Amelia Earhart Putnam gets out from her airplane. Crowd greets Amelia in Londonderry, Ireland as she ends her 2026-mile flight from Newfoundland. She is the first woman to ever fly alone across the ocean.
'The Irish go for baseball'. Huge crowd gathers to watch a charity baseball game in Windsor Park, Belfast, Ireland. 34th Infantry and 1st Armored division all-stars teams play baseball before a crowd that includes many uniformed U.S. military, as well as Irish civilians and stands filled with young boys. An advertisement for Gallaher’s Tobacco is seen on the railway stand. Representing the 34th Infantry Division were the Midwest Giants while the 1st Armored Division was represented by the Kentucky Wildcats. (World War II period).
Launching of the "Myrina, " the largest tanker ship ever launched in the United Kingdom. The ship measures 1050 feet long and weighs 191thousand tons. She is seen going down the ways at Harland & Wolff shipyard, Belfast, Northern Ireland. During her launching, a gust of wind catches her, before tug boats can assist, and she goes aground. But she is quickly pulled free and proceeds on her way.
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes at Sydenham Airfield in Belfast, Ireland. Airmen assemble a P-47. A crane on a truck hoists a crate. A caterpillar skids the crate. Airmen strip off the tape. A man opens the crate and remove parts. A hangar in the background. A foreman checks the parts from the crate. A P-47 in the background. Men assemble a tank and attach a rubber on the P-47. They take the cowling from the nose of the P-47. Men push a crane with 4 blade prop to the nose. The P-47 takes off from the runway.
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes at Langford Lodge in Belfast, Ireland. P-47s parked outside a hangar. Men work on the P-47s. A P-47 lands on a runway and taxis. Men work under the wing of a P-47.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants at an all star mile race in Dublin, Ireland. Australian athlete Herb Elliot sets a new mile record of 3 minutes, 54 and 1/2 seconds, as he crosses the finish line.