USS Virginia takes direct bomb hit on after part. Hit tumbles main mast. Ship enveloped in black smoke. Extensive damage seen. Ship starts sinking and flips over. The keel is exposed. Portion of bow seen as it plunges below surface. A ship seen in background.
Spectators gather to watch a civilian building contractor use a war surplus Sherman tank to demolish an old house in New Jersey. (Narrator incorrectly identifies the tank as an M47 Patton.) The tank demolishes the old frame house in three sweeps. Rubble of the wrecked house seen.
Deborah Kerr and Rock Hudson win the Photoplay Magazine's Gold Medal Awards for her outstanding performance. People gather to watch the award ceremony. Candles lit on tables. People applaud the winners.
A sign reads 'The St. Lawrence Power Project'. Dignitaries and cameramen seen. A 30 ton dynamite blast sends water from Saint Lawrence River into the bed of world's largest man made lake. The blast opens a new link in North of Massena in New York to establish a hydroelectric station.
U.S. Army shows Nike Hercules missile at White Sands in New Mexico. A board reads 'Nike Hercules missile'. First public demonstration of a Nike Hercules missile. A show of Army's missile arsenal. Cameramen take photographs.
52nd Annual Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York. In Track and Field competition Paul Winder tops Olympic champion Bobby Morrow in 60 yard event. Don Bragg pole-vaults to a new indoor mark for a garden record. John Thomas of Boston sets record for indoor mark of seven meters in High Jump.
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