Hollywood stars Tom brown, Dorothy Layton, Marion Shilling, June Clyde, Marian Shockley complete a giant jig saw puzzle at Universal City in California. The completed puzzle advertises the film "The Big Cage" starring Anita Page and Clyde Beatty.
View of Merced River flowing through Yosemite National Park. Two men look at Hetch Hetchy Valley in Sierra Navada below. Three men look at the 'Big Trees'.
D-558-2 Skyrocket with a B-29 Superfortress in flight over Muroc Air Force Base (soon after renamed Edwards Air Force Base). A B-29 Superfortress in flight. A Skyrocket is attached to the belly of B-29. Insignia of United States. A chase plane flies on the left side of the B-29. The posterior part of D-558-2 and B-29. Jet is turned on and the Skyrocket is still attached to B-29. Vapor comes out from the jet line. U.S. Navy Skyrocket emits much vapor while still attached to B-29. The Skyrocket with B-29 in flight. The Skyrocket detaches from B-29 mother ship and is in flight. It flies over the mountains. The Skyrocket makes pass from the landing field. (Note: the Superfortress bomber seen here has the big WASP Major engines. So it is probably a B-50 - perhaps XB-50.)
A film titled 'Chimpanzee apes,cameraman "snookie" conducts own big expedition in the wilds of Luna Park' A chimpanzee handles a motion picture movie camera to capture films of two elephants at Luna Park in Los Angeles in California. The chimpanzee is seen hand cranking a movie camera. He runs away as elephants approach the camera position. Chimpanzee is seen trying to load film reel back into camera after it spills out.
Speed test runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base at California. Men standing near vehicles. Mountain ranges in the background. The 3-wheeled land vehicle is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. It is powered by a rocket engine. This run is at 731 mph and recorded on camera number 747. Big puff of smoke seen, and then it dissipates. Another puff of smoke from which the car is seen moving very fast. Then, suddenly, white flame is seen behind the car which lasts a few seconds as it passes by the camera position and disappears in local ground fog and haze.
Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers presidential nomination acceptance speech during the 1956 Republican National Convention at Cow Palace (2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City, CA 94014) in Daly City near San Francisco, California. President Eisenhower waves at the cheering crowd. President Eisenhower thanks his supporters for their support and nomination for the presidency. Eisenhower comments about a large central government or big government: "Geographical balance of power is essential to our form of free society. If you take the centralization shortcut every time something is to be done, you will perhaps sometimes get quick action. But there is no perhaps about the price you will pay for your impatience: the growth of a swollen, bureaucratic, monster government in Washington, in whose shadow our state and local governments will ultimately wither and die," says President Eisenhower during his speech.
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