MS ARTHUR GODFREY STANDS BY TROPHY CABINET
CONTAINING VARIETY TROPHIES, SPEAKS OF AVIATION,
HIS "FAVORITE SUBJECT", "ESPECIALLY ON 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF POWERED FLIGHT"

MS GODFREY WALKS TO WALLCOVERED WITH
CERTIFICATES,PHOTOS. CU GODFREY'S CERTIFICATE AS
"NAVAL AVIATOR" WHICH HE RECEIVED IN 1950 AT
PENSICOLA. "THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE". HE SHOWS
CERTIFICATES AS "CARRIER PILOT", "JET PILOT",
"HELICOPTER PILOT", HE SHOWS COVETED "NAVY
TICKET", THE HIGHEST RATING GIVEN NAVY PILOTS.

MCU GODFREY SEATED AT DESK, SHOWS MINIATURE SCALE
MODEL OF WRIGHT BROTHERS PLANE. CU SAME.

MS GODFREY SEATED IN OLD PLANE, FACING CAMERA,
DEMONSTRATES STEERING MECHANISM ON WRIGHT PLANE,
USING FEET AND HANDS.

EDDIE RICKENBACKER STANDS AT ATTENTION WITH OTHERS
AS HE RECEIVES MEDAL IN WWI. RICKENBACKER POSES
WITH MEDAL, HANGAR AND PLANE IN B/G.
INCLUDING ITS MACHINE GUN. CU YOUNG RICKENBACKER
IN COCKPIT OF HIS SPAD.

RICKENBACKER, GODFREY STAND BY OLD BIPLANE, CHAT
OF OLD TIMES AS THEY WALK AWAY FROM PLANE, TOWARDS
CAMERA. HUGE CONSTELLATION AIRLINER DWARFS SPAD IN
B/G. THE TWO TURN, LOOK BACK AT BOTH PLANES.

MCU RICKENBACKER TALKS TO GODFREY, CONSTELLATION
IN B/G, SAYS ONE OF THOSE WHEELS WEIGHS ALMOST AS
MUCH AS A SPAD. BOTH ARE APPROACHED BY CAPTAIN AND
ENGINEER OF EASTERN AIRLINES, SHAKE HANDS.

MERRIL, GODFREY CHECK WEATHER MAP ON WALL AS
METEOROLOGIST HANDS THEM LATEST WEATHER REPORT.
GODFREY EXPLAINS FUNCTION OF DISPACHER'S OFF AS
MAN FILLS IN STATS ON TOTE BOARD IN B/G. CU MAN
WRITES WITH CHALK ON TOTE BOARD AS GODFREY VOICE
OVER EXPLAINS.

VARIOUS VIEWS CAPTAIN GODFREY AND MERRIL IN
COCKPIT AT CONTROLS, ENGINEER AT HIS STATION
BEHIND THEM.

PAN TO ENGINEER AT HIS STATION. CU HAND ON TROTTLES

CU AIR SPEED GAUGE, ALTIMETER, VERTICAL SPEED
GAUGE, AUTOMATIC DIRECTION FINDER GAUGE, VARIOUS
COMPASSES. OMNI-RANGE INDICATOR, AND OTHERS.

MS GROUND CREWMAN COMMUNICATES WITH PLANE AS
EACH ENGINE (4) IS STARTED. WATCHES AS ENGINES
START ONE AT A TIME. HE THEN PILLS SAFETY PINS
FROM LANDING GEAR.

GODFREY PEERS OUT COCKPIT WINDOW AS GROUND MAN SHOWS
HIM THE THREE PINS HE REMOVED FROM LANDING GEAR.

AIRLINER BEGINS TO TAXI AS GROUND CREWMAN IN FRGD
WAVES IT ON. GUIDING IT ALONG RUNWAY. LS HUGE
CONSTELLATION TAXIING TO
WARM-UP BLOCK.

CONTROL TOWER MAN GIVE "OK FOR TAKE-OFF". LS PLANE
BEGINS TAKE-OFF RUN. MS POV INSIDE COCKPIT GODFREY
AT CONTROLS AS PLANE SPEEDS DOWN RUNWAY.

GODFREY GIVES COMMANDS, VOICE OVER EXPLAINS EACH
COMMAND. VARIOUS VIEWS CONSTELLATION IN FLIGHT
AMID CLOUDS, BLUE SKY

NORTH-BOUND SILVER FALCON AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT

STEWARDESS TAKES TRAYS OF FOOD FOR PASSENGERS FROM
KITCHEN PASS-THROUGH WINDOW. CARRIES THEM DOWN
AISLE, BACK TO CAMERA, TO PASSENGERS, FACING
CAMERA.

CU DRAWING LINES & CHART TO SHOW HOW IT WORKS.

VIEW OF GEAR COMING DOWN UNDER PLANE.

PLANE WITH GEAR DOWN COMING IN FOR LANDING. LS
GROUND VIEW SAME. VIEW FROM INSIDE COCKPIT. MS
VIEW UNDER PLANE AS GEAR MAKES CONTACT WITH
GROUND.

AIRPLANE CREW LEAVE PLANE WHILE CAPTAIN ARTHUR
GODFREY ADDRESS CAMERA IN PLANE'S MAIN CABIN

PLANE FLIES TOWARD CAMERA IN BAD NIGHT WEATHER

PLANE FLYING AT NIGHT THROUGH CLOUDS

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AT PANEL OF INSTRUMENTS
WEARING HEADSETS & SPEAKING TO PILOTS

VIEW OF PILOT AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE COCKPIT

MLS CONSTELLATION IN FLIGHT. MS GODFREY, CO-PILOT
BACKS TO CAMERA IN COCKPIT AS HE DEMONSTRATES
POWER OF EACH ENGINE ON PLANE AS HE CUTS OFF ALL
BUT ONE OF FOUR ENGINES IN FLIGHT. LS PLANE IN
FLIGHT SHOWING EACH ENGINE AS IT SHUTS DOWN. PLANE
CONTINUES WITH ONE PROP TURNING. CU ENGINES. ON
TURNING, THREE STOPPED. PLANE REMAINS STEADY IN
FLIGHT.

PILOT & CO-PILOT IN COCKPIT

CU TWO PROPELLORS NOT SPINNING

CU ENGINES AS THEY ARE TURNED ON AGAIN. PROPELLER
STARTS SPINNING

CAPTAIN ARTHUR GODFREY STEPS IN FRONT OF AIRPLANE ON
RUNWAY

DC-3 COMING IN TOWARDS CAMERA. LANDING AT WHAT
GODFREY CALLS THE "LEESBURGH INTERNATIONAL COW
PASTURE".

CAPTAIN ARTHUR GODFREY WAVES FROM COCKPIT WINDOW

CU ANIMATED DRAWINGS JET ENGINE, VOICE OVER
EXPLAINS IT'S FUNCTION. educational

MCU GODFREY STANDS BEFORE AND EXPLAINS JETS AFTER
BURNERS IN REAR OF PLANE.

LS PLANE SPEEDS BY AS VOICE OVER TELLS THEY ARE
SPEEDING WITH "STRAIGHT JET". HE DOES SAME WITH
"AFTER BURNERS" IN OPERATION, SHOWING MARKED
INCREASE IN SPEED.

CHIEF TEST PILOT FOR LOCKHEED IS INTRODUCED HE
TALKS ABOUT "PENETRATING THE SOUND BARRIER".
VARIOUS SCENES AS PLANE PENETRATES SOUND BARRIER.
GODFREY VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. EXPLODING SOUND IS
HEARD AS IT PENETRATED. THEN SILENCE, THEN AGAIN
AS SOUND KETCHES UP.

MS GODFREY JOINS RICKENBACKER AT HIS DESK AT
EASTERN AIRLINES. RICKENBACKER SAYS, "IT WON'T BE
LONG TO FLY TO NEW YORK TO MIAMI IN TWO HOURS, SAN
FRANCISCO IN....".