Eighth Annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Safe Driving Road-e-o (rodeo). People stand in rows as a car passes. Top teenage drivers put the cars through demanding tests of skill and judgment. A driver seen in a car. Group of men seen clapping as a driver performs skillfully. The teenage drivers (all boys) meet United States President Eisenhower. Cameramen take photographs of President Eisenhower and the drivers.
Hugh Herndon Jr. and Clyde Pangborn span the ocean. They wreck the propeller of the ship while landing. Mother of Clyde Pangborn greets him. Citizens of Wenatchee acclaim both the fliers. The fliers greeted by crowds as they pass through a street in an open car with United States flag.
A biplane aircraft is seen ready to take-off, with another smaller model aircraft strapped to its upper wing span. It includes a new safety device tested by fliers to prevent air crashes. View of the biplane aircraft in flight. The smaller model airplane is launched from the top of the airplane and begins a spinning free fall. A parachute deploys that holds the entire model aircraft and aids its slow descent toward the ground. Makers say the huge cabin parachute can carry ten passengers down comfortably.
Huge crowd seen in front of the court house to get a look of Alphonse Gabriel Capone in Chicago in Illinois. The mafia gangster was brought to trial in the court house.
Huge crowd seen in front of court house to get a look at Alphonse Gabriel Capone in Chicago in Illinois. Al Capone going up steps of courthouse and then coming back down after sentencing. A man holds a copy of the Chicago Daily News, which displays the headline reads 'Al Capone gets 11 years'. Exterior view of Cook County Prison in Illinois. Closeup of the bars on the window of the prison cell where Capone is being held during appeal.
Dishes and tubs are seen lined up on a long table for dish washing contest held in Oakland. Housewives stand in a line for the contest. When the timer starts, the women begin to wash dishes in soapy water as quickly as they can. A woman seen with soap suds on her face. One contestant drops and breaks plates intentionally. Evelyn Lee wins and is held high up in air by group of men in suits who are watching the contest.
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