National Collegiate Athletic Association Track Meet Championship in Austin,Texas. Don Bowden makes a new record in a half mile race. Bob Gutowski sets a new record in pole vault.
U.S. Air Force Firefighters spray foam on burning McDonnell-Douglas RF-4C-30-MC Phantom Reconnaissance jet aircraft, serial number 66-0411, that crashed during attempted landing at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin Texas. The aircraft on a routine night mission hit a power line and crashed into a house during its landing approach. The house can be seen in background behind the flaming wreckage of the RF-4C. Although the two aircrew were killed, the narrator states the eight residents of the house were miraculously unhurt.
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.
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.
Report from Texas: Texas' contribution to World War II on both battlefield and home front. Horsemen gallop across the terrain. Man on horse with cattle. Texas increases its production of synthetic rubber, magnesium, sulphur and agricultural products. Factories and industries. Construction work underway. An airfield. Soldiers march. Views of Dallas, Houston, Fredericksburg, Hotel Nimitz, Ft. Worth, Kerrville, Pampa, San Antonio, Kilgore, El Paso, Beaumont, Wichita Falls, San Angelo and Austin.
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.
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