Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane using auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. The Ercoupe airplane taxis and takes off without jet propulsion. It is piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr. The airplane taxis and takes off with the jet propulsion.
A preview of movie production at Mount Hood in Oregon. A building. Actors James Stewart and Julia Adams talk. They are in a ski tow as they give a shot for their film. A man talks over a radio to keep contact with the set. The cast and the crew of the Hollywood movie moves with wagons and horses. Cameramen and team members stand for taking shots. Jimmy Stewart and Jack Lambert give fighting shots.
Twenty millionth car manufactured by Ford in Tennessee. The band and a crowd around a monument in Lebanon, Tennessee. Police escort the twenty millionth Ford, a black Town Sedan, during a parade. An elderly man in uniform and others in front of the twenty millionth Ford. A group pose in front of the twenty millionth Ford at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Men in front of the car, one of them signs the logbook at Franklin, Tennessee. Spectators watch the motorcade and band pass by at Columbia, Tennessee. A sign over an old car at the roadside reads 'Welcome 20,000,000 Ford my number is 602765, I was born in 1913'. The band play in front of the Ford car. The drum major twirls the baton.
United Airlines Flight 615 crashed on approach to Oakland, California, killing all 50 passengers and crew. Rescue personnel search on the crash site of the Douglas DC-6 (N37550) into Dry Gulch Canyon southeast of Oakland. An officer inspects the debris. Personnel talk on telephone. Casualties carried on stretchers by rescuers. Damaged parts of the aircraft on the rugged mountain terrain. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents rush towards the site to investigate the wreckage of the aircraft crashed.
President Truman blames Soviet Union for blocking peace in Missouri. President Harry S Truman forgathers with World War I Battery D comrades. A comrade waves flag of Battery D unit. They walk towards podium. President Truman criticizes Soviet Union as an obstacle to peace.
Stunt performers show stunts in Virginia. Stunt performer standing atop an aircraft as it is in flight. Spectators watch the stunt. Stunt performer shows aerial stunts. The aircraft flies low. It lands on top of a car and takes off from it without being piloted. Stunt performers show the same stunt. Men adjust position of barricade. Aircraft taxis on ground and passes through barricade.
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