Seen in the stands, as honorary judges, are: Brooklyn Dodgers baseball star, Jackie Robinson (the first African American player in Major League Baseball); Florence Chadwick (first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions); and Barney Ross (World Champion professional boxer). Competing skater-jumpers are seen clearing lines of barrels in early phase of the barrel-jumping contest. Andre Marceau from Quebec, fails to clear 11 barrels. Another competitor fails at 12 barrels. Others fail, including Bob Bergen of Detroit, Michigan, who can't clear 14 barrels. The winner is Terry Brown, the visiting fireman who also won last year. His winning jump distance was 28 feet, 3 inches. Closeup of Terry Brown rubbing his bruised elbows.
B-17E bomber in flight. Close aerial views of aircraft flying in skies and clouds, soon after its introduction for use by British RAF and the U.S., early in World War 2
Shovels handling ceremony in Holland during occupation of the Netherlands by German forces in World War 2. Newly recruited or conscripted Dutch young menstand in a formation during a ceremony as they become members of the Dutch Workers Service, as required by the German occupation. They receive shovels as symbols of their commitment to work for Holland. The uniformed Dutch workers shoulder their shovels and parade.
Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, ("Headhunters") ride on hood of a jeep to their P-38 aircraft during World War 2. Squadron Commander, Ace, Major Jay T. Robbins, stands in front of a P-38, with his hand on a propeller.(Film is reversed). He converses with crew chief. P-38s taxiing out for a mission. A crewman wearing a headset climbs out of cockpit of a P-38 and slides down the its wing. View from another airplane, in flight, of a P-38 making a pass close to the camera plane. Aerial view of a military installation on the ground.
Esther Jane Williams at premier of her film Raw Wind in Eden. She arrives in Atlantic City by helicopter, dives into the sea and swims ashore. Crowd gives her a warm welcome. 04 August 1958.
Ocean waves hit the beach in Atlantic City. Building in background. Men and women walk on boardwalk. People ride in rolling chairs on the boardwalk. Shops lined on side of the boardwalk. Man walks on the boardwalk with a baby pram.
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