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Captain Joseph Kittinger descends on land after jumping out from balloon during Project Excelsior in United States.
Preparation for flight and Captain jumps from balloon during Project Excelsior in United States. Technicians work on gondola at night. Sign on gondola reads: 'This is the highest step in the world'. Captain Joseph Kittinger talks with other officials. Technicians unroll the plastic balloon. Captain puts on his uniform for flight. He gets into the gondola. He wears oxygen mask. Balloon inflated and released. Captain in gondola. Gondola lifts off from truck through a crane. Release and ascent of gondola. Balloon and gondola rise above clouds. Captain steps out of gondola. Parachute deploying and captain landing. United States Air Force personnel help Captain Kittinger out of heavy clothing and equipment. He boards CH-21B. The plane in flight.
Nikita Khrushchev hosts a banquet at the Soviet Embassy in Washington DC while on a visit to the United States.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on a visit to the United States. Exterior of the Soviet Embassy in Washington DC. People at a formal banquet hosted by Mrs. And Mr. Khrushchev. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife arrive for the banquet. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife also arrive. They pose with dignitaries. Khrushchev in a railroad towards New York. Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Mikhail A. Menshikov and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn E. Thompson with him. The train rushes past rivers, farms, factories, towns and market places. We see his train passing through a station in Newark New Jersey. Mr. Khrushchev waves to people from the window of the train. Khrushchev's motorcade escorted by police escorts rolls through the streets in New York. People on the side of the streets to watch. Mr. Khrushchev addresses people at mayor's luncheon. He talks about peace and relations between the Soviet Union and the U.S. People applaud. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller welcomes him.
Hollywood actors receive awards at the Hollywood Film Foreign Press Awards Ceremony in the United States.
The Hollywood Film Foreign Press Awards Ceremony in the United States. Stars like Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and John Gavin and his wife arrive at the award ceremony. Cary Grant receives an award for the film 'Operation Petticoat'. John Gavin receives an award for most promising male newcomer. Susan Kohner receives award for the best supporting actress for the film 'Imitation of Life'. Linda Cristal, Rock Hudson, with famous columnist Louella Parsons and Edward G Robinson also attended the ceremony. The winners pose with the awards.
50th anniversary celebration of the 1st transpacific flight of China Clipper in Hawaii, United States.
Flight of the China Clipper in the United States. The Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Martin M-130 flying boat, China Clipper taxis and takes off from California. The passengers read and play. A couple playing a card game onboard plane. The China Clipper in flight over the Pacific Ocean. Pan Am celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first transpacific flight of the China Clipper in Hawaii. A Hawaiian girl dances the hula. Japanese, Filipino, and Indian women clapping in the background. Others greet and wave as the China Clipper lands. Passengers and crew board Pan Am (N738PA) in San Francisco, California. Three women wearing terno, kimono, sari dresses are seen near the air stair. Asian women in traditional ethnic dresses wave at the departing Pan Am airliner.
The U.S. Army uses burning as a method to destroy ammunition in the United States.
Destruction of ammunition by the army in United States. Piles of ammunition. Wooden cartoons of ammunition. A note on a cartoon reads "Issues prohibited". Soldiers unloading the cartoons of ammunition from a truck. An unfilled ammunition condition report. Authorized methods of ammunition destruction include dumping at sea, detonation or burning. Burning: ammunitions lying on a table. Ammunition to be burned includes bulk TNT (Tri Nitro Toluene), composition C-4, dynamite, black powder, solid propellants, primers, detonators, boosters, fuzes, small arms ammunition, pyrotechnics and hand grenades, photo flash bombs, hand grenades high explosive, rocket head and 240 mm projectile. Two soldiers reading a map. A soldier draws a circle using a compass. Burning site is one that is safely away from a public highway, habitation, railroad, and observation point. Two soldier working on a map on a table. One of them rolls down the map.
U.S. Army officers go through a safety manual as soldiers prepare for ammunition destruction in the U.S.
U.S. Army soldiers prepare for ammunition destruction in the United States. Two soldiers discussing a map. The two soldiers discuss while the others clear the ground. A bulldozer in the background. A soldier sets up a board which reads 'Stop demolition area obtain clearance'. A soldier stands on a check post. A soldier makes a phone call from a phone installed at the check post. A car and a truck in the background. Three army officers sit in an office. One officer passes on an ordinance safety manual to another officer. The manual titled 'ORD M 7-224'. The officer refers to the manual and writes on a piece of paper. An officer works on printing machine. A group of army officers has a meeting. One officer commands the group. The group discusses.