Newspaper picture of a boy named Peter David Levine missing in New Rochelle, New York. Vehicle passes by in front of the boy's school, Albert Leonard Junior High School. Views of Peter Levine and his father, Murray Levine, from home movies, including Peter on a bicycle, Peter with his father on a ball field, and Peter in a boat. Official from the investigation urges viewers to contact the police or Mr. John Edgar Hoover of the U.S. Department of Justice if they have information in the case.
(Sound present only at end of clip beginning around 3:10 mark). Scenes of Ward Line passenger ship, the SS Morro Castle, engulfed in fire during its return to New York from Havana, Cuba. Coast guard boats, fishing smacks, big liners stand by to rescue travelers from the ocean liner. Local citizens and police assembled on the coastline to retrieve the dead and nurse the wounded. Scenes of grief stricken and shocked survivors including men, women, and children. Some scenes from rescue ships which included the SS Andrea F. Luckenbach, the SS Monarch of Bermuda, and the SS City of Savannah. Three survivors recount their stories (sound is present at this point in the clip, starting around 3:10 mark).
Edward Blood from University of New Hampshire establishes ski record in interstate tournament. 12000 spectators watch his 150 feet jump at Bear Mountain, New York. 1931.
Esther Jane Williams at premier of her film Raw Wind in Eden. She arrives in Atlantic City by helicopter, dives into the sea and swims ashore. Crowd gives her a warm welcome. 04 August 1958.
V-2 rocket transported from the assembling area to firing range on a miler wagon.Trailers carrying equipment used for launch can be seen behind the miler wagon. Technicians place the launching platform and raises the rocket in vertical position for launch. 1947.
Technicians make preparations for launch inspect the various parts of rocket at White Sands, New Mexico. A crane is wielded on tracks to facilitate fueling and checking of missile. Fuel is loaded into tanks of rocket. Final checks are made before its launch. 1947.
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