1953 US Air Force demonstration of Sabre jet in California

Title card: "U.S. News" / Title card: "Jet Streaks 12 Miles a Minute!" superimposed over tilt-down shot of Sabre jet on airfield, with record-setting pilot William Barns in the cockpit / United States Air Force Sabre jet taxis and turns on tarmac / WS jet speeds quickly through air; it's capable of speeds up to 12 miles a minute / MS USAF cameraman turns camera quickly to keep up with the jet as it flies / man in USAF uniform and Barns' wife, Marylouise, turn their heads in unison to watch the jet / Sabre jet flies as shot follows it / USAF officials watch in background as airman in foreground with timing instrument turns it to follow the flight, and a shirtless man in a pith helmet looks through binoculars / LS Sabre jet flies past observers