13168_10674_jet_propelled_plane
1955
Nevada. Las Vegas, NV. WS on illuminated signs of Las Vegas (Golden Nugget, Lucky Strike Club, Bingo, Las Vegas), a scientist type and a technician working on “Bluebird” (a jet-propelled plane created to defy the water barrier), technician in cock pit adjusting control, panel with screwdriver, technician with Mobil oil jumpsuit working on craft engine, WS plane being pushed out of hanger by various men into daylight, plane being driven on trailer towards lake through desert, tracking shot of previous, “Lake Mead Lodge” and “Hoover Dam” directional signs on roadside, Extreme WS of lake shore, pan of cars along lake, technician with Mobil suit tinkering with plane engine (Mobil Pegasus on side of plane), MS gas attendant filling barrel with gas (Mobil Oil tanker in background), two technicians in jumpsuits filling plane (more product placement), picture of navy men in cockpit, pushing the plane towards the shoreline, man on large walkie-talkie, plane moving through water, CU Navy officer on phone, dials moving, pan plane gliding at 250 mph along water (Donald Campbell pilot), water trail.