The U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team show their skating skills at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City. Olympic pair skaters, Yvonne Sherman and Robert Swenning, of the New York Figure Skating Club, demonstrate a pair lift and side-by-side spirals. Spectators watch them performing. Richard Button of the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society performs 2 axels, and a flying camel spin into a back sit spin, changing into a forward scratch spin. (These are shown in slow motion to better show his movements.) New Yorker Eileen Seigh performs 4 split jumps, 3 axels and a forward sit spin into a final scratch spin. (Note: Eileen and Dick trained with Gus Lussi in Lake Placid. The pairs team, Yvonne Sherman and Robert Swenning were pupils of Pierre Brunet, a former French National champion, who , with his wife Andree, were World pair champions ).
Policemen uses the “Picture Puzzle” method to create a sketch of a criminal’s face in California. A seated woman describes the features of a criminal to a Richmond, California police technician George Meyer. A man pointing to a collection of cards depicting several types of male hairstyle and pairs of eyes. Policeman attaches several cards to create a face of a criminal. Woman uses hand gestures to describe the criminal’s eyes. The police technician picks up the eyes portion from the puzzle. The woman describes the face. Woman picks a card depicting a chin. Policemen attach pieces of facial features together like a puzzle to make a face of a criminal. Policemen holding a mugshot of a criminal.
U.S. Navy Lt. Charles F. Klusmann arrives in San Diego, California after his escape from The Pathet Lao forces during the Vietnam War. Charles F. Klusmann and his wife climb down a ladder. Men on an airport take pictures. He is greeted by people at the airport. Lt. Klusmann and his wife get in a car. They leave the airport. Swearing in Ceremony aboard destroyer USS John Willis. U.S. Navy commander Bob Robert and his wife with other officer aboard USS John Willis. A Navy officer speaks into a microphone. U.S. Navy commander Bob Robert and his wife taking an oath. They sign on a document. Navy officers stand in the background.
A bus carrying books in Creedmoor, New York. People including young children wait on a street for the bus. The bus arrives. A man opens a door of the bus. The people line up outside the bus. They issue books. A woman inside a bus issuing books to the readers. A young girl stands with a book in her hands. People stand in a line and wait for their chance. The girls and boys come out of the bus with books. A girl and a boy issuing books The bus leaves. People walk on the street.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown sails for a undisclosed mission in San Francisco, California. Aircraft carrier USS Yorktown at a dock. The U.S. fighter airplanes are towed and taken aboard USS Yorktown. The U.S. fighter airplanes on a deck. The food supplies on a conveyor belt are transferred on the carrier. The U.S. sailors at the dock. A family of a sailor wave.
Girls model for winning a Hollywood movie 30 day promotion contract in Los Angeles, California. The contestants wearing different costumes climb down the steps and walk. The judges seated on chairs judge the girls. The girls pose. The judges judge the girls. The girls in costumes pose near a swimming pool. Phyllis McLeen wins the contest. Universal International Picture Executive Robert Palmer shakes hands with the winners. He gives Phyllis the first Universal International contract for tour to publicize the forthcoming film "Written On The Wind." Narrator states the woman's physical measurements that make her "fill the bill."
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