Newsreel 'Gold Cup, Slo-mo-shun IV keeps speed crown'. Several hydroplanes in water. They leave behind a spray of water. SUCH CRUST IV catches fire. View of burned hull of Such Crust IV. Ambulance takes pilot "Wild Bill" Cantrell to the hospital with burns Shots of crowd gathered to watch the event. Slo-mo-shun IV hydroplane wins the Gold Cup close course race. Slo-mo-shun IV hydroplane wins the race unchallenged.
President John F. Kennedy in a meeting with former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon . Governor Nelson Rockefeller called them to back the President in the Cuban crisis. The cameramen take photographs.
From an April 27, 1961 newsreel depicting events 25 years earlier. A pusher plane twenty-five years ago when aviation was in it's adolescence. United States government looking for a safe and small plane. The sound proof pusher plane is chosen as the best by the Commerce Department. The small, twin-boom aircraft in flight. Two men seated in the plane. The plane takes-off. A man seen near a Nemeth Parasol "Umbrella plane." Nemeth Parasol aircraft in flight. Narrator says the plane is a foreshadow of delta-swept wing of today.
An inventor and his safer automobile that resembles an insect. The designer of the car stands near it. The engine of the car is in the rear and it has a single front seat that holds 5 passengers, but no backseat for additional safety. The number plate of the car reads '8P 58 39'. man seated in the car. The car on the roads with other vehicles. From an April 27, 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier.
From an April 27, 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier. A thrilling race in the Kentucky Derby. Huge crowd seated in the spectator area. The crowd cheering. A horse named Bold Venture wins the race. Horse named 'Brevity' stood on second position.
United States President Woodrow Wilson standing on a city street corner with a group of men, in January, 1916. They are all dressed for the cold. The President wears a fur collar coat and woolen gloves. Next, a large group of people is seen assembled around a building. Change of scene shows President Wilson and First lady Edith Wilson standing on the back of a railroad train. She is bundled up in a fur coat. Wilson is holding his hat. Mrs. Wilson leaves the platform and goes back into the rail car. The President says a few words from the platform. At about this time, Attorney General,Thomas Watt Gregory is seen far to the President's left (at right of picture). While the President and his party stand on the train platform, one member of the group checks his watch frequently, as if concerned about keeping their schedule.
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