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Successful airdrop of a prototype self-propelled anti tank weapon developed by GM for the U.S. Army

Aerial view of the General Motors Technical Center in Detroit, Michigan. On the ground, at the Technical center, a GM technician drives a Prototype T101 90mm gun motor carriage (later produced as AM56 Scorpion) out of the building. A C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft in flight, carrying the T101. A drogue parachute and an extraction parachute which hold the anti tank weapon are deployed and extract it from the aircraft. Then 6 parachutes attached to the anti tank weapon open, and convey the weapon safely to the ground. Pieces of a wooden pallet under the weapon are seen breaking away and falling harmlessly during the airdrop. The T101 lands on the ground and is driven away.

Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056021
Algerian settlers end the revolt against the President of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle's liberal policies in Algeria.

The revolt against the President of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle's liberal policies ends in Algeria. Algerian settlers end the revolt against the President of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle's liberal policies. They remove street barricades. Policemen stand on streets and keep a watch on the activities of civilians. A large crowd of civilians gathered at the streets. Buildings on either side of the streets.

Date: 1960, February 1
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056197
Carole Ng wins the crown at the annual Miss Chinatown Beauty Contest in San Francisco.

The annual Miss Chinatown USA Beauty Contest in San Francisco, California. A large crowd of Chinese American spectators gathered at the contest. Chinese American contestants modeling in silk cheongsam dresses. Contestant 5 walks on a ramp in a white butterfly cheongsam dress. Another contestant poses in an elegant cheongsam with floral motifs. Chinese photographers taking pictures. Leona Lee, the previous year winner, awards the crown to 19-year-old Carole Ng of San Francisco. Carole Ng sits on an elaborate Chinese-style throne.

Date: 1960, February 1
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056198
Air force airman Bruce Barwise exits cramped chamber of supersonic jet bomber escape capsule after its testing in Lake Erie

Testing of a supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule in Lake Erie in the United States. Men move the supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule to lake shore. A crane pulls the capsule from the lake. The men open the cramped chamber of the capsule. A United States Air Force volunteer, Bruce Barwise, who was in capsule for 72 hours comes out of the chamber.

Date: 1960, February 1
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056199
U.S. Navy bathyscaphe "Trieste" reaches a record breaking depth of about 37,000 feet in the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean.

United States Navy bathyscaphe "Trieste", which is a sumbersible deep diving research boat, seen underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Guam. It reaches a record breaking depth of about 37,000 feet in the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust.

Date: 1960, January 23
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056200
Ken Bartholomew wins the 14th title of the National Speed Skating Championship in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

National Speed Skating Championship in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The girls' National Speed Skating event begins. The girls fall one by one. Spectators cheer the skaters. The boys' National Speed Skating event begins. Ken Bartholomew wins the 14th title of the championship.

Date: 1960, February 1
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056201