A cotton boll picking machine in Stoneville, Mississippi. Men pick cotton bolls with hand in a field. The Rust Brothers demonstrate a cotton picking machine invented by them. A sign on the machine reads 'Rust cotton picker'. The machine picks cotton bolls. People look on at the machine in operation. The bolls are loaded in a bag attached to the machine.
A two headed calf in Sacramento, California. The two headed calf eats from a tray. The second head grows out of the side of the natural cranium. A man points at the three horns of the calf.
Water skiing stunts in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Amityville, New York. Women water skiing while pulled by a motorboat. Two women fall into the rough ocean. A man climbs up a ladder on water skis being pulled by a motorboat in the foreground. Another man hangs from a trapeze as he performs stunts on water skis. The ladders and trapeze on water skis turns and falls into the ocean.
The sole remaining (of 2) Martin XB-51 Bomber aircraft, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, taxis and takes off at El Paso International Airport. Moments after breaking ground on takeoff, this first prototype, number 46-0685, settles back onto the runway and crashes in fire and smoke. Flight engineer, S/Sgt. Wilbur R. Savage, of Rte. 3, Dawsonville, Georgia is killed in the crash and Maj. James O. Rudolph, pilot, succumbed to his injuries the next month.
A girl in Manhattan elementary school paints picture of the tall buildings she is accustomed to in her surroundings. Other children are also seen working on their paintings. One picture shows a policeman directing traffic. Another shows a fire station. A teacher uses their pictures to help the children learn to read. To help them learn counting, the teacher has a girl bounce a ball in front of the class. The children gather together as the teacher reads to them from a book. She has one boy come from the back to sit closer to her. One boy makes a face, showing how a rabbit looks when eating. The other children do it too. (World War II period).
Kindergarten children, in a Manhattan New York City school, mix learning and play. Two boys pretend to drive cars. Other children do creative things with outsize blocks. One girl builds a tall building of blocks and a boy knocks it over. The girl is sad. Some girls play with dolls. A boy uses a hammer on something being held by the teacher. Two boys fight over a toy car. The teacher distracts them with a task related to milk time. Several children are seen seated at a table where milk is distributed. The two boys (who fought over the car) come downstairs and get bottles of milk for their class. They carry them back upstairs and set them out for their classmates. Some children lick cream from the bottle caps, when they open their milk bottles. All the children drink their milk through straws. (World War II period).
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