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A coal-fueled, steam powered truck and a collision-proof car are demonstrated.

Automotive progress notes feature a steam powered truck and a collision-proof car. A man fills coal into the hopper of a steam-powered truck and starts the truck. The truck is driven on the roads of a stone quarry in West Virginia. The truck was imported from the UK and has written on the door, "The Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd. Shrewsbury England". Smoke from the steam truck as it drives up a hill. Scene shifts to demonstration of a collision-proof car made with stainless steel mesh and plaster of paris. It was invented by a San Diego man. The car is driven on rugged terrain. After going over a large bump the drivers door flys open. Part of a "25 years ago today" UN newsreel story issued September 24, 1959.

Location: West Virginia United States USA
Date: 1934, September
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044713
A radio tower is cut down and topples in New Jersey.

A tower topples in New Jersey. Views of the tower which is one of the country's highest radio towers. A man cuts down the tower. The tower topples down on the ground. Damaged tower and debris.

Location: New Jersey United States USA
Date: 1956, January 9
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044717
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainer of Monaco appear at a gala benefit in New York.

Grace Kelly and Prince Rainer of Monaco at a gala benefit in New York. They arrive at the gala benefit hall. They draw a lottery ticket from a box and announce the winner. People at a dining table applaud. Views of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainer.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1956, January 9
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044719
Service teams ride bobsleds and compete in try-outs for the '56 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Service teams compete in try-outs for the '56 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The team members ride bobsleds. Men note down the time. View of a timer. The bobsleds run on a snowy path.

Location: Lake Placid New York USA
Date: 1955, March 10
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044724
A lawn mower keeps going around a grass plot and cuts grass at even length automatically in New Jersey.

Demonstration of an educated lawn mower in New Jersey. A woman starts the automatic lawn mower. This gadget with trick arms keeps going around the grass plot and cuts grass at even length automatically. The woman and a man sit on a porch and have cold drinks.

Location: New Jersey United States USA
Date: 1953, May 28
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044745
Test of rocket airplane for carrying mail. It barely clears end of launch ramp and scoots along ice.

Experimenters place rocket plane (named Gloria), intended to carry postal mail, on a launch ramp. The rocket is ignited and the rocket aircraft rises but quickly falls to the frozen surface of the lake. It scoots along the ice.

Location: Greenwood Lake New York USA
Date: 1936, February 9
Duration: 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044893
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