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The 1955 Chrysler Falcon is unveiled at an exhibition in New York.

The 1955 Chrysler Falcon, designed by Virgil Exner with bodywork by Ghia, is unveiled at an auto exhibition in New York. View of the exposed exhaust system attached to the car. A woman at the steering wheel operates the controls of the car. A man drives a 1955 Chrysler Falcon. The man operates the buttons in the car.

Date: 1955, September 5
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068826
Men remove dead bodies from a plane crashed into a mountain killing 66 people in United States.

1955 air disasters in the United States. Wreckage of United Air Lines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6B aircraft (N37559, Mainliner Denver) that was blown up over Longmont, Colorado on November 1, 1955, by a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The crash site of United Air Lines Flight, a Douglas DC-4 propline (N30062), in Medicine Bow Peak, near Laramie, Wyoming. Dead bodies carried out from wrecked plane. Crowd watches.

Date: 1955
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052616
Preparations for the "Apple Two" atomic test shot and associated U.S. Army's "Desert Rock VI" exercise, at the Nevada Test site

The U.S. Army prepares for its "Desert Rock 6" atomic maneuvers and tests , as part of Operation Teapot atomic tests in 1955. U.S. Army troops in trucks, pass through entry gates, headed for ground zero of atomic test shot "Apple 2" , the 13th in this series, scheduled for May 5, 1955, at the Nevada test site. A soldier with clipboard notes their passing. Next, the Control Center Building is shown. It displays several types of antennas. View from inside the building. Vehicles moving in area near the control center. Low-level aerial view of the "ground zero" area. Men walking into a bunkered shelter housing instruments for measuring atomic explosion data. View upward from ground, of instrumentation being setup on a steel tower outdoors. Glimpse of a soldier who will be participating in the exercise. A technician adjusting instruments atop the steel tower. Soldiers walking into ground zero and inspecting an artillery piece there to determine the planned explosion's effects on it. Other things placed in the area to determine effects atomic explosive effects on them include: sand-bagged emplacement; a jeep (labeled, Test Equip. off limits); a 155mm howitzer; A Browning heavy machine gun; portable field radio; trench mortar; simulated soldiers, including steel helmet and rifle; trees; an unsheltered North American B-45 tornado aircraft; and Republic P-47 aircraft in both sheltered and dug-in positions. Workmen are seen erecting buildings in a model village (including mannequins representing occupants and food to be tested). M-48 Patton tanks and their crews, part of "Task Force Razor" are seen raising dust as they travel across deserts to the Nevada test site. Army soldiers performing maintenance on their tanks and equipment prior to entering the test site. More trucks and equipment approaching the test site.

Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073527
An American Air Force officer speaks about human rights and treatment of prisoners during internal conflict in Nicaragua

An American Air Force officer in Nicaragua,Central America. Clips of bullets on the ground. Rifles on a wall. An American Air Force Lieutenant Colonel answers press questions and talks about human rights and preserving the rights of the prisoners of war and civilians during the internal conflict between Sandinista Government forces and counterrevolutionaries (Contras).

Date: 1983
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031643
U.S. soldiers load supplies in an airplane, airplane in flight over the damaged area and feed stricken people in Nicaragua

A film depicts activities of the U.S. Navy personnel aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean. The soldiers load food and medical supplies aboard airplane to rush them to earthquake stricken area. The airplane takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier. The airplane in flight and a pilot in a cockpit. Aerial view of the damaged area. The soldiers feed stricken people in Nicaragua. People in the background. Wreckage in the foreground.

Date: 1932
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069205
Scenes from life of Dr. Albert Einstein who died in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 18, 1955

Brief scenes from life of Dr. Albert Einstein, who died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey. Dr. Albert Einstein relaxed at home, posing for the camera. He is wearing a sweater. He dons his spectacles. Einstein with Yeshiva University President, Samuel Belkin, and New York State Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein, as they present him a model of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Einstein in an academic procession at Princeton University.

Date: 1955
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033807