Olympic divers practice at the Coral Casino in Montecito, an unincorporated community adjacent to Santa Barbara, California. Ruth Jump and Marjorie Gestriug exhibit their platform diving skills in the Coral Casino's seaside pool. Various other divers shown.
U.S. Navy film about aviation, entitled "Wings for the Fleet." Movie opens with view of an F-4 Phantom aircraft in flight. It displays Carrier Air Wing 15 tail code "NL,"and the number "2316" on its fuselage. Closeup of pilot in front seat of the F-4. "LT. J.G. D.H. Rogers is painted below the canopy. Change of scene to Navy warships on maneuvers. The USS King (DL-10/DLG-10/DDG-41) a Farragut Class (also known as Coontz Class) guided missile destroyer and and the Aircraft Carrier, USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) with deck full of F-4 Phantom aircraft. An F-4 aircraft is seen on combat air patrol overhead. A closeup shows it is the same aircraft shown earlier, piloted by Lt JG D.H. Rogers. The F-4 rolls over and dives. Scene shifts to combat control center aboard the aircraft carrier, where controllers convey target information to the F-4. View of pilot in cockpit and his missile targeting display. He is cleared to arm missile and fire. Interior of his cockpit as he engages the arm toggle switch. The F-4 fires a missile that is seen striking and destroying a drone target, which falls flaming into the sea. Back in the control room, a sailor wipes clean the plexiglass display he was using to track the action. View of F-4s landing on the USS Coral Sea, and view from cockpit of Lt JG D.H. Rogers' plane being guided into parking position on her flight deck. His plane Captain climbs aboard the wing and helps him remove items from the cockpit. Rogers stops to discuss something with the plane Captain and they walk together towards the Carrier Island.
United States Presidential elections of 1948. Women and girls feed a donkey, there parodying the democratic party, and they place a poster on it. The poster on donkey reads 'Our next President-Thomas Dewey'. A crowd of women stands near the donkey, at the railway station terminal in Junction City, Kansas. A train arrives and emerges Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections. Women pose the donkey in front of him. He addresses the crowd. Guards control the crowd. Men show placards to Dewey as he finishes his speech and move inside.
United States Presidential elections of 1948. A railway station in United States. Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections arrives in a train. He meets people at the station terminal. He stands at the train door and addresses the crowd from train itself. On the train is written 'Dewey Victory Special'. A crowd gathers to hear his speech. Dewey along with his wife, Frances Hutt Dewey, waves at the crowd and moves inside the train.
United States Presidential elections of 1948. A huge crowd of supporters wait for the train 'Dewey Victory Special' at a decorated railway station. Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections and his wife, Frances Hutt Dewey, arrive in a train. He addresses the crowd from the train. Women clap while listening to his speech. He and his wife wave hands towards their supporters, as their train departs from the station.
Newsreel clip looking back at the life of baseball's greatest player, Babe Ruth, after his death from cancer on August 16, 1948. Ruth speaks to the camera. Outside view of Yankee Stadium (1 E 161 St, Bronx, NY 10451, United States) in New York. Young boys watch in the stands. Ruth swats a home run. Spectators stand and cheer as Ruth runs around the bases. Ruth wipes his face with a towel. Ruth surrounded by two police officers and large group of children, eating hot dogs and ice cones. Ruth gives a baseball bat to a young boy. An older Ruth climbs out of a 1940s-style car, walks into a doctor's office. A group of kids wait for him outside on the steps. The scene shifts to Ruth's late-in-life visit to Yankee Stadium. Ruth puts on his old #3 Yankee uniform, emerges from the tunnel to a huge ovation from fans. He tips his cap, stands on field as Yankees pay tribute.
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