A large 'Tetrahedral Kite' designed by Alexander Graham Bell. The kite was tested for flight at Hammondsport in New York.
Several young women ride bouncing bicycles also called ' Rhythm Bicycles' , developed by Joseph D. Bell. The women riding the bouncing bicycles in a group on a road. They pedal the bikes by pushing with both feet at the same time while the seat goes up and down.
Hollywood actor Rock Hudson presents and receives an award in Washington D.C. The award ceremony at the 71st convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The screen star Rock Hudson presents a certificate of merit from the Motion Picture Association to the President of the federation for their work in previewing films over last 20 years. United States Secretary of the Treasury,Clarence Douglas Dillon presents a Liberty Bell to Rock Hudson for his success as a salesman of the Savings Bonds and making a Savings Bond Trailer on the set of the film "The Spiral Road".
Astronaut Virgil Ivan Grissom's space journey from Cape Canaveral. Crewmen pipe the fuel aboard the Redstone rocket. A missile on a launch pad. Captain Virgil Grissom disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew helps Grissom to board the Liberty Bell 7 capsule. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier USS Randolph CV-15 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. A helicopter rescues astronaut Grissom and tries to keep a hold on the sinking capsule Mercury. Astronaut Grissom climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes astronaut Grissom on the carrier Randolph after his success.
Riots in a jail in Manila, Philippines. Aerial view of buildings at the Bilibid Prison. Guards at the entrance gate. Convicts prostrate on the ground as an alarm bell rings. The guards run holding guns. The death house at the prison.
The U.S. Open Men's Doubles in Brookline, Massachusetts. Tennis players Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn with Gregory Mangin and Berkeley Bell before the match. The players play in the U.S. Open Men's Doubles. Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn, winners of the match, are awarded
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