Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation at the White House Rose Garden in Washington DC. The members meet U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower. They present gifts to the President. He accepts the gifts. The President waving at them.
Children vying for the title of Los Angeles King and Queen in Los Angeles, California. People gather for the competition. Parents carrying their children in strollers. Children parade on the ground. Twins seated in chairs. The winners being given the title of King and Queen of Los Angeles.
The Hambletonian racing event held in Goshen, New York. People gather in a large number to watch the harness race. Sulkies racing along the race track. People watching the event. Horse Newport Dream wins the race.
The 5th Annual Westport Salmon Derby in Westport, Washington. Men aboard fishing vessels underway at sea. They compete to catch a King Salmon. Eugene Kinsman of Seattle wins the award. Fishes at a dock. The winner holding a fish.
American actor and soldier Audie Murphy in Yakima, Washington. He arrives for the shooting of his film 'To Hell and Back'. Scenes of firing and bombardment. Smoke arising in a battlefield. Murphy talking to a man. He joins the jeep jockeys annual cross country jeep-a-thon. Murphy seated in a jeep with a man. Jeeps passing across a field.
An early mishap in the history of flight: An unusual triphibian aircraft attempting takeoff in Washington DC. U.S. Government building along the side of a street. The airplane, not an ornithopter like some early designs, instead looks like a car with a flying saucer on top. It is seen moving on the street during its test run. The U.S. Capitol in the background. The airplane quickly catches fire and burns. The pilot is taken out of the airplane before the fire has fully erupted. People stand near the wounded man. The wounded man lying in a hospital bed. Bandaged face of the man. A woman nursing his burns is sitting nearby.
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