During a break at a ceremony honoring wing commander Colonel Peyton Gibson, a morale building session for the436th Reserve Troop Carrier Wing is held at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. The 436th Reserve Troop Carrier Wing selects it's beauty queen who will compete nationwide for the Miss Air Force title. Planes in the background. 'U.S. Air Force Reserve' written on the building at the air field. The dog mascot of the Wing is seen. Female beauty queen contest participants model for the competition, dressed in bathing suits.
World wide series of experiments carried out at French Alps during the Geo-physical Year. Mountain ranges in the background. Scientists set off huge blasts to study shock waves. Observers watch the effect of explosion. Water rise high due to explosions. equipment measure the shock waves. Recording instruments in a stone house are used.
Northwestern Indians gather at their traditional salmon netting grounds at the Celilo Falls in Oregon. The Native Americans do traditional dipnet fishing at the fishing sites at the Celilo Falls. The Chief of the tribe along with other people of the tribe have a last look at the traditional salmon netting grounds. View of the new Dalles Dam constructed which will submerge the area. White citizens gather and take pictures and photograph the Indians' final visit fishing for salmon fish at the site. Narrator describes a cash payment agreement between the tribes and the U.S. government for the tribes to relinquish the fishing rights. Narrator declares "Once again red man bows before white man's march of progress."
A man sits in a unique three-wheeled single passenger motor vehicle. He demonstrates its maneuverability on the street. Cars and other traffic on the street are stopped to allow the demonstration. The machine includes an air-cooled internal combustion engine (like a motorcycle engine) and fuel tank, all mounted above the front wheel, which is capable of being rotated 360 degrees to allow complete maneuverability. The driver demonstrates this by driving backwards, without needing to use any reverse transmission.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with their two daughters in London. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret walk with their parents and pet dogs in a park near Buckingham Palace. The British Royal family strolls in a garden near a stream. The family feed ducks in a pond. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret walk toward their father. Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon letting her dog sniff her hand. Workmen in the Royal Mews (The Royal Mews Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 0QH, United Kingdom) give George III's State Coach a wash up and brush up for the coronation ceremonies. A fully uniformed entourage on horseback practices guiding the 176-year-old coach that will be used for the coronation of King George VI.
President Eisenhower walks up steps of a building at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and East High Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace (Episcopal) visible across the intersection. Several local inhabitants gather to watch the President. A few Boy Scouts take his picture. He turns toward them briefly as he goes up the steps. View of President Eisenhower's grandchildren, Dwight David and Barbara Anne, in back seat of car, smiling and waving. The car drives away. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Joseph W. Martin, Jr. stands on sidewalk and chats with reporters. Mr. Martin is next seen sitting and conversing with President Eisenhower. The President fools with his eyeglasses and looks at his watch during the conversation. The Speaker and James Hagerty , the President's Press Secretary, leave the building together, and get into a car.
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