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Brief look at trading by specialist in Ford Motor Company stock at New York Stock Exchange.

Mr. G.Keith Funston, President of the New York Stock Exchange, with other officials, on the stock market trading floor at the Exchange.They surround an Exchange specialist, in Ford Motor Company trading, who demonstrates how he uses open outcry bidding, and receives orders to sell or buy, from other traders, who give him slips of paper. Initially, he raises his hand, palm open, in a signal proposing to sell shares. Several persons point at the display, behind him, on which the symbol "F" appears, which stands for Ford Motor Company. The trader records information, in pencil, on a small hand-held pad.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055991
Engineers place helmet and oxygen mask over a dummy's head for rocket sled test of airplane ejection seat

Rocket sled test of aircraft ejection seat, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Engineers put a helmet and oxygen mask over a dummy's head. Rocket sled accelerates and ejection seat actuates. Seat seen flying through the air and finally hitting the ground. Braking head on the sled creates wave of water as it slows. Ejection seat and damaged head of the dummy on the ground. A pilot sits in cockpit of an airplane.

Date: 1956
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055998
Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson, Sammy Davis Jr., and political supporters, at informal gathering in California.

U.S. President Democratic party candidate Adlai Stevenson attends an informal backyard gathering of supporters in California. He accepts a donut from woman who wears a campaign button with "Adlai" written on it. Mr. Stevenson dunks his donut in a cup of coffee, as he converses with the woman. American singer and actor Sammy Davis Jr. comes over and shakes Adlai Stevenson's hand and they converse. Several other participants are seen.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056026
Officers greet Philadelphia's Mayor Harry Arista Mackey during the inauguration of a new subway in Quaker City, Pennsylvania.

A new subway is inaugurated in Quaker City, Pennsylvania. A sign board reads 'Subway'. Civilians gathered in the streets. A locomotive moves on tracks at the newly opened subway. Officers greet Philadelphia's Mayor Harry Arista Mackey. Mayor Mackey aboard the train.

Date: 1930, April 2
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056179
Prohibition enforcement workers dump Canadian rum cargo in city dump heap and smash liquor bottles in San Francisco, California

Workers destroy a liquor cargo in San Fransisco, California during Prohibition. The workers unload bags of Canadian rum from a cart. They dump the liquor bags in a city dump heap. The workers break casks and smash liquor bottles. Liquor spills on the ground.

Date: 1930, April 2
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056183
Wally Pankratz wins a 100 mile, 200 lap classic auto race on the Ascot Track in Los Angeles, California.

A 100 mile auto race on the Ascot Track in Los Angeles, California. A large crowd of spectators gathered at the Ascot Park to watch the 100 mile auto race. The 100 mile, 200 lap classic auto race begins. The crowd cheer the racers. Wally Pankratz wins the race. His relatives and family greet him.

Date: 1941, January 16
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056194