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Participants taking off in hot air balloon race from Catalina Island to California mainland

Five Hot air balloons preparing for a race from Catalina Island, to the mainland, California. Views of gas tanks and flames that create the hot air for the balloons. Participant, Barbara R. Keith,a 42 year old grandmother, from Hartford, Connecticut, seen wearing an inflatable life jacket and donning her helmet. She boards her balloon and tucks her goodluck mascot (a stuffed toy dog) into the gondola. she is seen rising in her balloon. Brief view of the ground and sightseers from a balloon about 50 feet in the air. Famed balloonist, Donald Louis Piccard, is seen igniting his heater and leaving the ground aboard his balloon. (Note: This was an ill fated venture. Only one balloonist successfully reached the mainland, California. The rest had to be rescued from the water. Mrs. Keith lost her life and her body was recovered days later.)

Location: Catalina Island California USA
Date: 1964, January 19
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036642
Gradual ascension of Atlas-F missile rocket after launch, exhaust plume with bright smoke

An Atlas-F missile rocket launch in the United States. Missile launch site is stated as “03ON21-D” Launch tower crane lowers down to prepare for launching of the Atlas-F missile rocket. The whole body of the Atlas-F missile rocket is seen gradually ascending upwards. The exhaust plume, bright and with lighter smoke, can be seen in ascent.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1961
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078657
Prime Minister Lester Peterson of Canada and United States President Lyndon Johnson meet and sign agreements, at White House.

Prime Minister Lester Pearson of Canada and United States President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) meet at White House. Helicopter of Prime Minister Pearson lands in the White House. President Johnson welcomes Prime Minister Pearson. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Prime Minister Pearson sign a multi-million dollar power and flood control project in the Pacific Northwest. Dignitaries at the meeting watch and clap at the signing off the pact. Another pact signed between the two leaders on making an international park at the summer camp of late President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Campobello Island off the Coast of New Brunswick.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1964, January 21
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036638
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) is dedicated in Virginia Beach, United States.

Aerial view of the newly completed Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Several cars and motor vehicles parked near a man made island of the complex. A ship underway in the bay. Buses lined up at toll plaza to cross bridge following dedication. Opening ceremony of the new bridge and tunnel. A TrailWays bus passes through the toll booth area. POV through windshield of a car as it enters the tunnel and bridge complex. Sign seen, 'Tunnel 1/2 mile.' As the car enters a tunnel sign above reads, 'Thimble Shoal Channel Tunnel.'

Location: Virginia Beach United States USA
Date: 1964, April 15
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031135
Sanders Manning reads a book and a scuba diver delivers supplies to men in SEALAB I during an experiment, Atlantic Ocean.

U.S. Navy conducts experiment underwater to test man's ability to live under water in the Atlantic Ocean. A sign 'SEALAB I' written on an underwater sea laboratory. A scuba diver wearing oxygen mask swims underwater near the laboratory. U.S. Navy written on SEALAB I. Fishes swim underwater. The scuba diver stands on a platform. The Augus Island platform. The men look at the close circuit television. A scuba diver with supplies descends in water. A sign reads 'Welcome to Inner Space'. Lieutenant Commander Robert Thompson, Medical Doctor seated on a chair inside SEALAB I. He checks the carbon dioxide level. Chief Hospital Corpsman Sanders Manning reads a book. Gunners Mate First Class Lester Anderson speaks into a microphone. He communicates with Commander of SEALAB I Captain George F. Bond. They both talk to each other. A man wearing special equipment leaves the underwater sea laboratory. He takes reading from a meter. The fishes swim in water. They approach the man.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1964
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069700
A Spanish-speaking journalist discusses Cuban Missile Crisis

A Spanish-speaking journalist reports on the developments of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis in the United States. The journalist makes his report beside an America-centric world map. The map changes into a North and South America map. The projector shows a photo of United States President John F. Kennedy, briefly changing into a silhouette of the Americas and the island of Cuba, before reverting back to Kennedy’s photo. The reporter discusses the missile sites and the dismantling of Soviet weapons in Cuba.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1964, October
Duration: 6 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675080128
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