U.S. Air Force Thunder streak jet fighters break 4 hour coast to coast mark in the United States. The jet fighter pilots look at a map. They sit in a cockpit. The jet fighters race from Los Angeles to New York in a blazing speed test The jets take off. The jets in flight. A map shown and officials point at the map. The jet fighters land. Views of Robert Scott and other pilots after completing the race in less than 4 hours.
The U.S. Army displays a folding bridge in Virginia. The bridge can be operated without requiring any personnel to expose themselves during an operation. A new traveling, folding bridge which is pushed by a tank is opened by massive gears. The tank passes through the bridge.
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).
Repair of collision damage to the USS Shangri La (CVA-38) in Naples, Italy. A cofferdam is secured to the port quarter of a Landing Craft, Mechanized. A Utility Boat seen in the background. The cofferdam up alongside Shangri La, half in the water, being edged up the side of the ship. A chain-fall hooked up to a sling on the corner of the cofferdam. A small Italian type barge seen in the background. The cofferdam is pulled up alongside the Shangri La by a man inboard the ship. A chain hoist hook is attached to a cable on a corner of the cofferdam. A yellow wheel turns part of a chain hoist. A man inboard the Shangri La pulling on chains, pulls the cofferdam in place. The cofferdam up to the side of Shangri La still bobbing in water. An LCM at right. A man removes a pin from the shackle on a cable which is attached to the cofferdam. An officer at the left smokes a pipe. Men work on the cofferdam as a man in the LCM in the background looks up. A chief secures the shackle to the cable on the cofferdam. The ship's crew welds the cofferdam. A man uses cutting torch.
Repair of collision damage to the USS Shangri La (CVA-38) in Naples, Italy. A bow view of the ship at anchor in Naples Harbor. The ship takes on slight port list to keep the damaged area out of water. U.S. Navy Skyraider A-1Hs seen on the flight deck port side. The bow anchor and port anchor are out. Port quarter view of Shangri La in Naples Harbor shows the flight deck filled with aircraft. The ship has slight port list until damage is repaired. A stern view of Shangri La at anchor in Naples Harbor. Breakwater seen at right.
Traffic over Main River in Mulheim, Germany. Vehicles of U.S. 90th Division cross a temporary bridge over the main river. Various views of trucks passing over the bridge. Factories in the background. Soldiers seated in a jeep cross the bridge. (World War II period).
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