Ten horses of the U.S. Olympic horse jumping team are loaded aboard a Pan American World Airways DC-6 Cargo Clipper in New York City. They are bound for Stockholm, Sweden. A trainer is seen leading a horse up a long ramp, into the aircraft cargo hold. Members of the U.S. Olympic Team: Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus (Team Captain), Hugh Wiley, and Warren Woffard. pose in front of the aircraft: View inside the aircraft, as the horses are being secured in their stalls.
Hollywood actress Grace Kelly leaves New York from Pier 84 for her wedding to Prince Rainier. Actress Grace Kelly at the New York port surrounded by friends and crowd at Pier 84. Newsmen and photographers surround her. She answers questions from pressmen regarding her wedding. Kelly boards the SS Constitution and leaves for Monaco.
U.S. paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division participate in joint Army-Air Force "Operation Arctic Night."conducted from 2-13-1956 to 3-14-1956, in Greenland. With ambient temperatures of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit, Paratroopers in Arctic parkas, with their parachutes underneath, are so burdened that they waddle like penguins as they board waiting C-124 aircraft, at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. Sign erected in snow reads: 'North Pole, 802 Miles, Fort Bragg, N.C. Home of 82nd Airborne 3500 Miles'. Troops seated inside C-124 aircraft. A flight of three large Douglas C-124C Globemaster aircraft, in formation, carries the entire group of 700 paratroopers, who make a mass jump from the aircraft to land on the Greenland icecap. Parachutes billowing as troopers land on the ice. They assist one another as they land. The paratroopers dig snow shelters and build shelters with ice blocks on the icecap.
Scenes of performances in the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Spring Circus at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Elephants, clowns and ducks perform during the show. Aerialist Pinito del Oro performs her "Mexicanarama Ballet." Balancing wizard Titos performs a head balancing act crossing a span on his head by jumping in hops. Japanese performer walks to top of the Garden on a slack wire (akin to tightrope but tightened by weight of performer) and then slides down backwards while standing, in his "Slide for Life."
Arab-Israeli tension at Gaza Frontier near border with Egypt. Wreckage of vehicles beside a road due to guerrilla attack. Soldiers look at the damage. Bullet marks on the truck and windows shot out. Dead victims of conflict. Bullets and ammunition lying on ground. Members of UN Truce Commission inspect section of broken railroad tracks. United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold steps from UN plane and is greeted by diplomats. He has arrived to talk with representatives from Israel, and is also seen talking with Egypt's Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Fawzi.
U.S. supersonic air to air missile 'Sparrow' being demonstrated in the United States. The radar-guided missile is launched from a Navy Chance Vought F7U Cutlass jet fighter. Pilot in cockpit presses the release button. Missile fires and streaks toward B-17 target drone, which it strikes and destroys. Other views of the Sparrow missile in air-to-air tests.
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