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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.
Military officers pay last salute to United States airmen killed in Soviet-Armenia, during their funeral in Virginia.
Military honors for United States airmen in Virginia, United States. The crewmen were killed when the unarmed American transport was shot down over Soviet-Armenia. Military personnel carry the coffins of the from a chapel. The coffins are borne to Arlington National Cemetery. A soldier plays a bugle. Other military officers and dignitaries pay last salute to the dead airmen.
U.S. Army hosts high school boys in mass shoot of home made model rockets at Camp A.P. Hill in Virginia, United States.
A U.S. Army sponsored model rocketry shoot at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia, United States. High school boys gathered at the Camp A P Hill with rockets they designed and built by themselves. They prepare for the shoot of missiles. Army men aid the boys in rocket launching. A boy talks over a phone during a launch countdown. The boys watch as the model rockets are being shot.
The testing of the parachute mechanism of a capsule during Project Mercury at a testing ground in Virginia,United States.
Project Mercury in Virginia, United States. A missile is launched from the testing grounds. A full scale model of a capsule is released which will carry America's first space man into orbit. A parachute opens and the capsule is recovered at sea.
United States astronauts of Project Mercury visit the Langley Research Center in Virginia.
United States astronauts seen at the Langley Research Center in Virginia. Astronauts of Project Mercury inspect the developments in satellite programs. The group smile and pose with one astronaut in a space capsule seat, being held in the air by the other astronauts ( Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.) They were all chosen the prior month for America's man in space program. They are shown in a high altitude training flight experiencing zero gravity conditions.