Transocean Airlines Flight 942, a Douglas C-54G-10-DO Skymaster (registration N88942) carrying United States Air Force personnel, crashes in Alvarado California, United States. The crash killed 30 Air Force personnel and 5 civilians. Parts of the wrecked aircraft on a field. Badly damaged aircraft. The aircraft crashed just before landing. A man looks at the wreckage.
Ex-President of the United States Harry Truman at a harbor in California, United States. People gather to meet the ex President. Cameramen take his photographs. Truman boards a ship with his wife and daughter. They sail for a Hawaiian voyage. Truman, his wife and daughter wave towards the crowd.
The M422 'Mighty Mite' jeep in Virginia, United States. Demonstration of the features of the jeep. A soldier aboard the jeep. He drives the jeep on a muddy road. The jeep is driven on a slope. The jeep is also driven without one of its wheel.
Atomic bomb testing in Nevada, United States. High altitude view of the testing ground. A bomb explodes. Formation of a mushroom cloud due to the explosion.
Project Vanguard being undertaken in Maryland, United States. The project will set an artificial satellite in space which would circle the earth and will send scientific data to the earth. Models of the moon and a Vanguard rocket. Men holding the model and discussing. Men working on the rocket for its completion.
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. Dr Maurer and General Eaker seated at a desk. Dr Maurer talks about the work and the contribution of General Eaker in the U.S. Air Force. He says that General Eaker was the Commander of the 8th Air Force. In 1944, he became the Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force. Then from 1945 until his retirement in 1947, he was the deputy commander of the Army Air Forces and chief of the Air Staff. General Eaker talks about his experiences. He talks about the first airplane flight he saw. He further speaks that he was sent to a training camp in 1917. A man came in the camp looking for some fliers. He was already selected for an examination of regular army. He says that in November 1917, he was on a parade grounds. An airplane was in flight overhead. The aircraft landed and he looked at the engine of the aircraft.
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