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Successful airdrop of a prototype self-propelled anti tank weapon developed by GM for the U.S. Army

Aerial view of the General Motors Technical Center in Detroit, Michigan. On the ground, at the Technical center, a GM technician drives a Prototype T101 90mm gun motor carriage (later produced as AM56 Scorpion) out of the building. A C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft in flight, carrying the T101. A drogue parachute and an extraction parachute which hold the anti tank weapon are deployed and extract it from the aircraft. Then 6 parachutes attached to the anti tank weapon open, and convey the weapon safely to the ground. Pieces of a wooden pallet under the weapon are seen breaking away and falling harmlessly during the airdrop. The T101 lands on the ground and is driven away.

Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056021
President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, with their grandchildren, at their farm in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania

Church sign reads: "Gettysburg Presbyterian Church". Scenes of the Eisenhowers with their grandchildren at their farm home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. President Eisenhower's grandson, David, wearing a Civil War hat, holds reins of a horse. President Eisenhower and First Lady, Mamie, sit in a golf cart and speak to granddaughter Barbara, who holds reins of a horse. President and Mrs. Eisenhower walk in garden at back of their farm home in Gettysburg. Brief view of the "Frisco Bell", a gift to the Eisenhowers from the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company. Hood of the golf cart has "Mamie" and "Ike" painted on it. Mrs. Eisenhower holds youngest grandchild, Susan, while sitting with David and Barbara in back of the golf cart. Scenes of house and garden. David astride a horse, next to President Eisenhower in front seat of golf cart and Mrs. Eisenhower sitting with Barbara and Susan in the back. Grandson, David, rides by on the horse, and reporters make notes. David poses wearing his Civil War hat. Scenes of folks moving all around in the Eisenhower yard and horses being led and ridden by David. The Eisenhowers in golf cart with their three grandchildren. President Eisenhower takes the wheel and drives the golf cart with Mrs. Eisenhower and the grandchildren in it. The Eisenhowers stroll in their garden. View of large sand bunker on Ike's home golf course. View of house and barn. End view of house with windmill. Eisenhowers in golf cart with grandchildren confronted by phalanx of photographers.

Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056028
Tractor-trailer truck equipped with special springs and shock absorbers gives fragile cargo a cushioned ride

Views of an 18-wheel tractor trailer equipped with special springs and shock absorbers to provide a cushioned ride for fragile cargoes. A man demonstrates the cushioning mechanism with a small model. Men lift cartons from the trailer, upon arrival at destination. "Christmas tree ornaments" is printed on a carton. A man opens the carton and takes out delicate glass ornament in perfect condition. Men open a big carton and take out a glass automobile windshield . Another man opens the carton kept on the trailer and takes out Vita Boy pretzels container. He opens the container and shows that non of the pretzels has been broken. The truck trailer and other vehicles move through the streets.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056062
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon sign documents in the United States.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (wearing a boutonnier in his lapel) and Mrs. (Mamie) Eisenhower step from an office in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, surrounded by well-wishers. They are followed by Press Secretary James Hagerty. President and Mrs.Eisenhower, and Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon, in a formal pose in a living room. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, filling out forms in an office in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. They walk through a large crowd outside.

Date: 1956
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056067
Aircraft in flight over the United States Capitol during an air show organized on the Armed Forces Day in the United States.

An air show on Armed Forces Day in the United States. View of the United States Capitol. Numerous bombers and fighter aircraft fly in formations over the Capitol on Armed Forces Day. Trees seen in the background. Aircraft in flight in the cloudy sky.

Date: 1956, May 19
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056070
Memorial Day, 1956. Civilians visit static display of military aircraft at the Bolling Air Force Base in Washington DC.

Activities at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington DC, on Memorial Day, 1956. A sign on base gatehouse reads "Bolling Air Force Base". Numerous cars enter the base for the activities. Aircraft parked for static display at the Bolling Air Force Base. A C-119 aircraft on taxi strip. A large crowd of civilians walk among the aircraft. A line of visitors waits to board a B-36 bomber.They climb up a ramp set by the cockpit. A girl walks under the belly of the B-36. A sign by a jet aircraft identifies it as an F-101 Voodoo fighter.

Date: 1956, May 30
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056071