The nation honors pilot hero Colin P. Kelly in Madison, Florida. He sacrificed his life after crippling a Japanese warship off the Philippines during World War II. People gather outside a church. People including his wife come out of the church. Airplanes fly in formation overhead. A photograph of Kelly on a table. Kelly's widow seated near the photograph reads a paper. Kelly's wife and infant pose.
Homecoming 1958 college football game played at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The Rice Owls host the U.S. Army cadets from Westpoint. Scenes from the game. Rice Quarterback Alvin Hartman connects key passes to Buddy Dial. Also scenes with Army Quarterback Joe Caldwell throwing to Bill Carpenter (known as the "Lonesome End"), and later to halfback Bob Anderson. During the game, 69,000 home fans at Rice Stadium cheer while watching the action. After blocking a Rice field goal attempt on the 9 yard line, Army scores on a touchdown pass to Pete Dawkins (later the Heisman Trophy winner that year) in the final minute to win over the Rice Owls 14-7.
New land and sea speed records are set in the United States. People gather in Daytona Beach, Florida. Sir Malcolm Campbell seated in his race car 'Blue Bird'. He drives the car on Daytona beach and sets a new record driving at the speed of 272 miles per hour. People cheer. Close view of him smoking a cigarette in the car after his speed run. Speedboat racer Garfield Arthur Wood seated aboard his speedboat 'Miss America' on the St Clair River near Detroit Michigan. He races the 5000 horsepower mahogany speedboat and wins the Harmsworth Trophy. Close up view of Gar Wood smiling after his race. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States. People gather on either sides of a street. The Presidential car in the parade. A motorcade passing on the street. Buildings along a side of the street. Soldiers aboard trucks. Several airplanes fly in formation overhead. A flag flying atop a building. Troops march holding U.S. flags. Armored tanks in the parade. (World War II period).
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States. People gather on either sides of a street. The U.S. Capitol in the foreground. A motorcade passing on the street. Soldiers aboard military vehicles. The Presidential car in the motorcade. Horse-drawn units pass. Soldiers march. Other armored vehicles and tanks passing. (World War II period).
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States. People gather on either sides of a street. The U.S. Capitol in the foreground. Buildings along street sides. Scout cars pass. Soldiers aboard trucks passing on the street. Motorized artillery and tanks passing. Several airplanes fly in formation. Flags flying on flag poles atop a building. (World War II period).
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