 New York State is the scene of the four-man Bobsled championship races. Here goes one team down the world-famous Mountman-Houvenberg run. 800 pounds of men has dried 500 pounds of Bobsled, headed for 26 ice-glazed turns on their course. Michael runs at record speed for the winner, and trembling a little gets aboard, and they're off. When the run looks like this, turns speed is slightly reduced, the rearman on the sled applying the brakes. Bobsledding is a fast and dangerous sport, which calls for courage and teamwork. Good veterans arrive by airliner to receive medical treatment. These veterans fought in the common struggle against the Nazi invader in Greece. Some in the Army, some in the Navy, and others in the valiant Greek resistance forces. A girl patriot of the resistance movement is among them. It will be given all the medical aid that science can provide. The DC-6, the latest American transport airliner. Completely reversible pitch propellers make it possible for the plane to back up and advantage in parking and storage. The DC-6 takes its place in the international development of peacetime world air travel. The take-off is fast and smooth. We call the Conference of Modern Travel. Comfortable lounges with indirect lighting, lavatories, dressing rooms, and buffet sections for the passengers' mealtime needs. Daytime accommodations can be converted into upper and lower berths in less than half a minute, and the sleeping accommodations are just as comfortable as the best of railroad travel. New and bigger airline transports will continue to link together the people of the world. In Syria, the United States Army Air Force presents its first jet-propelled fighter plane squadron. In line for formation maneuvers, America's fastest planes taxi for the take-off. These P-80 shooting stars have crossed the American continent in a little more than four hours. Now they will go through battle formation tests. Guiled as the jet planes capable of more than 700 miles an hour are held down to about 500. A deadly team at high speeds approaching the speed of sound against the Arctic. At the northern town of Churchill in Canada's province of Manitoba begins the saga of Operation Muscox, the famous snowmobiles heading for the Arctic regions on a journey of exploration. Experts from eight countries, including the United States and Russia, study the route of the 3,100-mile 81-day trip. Basic training for the polar trek is building igloos in which to sleep if necessary. Eskimos can put up an igloo in a couple of hours, but the expedition's members take twice as long. Food is pre-cooked and then frozen, 5,900 calories a day per man. Clothing is especially designed for the 50 below zero cold. From five air supply bases in the frozen north, food and fuel will be parachuted to the men several times a week. Even as far north as the magnetic pole, the expedition will not be out of touch with civilization. Vehicles get underway. Each heated cabin can sleep four men. Originally designed for the invasion of Norway, these snowmobiles will enable man to increase his useful knowledge of the Arctic regions. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, center of world Catholicism, is the scene of climax ceremonies as 32 prelates await their elevation as cardinals. Francis Spellman of New York, Samuel Stritch of Chicago, Edward Mooney of Detroit, and John Glennon of St. Louis. Then within the eye-filling magnificence of St. Peter's, Pope Pius XII, born aloft, is received with reverence and awe by the 20,000 persons in the edifice. To the 330 million Catholics throughout the world, it is a time not only of drama and pageantry, but one of moving spiritual greatness. Rome, slowly recovering from years of war and suffering and fascism, once again looks to a world at peace after seven long years of darkness. First stone of which was laid in 1506, the long-awaited ceremonies are about to begin. From 19 countries brought by plane and train and ship, the prelates have journeyed for this solemn moment. Only 28 of the 32 designated were able to take part in the procession. The traditional red hat. The hats are not intended to be worn, but are symbols of the highest state of the princes of the church. From Holland, Hungary, China, England, Canada, and many other countries, receive their red hats. To each one, the Pope reads a formula in Latin. The same titular church that was the Pope's when he was Cardinal Pacelli. The Pope smiles at the man who is one of his close friends. In this first church consistory since 1940, a bit of the ceremony comes when the 28 new Cardinals prostrate themselves before the main altar of the Basilica. This gesture is symbolic of humble servitude. Their great hoods cover their heads as they rededicate themselves to the service of the church. It descends the steps of his throne as the drama nears its end. The Italian Cardinals are a minority in the College of Cardinals. The whole world is reminded once again of the ancient traditions of a church that continues to be a major force in the world today.