View of board of movie 'The Birds' at RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Palace Theater at 1564 Broadway, New York City Times Square. 'The Birds' opens on Broadway and the Director with his actress, Tippi Hedren opens the cage for 1000 pigeons. View of pigeons in sky.
New York Athletic Club Games at Madison Square Garden. Women running on track and Yetta Heiner of Germany wins the women's 60 yard sprint. Men compete in pole vaulting. French competitor falls short as his pole breaks in half. Rolando Cruz of Villanova tops 16 feet in Pole Vault. Crowd watching and cheering. Gerry Ashworth wins the men's 60 yard dash. Jim Beatty sets a new Indoor record for the mile in 3:58:6. View of Tom O' Hara who also finished under four minutes. In the high Jump, Valeriy Brumel of the Soviet Union sets a new Indoor mark at 7 feet 2 inches.
President John Kennedy at missile center in Cape Canaveral (6 days before his assassination). President with others looking at a Saturn I missile model and then the actual Saturn missile on launch pad preparing for an upcoming launch. A helicopter takes off and lands on a ship where President is met by Naval Officers. President watches firing of an underwater Polaris missile from the submerged submarine Andrew Jackson. Naval Officers standing near President while he watches action through binoculars.
View of a Football game played between Michigan and Michigan State teams. In the first quarter Michigan takes the lead with a score of 7-0. Crowd of more than 100,000 cheering. Combination of Steve Juday and Sherman Lewis level scores and game winds up in a tie, with a score 7-7.
Snowstorm in City of New York on December 26, 1947. Vehicles and streets covered with 26 inches of snow. Two girls making a snowman. A man pushing a car covered with snow. View of many cars buried in snow. Men labor to clear streets. Tractors removing snow from streets. Snow-clad train on railway station. Man trying to pull the car out of snow using shovel. Men on hill removing snow with shovels.
U.S. Ship Falcon and rescue vessels in water. Crewmen and divers on ship. Divers diving into water from ship. Submarine is raised on lift; the pontoons are arranged at different levels between the surface and the submarine. View of submarine sinking back in water. Squalus raised again on surface of the water. Squalus is raised and renamed as 'Sailfish'. View of Sailfish crewmen lined up and four Naval Officers who survived after the submarine sank.
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