Mount Rushmore National Memorial at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Gigantic heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. Sculptors continue their work of sculpting heads of America's heroes. A Native American Indian stands with another man at the base of the large mountain.
This Spanish language newsreel clip highlights Alex Carrasquel -- the first baseball player from Venezuela to play in the U.S. major leagues. He played in New York on July 4, 1939, the day before Venezuela's Independence Day. Title cards read: "Especially for Venezuela. The great pitcher Alejandro Carrasquel plays in New York on the eve of the Venezuelan patriotic day." Shot of Simon Bolivar statue in New York's Central Park with 'Simon Bolivar El Libertador' written under it. Huge crowd at Yankee Stadium in New York to watch July 4 doubleheader between New York Yankees and Carrasquel's team, the Washington Senators. (NOTE: This crowd was mainly there to see the Yankees honor Lou Gehrig, their Hall of Fame first baseman, who had just been diagnosed with ALS.) Carrasquel (#14) pitches to Yankees in second game, gives up run-scoring triple, tags out another runner trying to reach first base. Carrasquel speaks to crowd through microphones in ceremony at home plate. Shot of Venezuelan flag on pole outside a building (Venezuelan embassy?). Men and women gathered at a cafeteria. Sign in large white letters reads 'Venezuela.'
Mock H Bomb attack to check Civil Defense in Washington DC. View of the Civil Defense Administration building. Workers in the building reacting to a mock alert of an impending atomic or nuclear attack. Woman in a control center takes readings over the phone. Warning signals being flashed on a large map of United States. Siren sounded with 'Chrysler Air Raid Siren' written on it. Police and Civil Defense team clear the streets. Officers are air lifted to secret centers from where they will administer security plans. Helicopters lifting off from grounds of the Pentagon in Arlington Viriginia near Washington DC to "evacuate" essential personnel. Officer stands on an empty street of New York City. Many parked buses are among the vehicles nearby. People seen at the base of a stairs at the entrance to the New York City subway. Traffic moves on the road after air raid signal has been sounded.
United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. Troops aboard M113 Armored Personnel Carriers enter a town. Natives wave standing along a road. Cambodian children wave. Vehicles and M-48 Patton tanks on a dirt road. Thatched houses on stilts. Cambodian natives stand in front of their houses and watch the tanks driving past. Soldiers with equipment at a base camp.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy in the gondola of a balloon before a jump. Clouds in the sky. A high altitude jump by the dummy. The parachute opens. The dummy descends towards the land.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy descends towards land with a parachute. View of the dummy from a dummy borne camera. View of the planet Earth through the camera.
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