A film titled: 'Fighter Photo-Eyes of the Fleet' on the importance of photographic reconnaissance. A board reads: "Composite Squadron Sixty One - VC-61" outside a building of Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, United States. F9F Panther aircraft in formation fly by. A jeep arrives. A pilot gets off the jeep. The pilot arrives near the building. Men load cameras in an airplane. Interior of an office. Officers seated at a desk in the office. The pilot shakes hands with the officers. They look at a model of an aircraft. The pilot walks with his luggage. A jeep arrives near him. He shakes hands with the man driving the jeep and talks to him. He sits in the jeep. The jeep drive away. Buildings along the sides of a street. The jeep comes to a halt and the man gets off. Man enters building with sign "BOQ Office". Inside a man loads film into a camera. The man seated with other crew members inside a building. An officer instructs them on aerial reconnaissance photography techniques in the classroom. View of three Republic F9F Panther aircraft in formation flight overhead. The man looks at the aircraft. He writes a formula and explains to the crew.
A film on the life of sailors aboard ships in the United States. Sailors cleaning guns aboard a ship. They clean a Jeep aboard the USS Macon (CA-132). Other sailors scrubbing down or holystoning the deck. Sailors use Holystone for scrubbing and whitening the wooden ship deck. The sailors working on the ship. They engage in recreation activities. Some of the sailors playing aboard the ship. Sailors playing tennis, stretching, and sewing clothes. A sailor practice boxing on a punch ball bag. A sleeping sailor in bed.
A film on the life of sailors aboard ships in the United States. A sailor reads in a library. He takes out a book and reads. A man writes on a notebook. A sailor takes a correspondence course. A man eats a bar of chocolate. He experiences tooth pain. A dentist examines and helps him with his toothache. A medic puts a bandage on a sailor’s leg. Patients on beds. Doctors examine them. Surgeons provide surgical treatment on a patient inside an operating room. Sailors of the USS Macon jazz swing band play musical instruments. A man interviews an officer. The sailors listening to the interview over the ship's address system.
A film titled '1960 B-52 Annual Report' on a progress report covering development and production of United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. A B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial view looking down on top of a B-52 aircraft in flight. The aircraft leaves smoke trails. Interior of Wichita plant. A crowd gathered in a building. Models of aircraft. People look at the models. The crowd observes seat ejection and bomb navigation systems. A man working on instruments. Configuration of H-model. A truck carrying parts of aircraft enters a building. Parts of aircraft. Joining of wings and major sections of the aircraft. Completion of the first H model of the aircraft. Contractors development inspection and technical compliance inspection.
A film titled 'The Message' on technological advancements in the United States. An Indian runs through woods. Different forms of signaling are used for short distance communication. Native American Indian sends smoke signals. Three sailors send signals with semaphore flags from the top of a building. Mail delivery system. Mailmen in horse-drawn sleighs. Actor portraying Benjamin Franklin looks out of a window at lightning. He discovered electricity. He stands in an open field with a kite and a key. Other great inventors utilize electricity to develop telegraph, telephone, wireless and the like. A ticker tape, a telephone switchboard and a radio in operation.
A film on technological advancements in the United States. Use of belts to convey messages from an operating table to a central point. Women operate a multiplex system. They put a messages on a belt. Telegrams are routed by use of pigeon holes. The telegrams are dropped down a chute and are pigeon holed by a woman. Time is stamped on all the telegrams with an electric clock. A woman stamps the telegrams. Women put the routed telegrams in a carrier. The transmission of a message.
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