Atlas D missile 7D is seen, at night, on pad LC-14 At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, ready for a suborbital test. Camera tracks it through lift off and through thin cloud layer. At TC: 00:54, screen goes dark. At TC: 01:02, camera picks up rocket flame again, as it passes through some cloud. The missile seems to be falling at this time. At TC: 01: 47, it explodes in a fireball and disappears. (Note: Reportedly, this launch failed due to a malfunction of one of the hold-down arms on LC-14 which damaged plumbing in the missile and allowed helium pressure gas to escape during ascent. The common bulkhead between the propellant tanks collapsed after the pressure difference between them became too great. Also notable because the Mercury astronauts were invited to watch the launch.)
Launch of ballistic missile Atlas 7D at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Scenes from static camera of missile's ignition and shutdown resulting in failure of launch programme. 18 May 1959.
Sutron Baths and Museum is written at a swimming pool. Participants are ready for a race. They jump in the pool and swim back-stroke towards the opposite end. Crowd cheers the participants. Miss Olga Dorfner,Philadelphia wins with first position;Miss Clarie Galligon,New York is second and Miss Dorothy Burns,Los Angles is at third position.
Work in progress at the famous mountain memorial, Mount Rushmore. Blasting takes place with emergence of large amount of smoke and dust. Face of George Washington appears on the mountain. Workers with safety ropes giving a finishing touch to the face. People at a distance discuss the progress of the work. Huts are seen over top of the mountain.
A man checks baskets and take out pigeons from one. He hand them over to a lady who releases them. The gathered crowd cheers and release more pigeons. Thousands of pigeons are seen flying in the sky. People release pigeons from other boxes too. Decoys lure pigeons to rival coops. Buildings are seen in the background. A man examines a pigeon.
Final football match of Pacific Coast Conference is played between University of Southern California (Trojans) and Stanford University. University of Southern California beats Stanford University by 19-0. Around 95,000 people witness the match.
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