Rapid flash and rapidly rising mushroom cloud seen in this test of 15 kiloton weapon on May 25, 1953,called "Grable", at the Nevada Test Site. It was shot from a M65 atomic cannon mobile artillery piece, sometimes called Atomic Annie.
Newsreel clip highlighting the New York Yankees' victory in the 1953 Baseball World Series over Brooklyn Dodgers (their fifth consecutive championship). Highlights from game two: Mickey Mantle of the Yankees hits a two-run homer off Preacher Roe to drive the Yankees to victory and put them up two games to none in the Series. Older woman bounces and cheers in stands. Game three: at Ebbets Field, Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella drives a home run to left field off Vic Raschi, Dodgers win. Fan in sunglasses cheers. Game four: Duke Snider (seen in closeups) hits double, home run and double to lead the Dodgers to victory and even up the Series at 2-2. Black, white Brooklyn fans cheer. Game five: Mickey Mantle (seen in closeup) hits a grand slam to squelch Dodger hopes. Game six: the Dodgers' Carl Furillo hits a two-run homer in the ninth inning to tie the game, but the Yankees' Billy Martin singles up the middle in the bottom of the ninth to score Hank Bauer and win it for the Yankes. Fans cheer as Yankees celebrate on the field. (Note: The first World Series was held in 1903. So this was the 50th anniversary of that sporting event.)
The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC news correspondent Quincy Howe speaks during the debate and asks Vice President Richard Nixon to give his closing statement. Vice President Nixon opposes Senator Kennedy's statement that American is standing still. He says more houses and classrooms have been built, there has been a progress in civil rights and progress in field of slum clearance in Eisenhower's Administration which is more than in the previous administration. He says the United States should extend freedom to the world. He says that there were eleven dictators in Latin America in 1953 and now there are only 3 left. Nixon also talks about free government in Africa. He says that America will move ahead with the kind of leadership that we can provide in these years ahead. Correspondent Quincy speaks. He says that the opening statements by both candidates ran eight minutes each. The closing statements ran four minutes, thirty seconds. The order of speaking was reversed from their first joint appearance, when they followed the same procedure. A panel of newsmen questioned each candidate alternately. The first discussion dealt only with domestic policy. This one dealt only with foreign policy. As members of a new political generation, Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy have used new means of communication to pioneer a new type of political debate.
A film titled: 'Fighter Photo-Eyes of the Fleet' on the importance of photographic reconnaissance. A board reads: "Composite Squadron Sixty One - VC-61" outside a building of Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, United States. F9F Panther aircraft in formation fly by. A jeep arrives. A pilot gets off the jeep. The pilot arrives near the building. Men load cameras in an airplane. Interior of an office. Officers seated at a desk in the office. The pilot shakes hands with the officers. They look at a model of an aircraft. The pilot walks with his luggage. A jeep arrives near him. He shakes hands with the man driving the jeep and talks to him. He sits in the jeep. The jeep drive away. Buildings along the sides of a street. The jeep comes to a halt and the man gets off. Man enters building with sign "BOQ Office". Inside a man loads film into a camera. The man seated with other crew members inside a building. An officer instructs them on aerial reconnaissance photography techniques in the classroom. View of three Republic F9F Panther aircraft in formation flight overhead. The man looks at the aircraft. He writes a formula and explains to the crew.
A biographical documentary shows the life of Dwight David Eisenhower who was the President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Dwight David Eisenhower in a horse driven carriage salutes to people at a gathering outside the Royal Exchange (1 Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL, United Kingdom) in London, England. Eisenhower with Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Churchill addresses the gathering. The crowd cheers.
Speed and altitude tests being conducted by X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. X-15 begins a solo flight into the stratosphere. Pilot Scott Crossfield seated in the cockpit of X-15. Mach meter indicator passes Mach two. Radar dish antenna recording the course of flight. Chase planes F-100F and F-104D in flight. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) officials take recordings on graph and look at radar screens. Pilot converses with the ground crew members. X-15 lands on Rogers Dry Lake in California. Vehicles parked next to the aircraft after its landing in ground.
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