The Washington team wins the finals at a rowing championship in the United States. Teams compete at a rowing competition finals. The team from Washington wins the finals and manages to qualify for the Olympics. The winning team throws a member of the team in a lake.
The New York Central Mercury locomotive and train designed by Henry Dreyfuss is seen in Chicago, Illinois. The modern, futuristic Mercury luxury railroad train moves down a track. Exterior views of the moving train as seen from another moving train and from stationary viewpoint. Interior view of the rear observation car. Passengers on board the Mercury train read newspapers while they are served by African American waiters. An African American bar tender shakes a flask to prepare cocktails at the bar. A man smoking a cigar on the train.
Stars and Stripes handicap at Arlington Park in Chicago, Illinois. The horse race gets underway. A large number of spectators gather to witness the Star and Stripes handicap. Stand Pat wins the handicap worth $10,000. Discovery finishes in the ninth position.
Dedication ceremony of the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Former President of United States Harry S. Truman at the dedication ceremony of the library. Dignitaries including Chief Justice Earl Warren, Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Bess Truman, and Eleanor Roosevelt at the ceremony. Ten thousand people gather for the Masonic rites of dedication. Republican Senate leader William Fife Knowland receives a deed on behalf of the government. Interiors of the library that houses 3 ½ million documents of Truman's seven-year term. At the Truman Museum pictures of Truman with former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Another picture of Truman after winning the presidential election of 1944.
The World Series of Logging in Albany, Oregon. Jim Harren of Longview, Washington rolls a log onto water. A boy looks through binoculars. Allen Woodrow cuts a 30-inch-thick wood log with an axe in record time. Malcolm Harper tosses an axe underhand during an axe throwing event. Hap Johnson and Mel Harper climb up 100 feet trees during a tree climbing event. The best logger Hap Johnson being presented the winning trophy.
'Nuclear might ready but safe.' About the safe use of nuclear weapons by the United States Air Force. A nuclear weapon strapped to a trailer, with two armed guards standing nearby. A missile raises up toward launch position. B-52 bombers on a flight line. A B-52 bomber,on ground alert, taxis out for takeoff. B-52 in flight during airborne alert. Remains of a crashed aircraft that carried a nuclear bomb (a "Broken Arrow" event). An Air Force team team looks at the wreckage of the crashed plane in a field as they work to decontaminate the area. The health concerns involve possible local contamination by scattered non-explosive radioactive materials.
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