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NCAA Track and Field events in Austin Texas, June, 1957

Gregory C. (Greg) Bell, a sophomore at Indiana University, is seen making his record-setting long jump of 26' 7", to win the national collegiate title on June 14, 1957, in Austin Texas. Bell sitting on the ground after his jump. Sequence shifts to the track where Don Bowden, of California, is running well ahead of favored Ron Delany, of Villanova, to win the 800 meter run in 1 minute and 47.2 seconds. (Note: Delany won the 1500 meter run in 4 minutes 6 and a half minutes.) The next day, on June 15, 1957, Bob Gutowski, of Occidental College,California, is seen breaking the World record in the pole vault at a height of 15 feet 9 3/4 inches. He poses momentarily afterwards.

Location: Austin Texas USA
Date: 1957, June 14
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069554
President Johnson awards the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Robert E. O’Malley

United States Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant Robert Emmett O'Malley receiving the Medal of Honor from President Lyndon Baines Johnson. An orchestra plays at the Federal Office Building Plaza (J.J. Pickle Federal Building, 300 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701) in Austin, Texas. The seal of the United States President on display. President Johnson gives his remarks before the awarding ceremony. “I can think of only one gift sufficient to honor men like this: We can assure this man and we can assure every man who wears our uniform that their cause is a good cause, that the principles they stand for are sound principles, that the battle they are fighting deserves their bravery. To back a commitment honorably given: that is a good cause. To shield a young nation from aggression: that is a good cause.” United States Marines in full blue dress uniform stand at attention. Marine corp band members in red uniform are also at attention. The audience clapping during President Johnson’s speech. President Johnson puts the Medal of Honor on Sergeant Robert Emmett O’Malley. The president also presents a framed certificate to O’Malley. Sergeant O’Malley smiles as he wears the Medal of Honor. President Johnson and Sergeant O’Malley shake hands with USMC officials.

Location: Austin Texas USA
Date: 1966, December 6
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080577
President Harry S Truman and Governor Thomas E Dewey during 1948 presidential election campaign activities in the United States

United States President Harry S Truman with Vice President Garner in Texas during an election campaign. President Truman in car with Vice President John Nance Garner 'Cactus Jack'. Man with a sheep. Sign on the sheep reads 'Dewey Goat', and Truman is seen petting the sheep that represents his opponent. Crowd greets President Truman in San Antonio and waves as his car goes by on a street. Truman is seen posing in front of the Alamo. Next Truman visits Austin Texas where he addressed Civil Rights, according to the narrator, saying that his opponents, the Republicans, don't want public unity. President Truman meets on his moving train car with Sam Rayburn, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. President Truman addresses a large crowd gathered outdoors in Fort Worth Texas. Next seen shows his opponents activities: Crowd greets Governor Thomas E Dewey in Oakland California. Banner reads 'Welcome Governor Dewey'. Train of Governor Dewey is seen moving on tracks. Scenes of Republican presidential candidate Dewey with Mrs. Dewey addressing a crowd in Kelso, Oregon. Officials there present him with a string of fresh caught salmon fish as a gift. Governor Dewey on dais with his wife. Mrs. Dewey addresses crowd.

Location: Texas United States USA
Date: 1948, September 30
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025594
Knife-thrower Louella Gallagher with her three daughters in Austin, Texas

Louella Gallagher examines her knives. The Gallagher daughters walk across a yard to a small platform with a wooden wall. Louella Gallagher has a fist full of chef's knives fanned before her. The children pose with the wooden wall in the background. She throws knives that land extremely close to the children who smile and scarcely flinch during the dangerous stunt. The knives narrowly miss the girls, skillfully. The back fence neighbors object but the mother and the daughters pay no attention to them.

Location: Austin Texas USA
Date: 1950, April 13
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041468
A U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bomber aircraft lands at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas, United States.

XB-36 first flight on August 8, 1946, at Fort Worth, Texas, with Convair Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green, at the controls. The XB-36 flying over airfield, with landing gear extended. Views from side and below. Views from above, from the side, from below and from the rear, as it flies some distance from the field, with gear still extended. XB-36 on final approach crossing a river, and touching down on first part of runway as it lands.

Location: Fort Worth Texas USA
Date: 1946, August 8
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075683
First flight of Convair XB-36 in Fort Worth, Texas

First flight of Convair XB-36, on August 8, 1946, piloted by Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green. Air and ground crews doing extensive inspections and preflight checks of the XB-36 parked on ramp. Two of the team standing on horizontal stabilizer examining the vertical stabilizer. Tail number 213570 clearly painted on vertical stabilizer. Two Air Force personnel standing next to one of the huge single main gear tires. Engines are started and XB-36 taxis toward runway. It spins around on active runway towards direction of takeoff, and commences takeoff roll, gradually breaking ground in a shallow climb angle.

Location: Fort Worth Texas USA
Date: 1946, August 8
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075682
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