Inauguration of a theater in Cleveland, Ohio. Universal Newreel talking reporter and narrator, Graham McNamee, seated at a desk, congratulates the City of Cleveland for its new Telenews theater, devoted to movie newsreels.
African American Industrial and economic union in Cleveland,Ohio. World Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) meets with top African American athletes during the African American Industrial and Economic Union, to discuss his draft stance during the Vietnam War. Athletes include Bill Russel, Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and Jim Brown. Jim Brown, the founder of the union, speaks about Clay's behavior. Cleveland Mayor Carl Burton Stokes is also present.
An efficient engine that runs on cheap fuel oil being demonstrated in Toledo,Ohio. Engine is run using fuel from two different test flasks. Men gathered to watch the working of the engine.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates a monument in Marietta, Ohio to pioneers who established Northwestern United States 150 years ago. A crowd cheers and a band plays. President Roosevelt speaks from a podium. Memorial statues are unveiled.
Coverage of the satellite, Sputnik I at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio. The Project 'Cateye' being undertaken. The project is dealing with light amplification. Film shows the satellite moving slowly across the TV screen in a darkened room.
A documentary about the 1974 Super Outbreak of tornadoes in the United States, and specifically on occurrence of a tornado in the Cincinnati, Ohio area of the United States. Men working at a control area and on switch boards at the Cincinnati airport. Weather experts and other men working in an office and trying to locate the center of the tornado. They discuss among themselves. Buildings in an area of Cincinnati. Men and women talking about the tornado. A man at a local emergency broadcast station warns people about the tornado. Views of the tornado as it is seen near the Cincinnati airport. A man locating the area of the tornado on a map. Men carrying wounded people on stretchers. People walking in a street following a tornado strike in the area.
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