Malcolm Campbell sets a new auto speed record of 272 mile per hour at Daytona Beach, Florida. English racing motorist Malcolm Campbell seated in Blue Bird car. He drives the Blue Bird on a sandy beach. Spectators along the beach. A tire of the car is changed. People push the car. Campbell sets a new record of driving at 272 mile per hour. He smokes surrounded by people.
A pageant in Aberdeen, Washington to boost American products. People walk on a road with American flags. Troops march with rifles. Children participate in a parade. A band playing. A man with several dogs. Soldiers march. Vehicles in the parade pass along streets. A sign on vehicles read 'Buy American'. Men in a caterpillar costume. Decorated floats pass in the parade. Signs on floats: 'Moose Heart' and 'Start Your Factories Smoking, Buy American'.
A wooden wedding in Washington, United States. The bridegroom, wearing a plywood dress, comes. The bride comes. The wedding ceremony is conducted. The couple exchange rings. The couple kisses. People throw sawdust at them.
A weather satellite is placed in an orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida. A rocket loaded with a weather satellite is ready for launching. TIROS weather satellite revolves. Personnel work with a camera and tape recorders. Satellite cameras record and broadcast back the first systematic view of the earth's weather. Personnel working in a control room. The rocket is launched. It goes up vertically. It places the weather satellite in the orbit. A globe rotates. Animated diagram depicts how TIROS performs its historic mission. A personnel works in front of screens. Weather conditions shown on the screen.
French personnel test the second A- bomb in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. The A-bomb test site for France in the Sahara desert. French personnel assemble for the country's second atomic bomb test and discuss. An official talks over a telephone. A button of equipment is pressed to initiate detonation of the bomb. The nuclear device explodes. A mushroom cloud rises.
Pope John XXIII elevates new cardinals in Vatican City. In St. Peter's Basilica, Pope John XXIII being carried on the sedia gestatoria chair with large white ostrich fans (flabella). The Pope is placed on a raised platform. The Archbishop of Tokyo, Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi, is elevated as the first Japanese cardinal in history. Cardinal Doi receives the Pope’s blessing. Pope John XXIII elevates Archbishop Laurean Rugambwa of Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania) as the first modern native African Cardinal. The new cardinals bend their head towards the altar.
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