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The Fine Art Of Diving
The Fine Art Of Diving German diving aces limber up on the trampoline before taking to the water for practice before a five-nation meet. Slow motion shots of man practicing on trampoline. Slow motion diving from board. Underwater shot as diver hits the water. Slow motion of a woman diver, performing a backwards dive off of board. Underwater, woman diver in water. POV from board, as male diver performs dive, nice water splash. WS swimming pool with diving board, divers. Slow motion of various divers performing.
Income Tax Cut: Kennedy Hopes to Spur Economy
Income Tax Cut: Kennedy Hopes to Spur Economy In an address to the nation, President Kennedy outlines the status quo of the economy of the United States, and his hopes for a cut in corporate and personal income taxes early in 1963. President Kennedy speaking from the Oval Office?
Reds Orbit Two Craft To Make Space History
Reds Orbit Two Craft To Make Space History The Russians chalk up another victory in the space race as they put two manned space craft into orbit within 24 hours of each other. Control room. POV climbing up above the clouds. Earth view from space. Model of earth, showing spaceships path, orbit. Man looking at graph, equipment. Large radar. Man in control room. Newspaper headlines. Daily News reads: "2 Reds Circle In Twin Orbits". Herald Tribune reads: "The Space Twosome, New Orbit Record - Craft Fly Close." New York Post "Spacemen Go On". Journal American "Red Spacemen Keep Going". Man in control room, watching monitors. CU TV monitor of astronaut. Crowd of people with arms raised, man clapping hands.
Happy Birthday To Herbert Hoover
Happy Birthday To Herbert Hoover Forty-five thousand well-wishers assembled at west branch, Iowa, for the dedication of the new Herbert Hoover Library, on the former President's 88th birthday. Banner - "Happy Birthday Mr. Hoover". Crowds gathered outside library. Interior view of library with state papers framed on wall, glass display case. Interior of office, small room cottage where Hoover grew up. Children holding American Flags. Former President Truman walking towards camera. Crowd of people, rising to their feet. Truman shakes hands with Hoover and makes his way to the podium. Crowd clapping. Hoover at podium, receiving service award and honorary degree.
The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
A huge air-sea search fails to find any clue to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator, who were lost in the Pacific. Amelia Earhart smiling at camera. Amelia loading her plane with gasoline? Plane taking off down runway. LS of plane flying. Aerial view of Aircraft Carrier at sea. POV from plane, looking back at aircraft carrier. I-T-17 planes in flight. CU of Amelia Earhart smiling.
North Pole Record
North Pole Record The Russian airmen were setting records 25 years ago, too. Three men set a new mark in flying over the north pole from Moscow to Los Angeles, California. Aerial view of cars parked in desert area. Aerial of plane and crowd below. MS crowd of people, men, women and children, gathered behind roped off area.
Heat Wave
Heat Wave The heat was setting a record and so were those who were thinking up goofy ways to beat the heat. They may not have beat the heat but they had fun trying. Kids splash around in a pool and play with park sprinklers. Boys jumping off short diving board, into pool. Large temperature gage, reads 102 degrees. Water showers, people cooling themselves off, under the showers.
Alonzo Stagg--100 Years Young
Alonzo Stagg--100 Years Young 'The grand old man' of football marks his 100th birthday as dinners are held in his honor from coast-to-coast. He gave up tennis in his 80's and stopped mowing his lawn when he was 98! Alonzo Stagg attends a dinner in his honor. Wife? seated next to him. Enormous birthday cake, with 100 written on it.
Arctic Rendezvous: Two U.S. Subs Meet at Pole
Arctic Rendezvous: Two U.S. Subs Meet at Pole The nuclear submarines 'skate' and 'sea dragon' surface in the arctic after a rendezvous under the polar ice-cap. One came from Hawaii and the other from Connecticut. They conducted unprecedented maneuvers that point the way to a new type of warfare that could be fought in the polar regions. Submarine above water, ice. Flag bearers, and crew, ceremony. Frogman jumps into frigid waters from submarine. Crews atop submarine.
Ice Show Opening
Ice Show Opening You can be sure that summer is on the way out - for the ice capades revue is on the way in.... Flashing blades and girls and clowns and girls and more girls make the end of summer easier to take. First appearance of a Japanese ice skater in a westernized ice capade show. Older crowd clapping. Skating pair, man lifts woman skater. Couple, precision skating, various moves. Crowd shot, energetic. Japanese male ice skater, performing, spins, takes bow. Pan audience, crowd clapping. Funny bit, where skater is swung around the ice on a rope, and is lifted high above the audience. Finale, skaters, all carrying American flags, skate towards camera. Patriotic.
FDR Names Supreme Court Judge
FDR Names Supreme Court Judge President Franklin D. Roosevelt named Hugo l. Black to the supreme court bench. Black is congratulated by men, Roosevelt is not present.
The Davis Cup
The Davis Cup, emblem of tennis supremacy, returned to the U.S. After the British had held it for 10 years. Men's doubles match in progress. Men holding up hand held film cameras. Two men seated on court, turn their heads back and forth, watching game. Davis Cup trophy.
Johnny Goodman Golf Champion
Johnny Goodman Johnny Goodman won the national amateur golf crown after nine vain tries. Crowd of people walk on green. Man putting ball in hole. Goodman accepting trophy, shaking hands.
Miss America Abdication
Miss America Abdication Miss New Jersey won the Miss America crown and immediately abdicated (relinquished her title) in favor of Miss Texas. Contestants. Miss Texas with trophy. CU Miss Texas smiling.
Deanna Durbin and Charlie McCarthy
Deanna Durbin and Charlie McCarthy Screen star Deanna Durbin was elected the 'Singer of the Year'. Deanna Durbin with Radio Guide award. CU Deanna Durbin smiling at camera. And Charlie McCarthy signed up to star in a feature movie. CU Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen. Skit with Charlie McCarthy saying, "Oh Mr. Rogers, there's going to be a part in this picture for Mr. Bergen too, isn't there?" Mr. Rogers replies, "Mr. Bergen? What can Mr. Bergen do?" Charlie McCarthy, says "Oh, He uh....You got me there, Rogers!". funny, comedy.
Troops Climb Alps In Test
Troops Climb Alps In Test In these days of nuclear warfare the French have given no thought to abandoning their Alpine troops. Groups of the men go through maneuvers on Mt. Blanc to prove their toughness as they climb to the peak with full back packs. Fifteen thousand feet up, with a view to enjoy - if they could! WS Alps, mountains. Men hiking up mountain. WS Mountain peak. Various aerial views of hikers climbing snowy mountain, spectacular views.
Turkey Farm
Turkey Farm The gobblers in Canada are heading for market with Thanksgiving Day on the way. Get ready to throw that diet out the window. Turkey farm. CU turkeys. Hundreds of turkeys on a live turkey farm, a man (turkey farmer) grabs one of the turkeys, presumably to kill it for food. Cut to the interior of a turkey packaging factory where women work along an assembly line wrapping up turkeys for shipment. Meat packaging.
FOOTBALL: Green Bay Blanks St. Louis
FOOTBALL: Green Bay Blanks St. Louis Last year's professional football champs are on their way again...(They hope!). Progress is good as they take their second win of the season dumping the St. Louis Cards 17 to 0. Crowded stadium.
Space Triumph: Schirra Makes Perfect Flight
Space Triumph: Schirra Makes Perfect Flight Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., completes an almost flawless flight as he orbits the earth six times and comes down in the Pacific just 9,000 yards from the target area. An overheating flight suit on the first orbit is the only trouble he has as he travels 160,000 miles in 9 hours and 14 minutes. This flight-so successful, that a 17-orbit flight is planned next. Commander Shirra (astronaut) getting suited up. Astronaut in flight suit walks towards and enters transfer van. Astronaut and officials enter elevator. Pan elevator rising towards the top. WS Cape Canaveral at night. CU as astronaut slides into capsule. Astronaut Shirra inside capsule. Dawn, sunrise with clouds, telephone poles seen in shot. Rocket on launch pad. Countdown and lift-off. Rocket in flight. Animation of capsule in orbit. CU Shirra smiling, laughing.
Tragedy In New York: 21 Killed in Boiler Blast
Tragedy In New York: 21 Killed in Boiler Blast Tearing through the building with the force of a bomb blast, an exploding boiler takes 21 lives in a New York Telephone Company building. Leaving nearly 100 injured. The boiler, weighing more than a ton, was blown into the building's cafeteria during lunch hour. Killing and maiming those in its path. Interior of ambulance with victim and nurse, paramedic. Interior of ambulance with victim and doctor? Interior of building, debris, destruction, damage. Side of building, smoke coming out from windows. Crowd gathered. African American paramedic, wrapping injured mans leg. Pile of file cabinet drawers. Broken rear window of parked car. Overview of crowded street with police cars, emergency vehicles, fire engines, ambulances.
Twenty-Five Years Ago - It Was The Giants-Yankees Then, Too
Twenty-Five Years Ago - It Was The Giants-Yankees Then, Too Baseball-like history repeats itself. Twenty-five years ago the Giants, (then of N.Y.) met the Yankees in the World Series before many of the celebrities of the day. POV from behind reporters at baseball game, good hustle and bustle press, photographers. Bill Terry ? Former President Herbert Hoover, heavy-weight boxer James Braddock, Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, former New York Mayor Jimmy Walker. Mayor LaGuardia throws out the first pitch. Nice crowd shots, including crowd (fans) rising to their feet. The Giants put up a gallant battle but they went down before New York's "Murderers' Row" - Gehrig, DiMaggio, Dickey and Lazzeri. Joe DiMaggio hits a home run that wins the game. DiMaggio running bases, gets a pat on the back from the third base coach as he passes third. Joe DiMaggio runs to home plate, and c=shakes hands with teammate. WS of stadium, with crowd exiting, via the diamond (field).
Schirra Honored: Houston Hails New Space Hero
Schirra Honored: Houston Hails New Space Hero Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and his family are honored by an hour-long parade before his press conference where he outlines the reasons for the unqualified success of his flight. Open convertible and policemen on motorcycles drive along parade route. Shirra waving. Banner across street reads: Welcome Home Wally. Walgreen s drug store seen as car drives along parade route. Crowds along parade route. POV from behind people seated at press conference, news camera on raised platform. Shirra seated at press conference. Shirra family seated listening.
Storms Lash West: Toll Mounts In Wake Of Gale
Storms Lash West: Toll Mounts In Wake Of Gale The worst Autumn storm to hit the west coast in 50 years rips a path 1,000 miles long and 125 miles wide from California to British Columbia. Six inches of rain fell in three days and 46 persons die in the storm. Rain keeps coming down as children play in a flooded main street and a man carries a women across the water (looks like a policeman, or bus driver - uniform with hat.) Looks like a typical American small town, with several feet of water flooding the street. Parked car in flood water. Two boys trudge through flood water, carrying umbrella. A residential street is turned into a river and cars attempt to navigate the deep waters. Sewers backing up, water spewing up. Flood waters raging among residential streets. Two people trying to walk up driveway through raging flood waters. Rain water flowing down concrete stairs. Cars, traffic driving through flooded streets. Candlestick Park, deserted. Rain tarp on field, pan stadium seats in rain. Flooded stadium seats.
Sharp Appetite
Sharp Appetite: No Soft Food For This Man Berlin is a city of many gastronomical delights, but after much research we've been unable to find another man like our hero. He's the chef's delight who tops off a meal of a light bulb with side dishes of thumb-tacks and razor blades. Sometimes he eats with gusto - most of the time he eats alone. Funny shot - waiter lights his companion's cigarette, and the other man snatches the cigarette out of his mouth and eats the smoldering cigarette. (Anti-smoking?) CU man's eyes bugging out, wide open, amazement, surprise. CU man eating light bulb. CU spoon scooping up plate of tacks. Man eating tacks. X-ray view of man eating tacks. Next man eating razor blades. Another x-ray view of man eating razor blades. Wacky, weird, gross, stunt, unusual.