The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fuel rocket is launched from Staten Island in New York, United States in 1933. George Edward Pendray of the AIS, and his associate preparing for the launch. The 7 1/2 foot rocket is placed on a stand. Other men look on. The rocket, fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, takes off. Its fuel tank overheats and explodes moments after takeoff and the rocket crashes to the beach below. (From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier. The world's first successful liquid fuel rocket was launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1926. This film records the first such attempt under auspices of the American Interplanetary Society, in 1933. )
French sailors and officers in the United States. French battleship Richelieu arrives in the U.S. It proceeds towards a navy yard for repairs. Men aboard the ship. An officer aboard the ship. The French flag flying atop a flag pole. French sailors parade in New York. Buildings along the sides of a street. Aerial view of the parade. People cheer. Confetti being thrown from the top of the buildings.
A square-rigged Norwegian sailing ship arrives in New York, United States. The ship in a harbor. Several cadets on board. A large crowd gathers at the harbor and greets the cadets. Officers shake hands.
The Third Annual Fire Chief Steel Conference in Long Island, New York. Simulation of a jet crash in a residential area. Emphasis on latest methods of coping with blazing jet fuel. Heavy columns of smoke rise up from the wrecked aircraft. The firemen douse the fire with fire hoses.
Australian golfer Joseph Henry Kirkwood in a golf show in New York, United States. Kirkwood demonstrates his skills on a stage. He hits a ball with a club. A girl lying on the stage. A ball is placed in the heels of her shoe. A man dressed somewhat like a clown sits with golf balls on different parts of his body. Kirkwood performs a dangerous stunt as he hits the balls off of the various parts of the man's body, without hitting the man.
United States Marines land in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. Destroyers and transport ships moored off shore. LCVTs (Landing Crafts Vehicle Tracked) head towards the beach. Marines in silhouette as they unload supplies from a landing craft. Marines unload supplies from LVT-3. LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized), LCVTs and other landing craft off the shore. Marines working party with destroyers in the background.
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