15 feet vault feature of the Millrose Games in New York. Participants and spectators at the Millrose Games. Starting gun is fired and a race starts. The participants run on a race track. Another race is started and runners run on the tracks. Reverend Robert Richards uses a flexible pole and leaps over a bar and becomes the second man in history to top the 15 ft pole vault mark at the Millrose Games.
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) chooses its new President in the Atlantic City, United States. They choose UAW chief Walter Reuther to succeed the late Philip Murray. Governor Adlai Stevenson addresses the convention. Crowd gathers to greet the new President.
The launch of the jet fighter 'Thunder-Streak' in New York. It is the new jet fighter-bomber. Officers and other dignitaries gather to watch the airplane. The pilot in the cockpit. The plane takes off.
Grand champions of 1952's National needlework contest display their designs in New York. They display them at the contest's finale. Three thousand entries are shown including a crocheted United States flag. A woman does the needle work. People watch the displayed material. A woman stand with an award.
Soldiers of the 11th Airborne Division at Camp Desert Rock of the Nevada Test Site, including General Mark Clark, readying for atomic bomb test in the area. Preparations for the test and for the safety of the soldiers. Soldiers on vehicles. They sit on the ground (not in trench) and watch the explosion. An atomic bomb explodes. A huge mushroom cloud forms. A soldier is interviewed afterward about his impressions of the blast.
People gather at the meeting of Women's National Republican Club in New York. Senator Robert A Taft addresses the meeting and talks about the New Deal Administration for its handling of foreign policy. Prominent GOP contender, Senator Taft says Truman policy has given Russia an advantage over United States.
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