Snowstorm in City of New York on December 26, 1947. Vehicles and streets covered with 26 inches of snow. Two girls making a snowman. A man pushing a car covered with snow. View of many cars buried in snow. Men labor to clear streets. Tractors removing snow from streets. Snow-clad train on railway station. Man trying to pull the car out of snow using shovel. Men on hill removing snow with shovels.
U.S. Ship Falcon and rescue vessels in water. Crewmen and divers on ship. Divers diving into water from ship. Submarine is raised on lift; the pontoons are arranged at different levels between the surface and the submarine. View of submarine sinking back in water. Squalus raised again on surface of the water. Squalus is raised and renamed as 'Sailfish'. View of Sailfish crewmen lined up and four Naval Officers who survived after the submarine sank.
Cowboys riding horses and bulls at Salinas California events. Rodeo riders attempt to stay seated on bucking horses. Cowboys thrown from bucking bulls. Spectators watching from behind the fence.
View of United States Ship Halsey at a navy yard in San Francisco. View of Navy Secretary Fred Korth and Naval Officers getting on the ship. Guided missile frigate, USS Halsey commissioning ceremony starts. View of Navy Officer at Speaker's stand and guests at the ceremony are seated. The crew of the Halsey assembles and stands in a formation. Ceremony in progress.
Closeup of Pole Vaulter John Pennel the first man to pole vault over 17 feet (achieving a height of 17 feet ¾ inches, on August 24, 1963, at the Florida Gold Coast AAU meet in Coral Gables). Pennel pole vaults for the benefit of newsreel cameramen, shortly after setting the new record. He runs and plants his fiberglass pole, which bends in a wide arc, before he launches into the air and clears the bar. The vaulting sequence is repeated in slow motion. Pennel wears white shorts and shirt with the number 606 on his back.
San Quentin State Prison in California. A guard looking through binoculars from tower. Signboard of 'Department of Corrections' and civilians passing by. Guard opening the main gate and people moving in to see the paintings made by prisoners. People at the exhibition. Close of view of various paintings exhibited and people looking at the paintings.
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