View of corrugated steel revetments set up for explosives. A new Military Affiliate Radio System Station (MARS) with Centralized Command and Control Center is shown. U.S. air force officer getting into jeep and backing out.
Josef Goebbels, German Propaganda Minister, seated at desk. In the name of the Government, Goebbels wishes the German people a successful New Year in their work and for their Nation.
General Bernard Law Montgomery with British and American correspondents in Normandy. General Montgomery discusses news on World War II with correspondents. One man in the group wears a French officer's cap. Two U.S. 9th Air Force soldiers ride horses bareback on highway. U.S. military Jeeps can be seen passing.
Pole Vaulting at a Championship. View of Pole Vaulters running and jumping during pole vault. Crowd cheering. American athlete John Pennel makes a new record for 16 feet and 8 ¾. Photographers taking pictures. Close view of John Pennel talking after the jump.
The teletype machine that will connect Washington with Moscow is set up in the Pentagon. Men taking the machine into Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Close view of machine. Russian Ambassador visits White House to set up a meeting between the U.S. President and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. View of Russian Ambassador outside White House answering News reporters.
Closeup of Pole Vaulter John Pennel the first man to pole vault over 17 feet (achieving a height of 17 feet ¾ inches, on August 24, 1963, at the Florida Gold Coast AAU meet in Coral Gables). Pennel pole vaults for the benefit of newsreel cameramen, shortly after setting the new record. He runs and plants his fiberglass pole, which bends in a wide arc, before he launches into the air and clears the bar. The vaulting sequence is repeated in slow motion. Pennel wears white shorts and shirt with the number 606 on his back.
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