the site of UFO landing and speaks about his experience on seeing a UFO. Scientific advisor for Project Blue Book and astronomer Josef Allen Hynek speaks about the UFO sighting stating that the natives have spotted a 'Marsh Gas'. United States Marine Corps Major Donald Keough and Air Force Secretory Harold Brown give their opinions regarding UFO. Reporters take notes. Countryman Frank talks about his experience on sighting a UFO.
Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the United States. Men wearing Bell Rocket Belts fly in the air. They fly over traffic on road and land on roadside. Single engined biplane bomber Hawker Horsley British aircraft taxis and takes off. German jet fighter EWR VJ 101, United States Ryan XV-5A aircraft and M2-F2 Lifting Body in flight. NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Lunar Landing Research vehicle and XB-70A in flight.
U.S. 1st Marine Division undergoes training at Wagga Wagga Island in Australia during World War 2. Marines train on assault course, under fire. They advance across an open field firing with rifles and jump into a trench. Marines crawl from the trench. Explosions occur as they move ahead on the course. Wirraway trainer airplane flies low overhead. U.S. Marines cross hurdles; climb rope nets and negotiate a rope bridge over marshes. An explosion throws water high into the air next to a Marine crossing the rope bridge..
U.S. 1st Marine Division undergoes training at Wagga Wagga Island in New South Wales, Australia, during World War 2. Marines cross rope bridges over a small stream. Explosion near them throws water into the air.. Wirraway trainer airplane flies low overhead. Marines wait in line to cross the rope bridge.
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