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The Rust Brothers demonstrate a cotton boll picking machine in a field in Stoneville,Mississippi.

A cotton boll picking machine in Stoneville, Mississippi. Men pick cotton bolls with hand in a field. The Rust Brothers demonstrate a cotton picking machine invented by them. A sign on the machine reads 'Rust cotton picker'. The machine picks cotton bolls. People look on at the machine in operation. The bolls are loaded in a bag attached to the machine.

Date: 1936, September 2
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066983
A two headed calf eats in Sacramento, California.

A two headed calf in Sacramento, California. The two headed calf eats from a tray. The second head grows out of the side of the natural cranium. A man points at the three horns of the calf.

Date: 1936, September 2
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066984
Men perform stunts on ladders and trapezes while on water skis in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Amityville, New York.

Water skiing stunts in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Amityville, New York. Women water skiing while pulled by a motorboat. Two women fall into the rough ocean. A man climbs up a ladder on water skis being pulled by a motorboat in the foreground. Another man hangs from a trapeze as he performs stunts on water skis. The ladders and trapeze on water skis turns and falls into the ocean.

Date: 1936, September 2
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066986
The last remaining XB-51 aircraft crashes and burns while taking off at El Paso International Airport, near Biggs AFB,Texas

The sole remaining (of 2) Martin XB-51 Bomber aircraft, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, taxis and takes off at El Paso International Airport. Moments after breaking ground on takeoff, this first prototype, number 46-0685, settles back onto the runway and crashes in fire and smoke. Flight engineer, S/Sgt. Wilbur R. Savage, of Rte. 3, Dawsonville, Georgia is killed in the crash and Maj. James O. Rudolph, pilot, succumbed to his injuries the next month.

Date: 1956, March 25
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067054
Trainees are introduced to a training schedule at Fort Irwin in Mojave, California.

The series 'The Big Picture' talks about armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. A rocket is launched. Artillery mounted on a tank is fired. Helicopters land. Soldiers fire guns. Master Sergeant Stewart Queen speaks about 6 weeks armored combat training that includes tank firing and maneuvering. A trainee writes a letter to his parents. The trainees get into buses. The buses are driven to Camp Irwin. Mountains near the training center. A board reads 'Headquarters the armored combat training center Camp Irwin California'. Cars driven on a road. The tanks fire at a firing range. The trainees march. The trainees enter a service hall. Colonel Holmes gives an orientation lecture. The trainees sit and listen. They are taken in trucks to a gunnery range. They jump out of the trucks. They attend a lecture on a training program. The trainees march. The tanks lined up in the background. The trainees are lectured on what not to do near the tanks. Firing from the tanks. The trainees observe. They check oil in the engine of a tank. Wheels of the tanks.

Date: 1955
Duration: 6 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067158
Trainees work on tanks, engines, range finder equipment, machine guns and communication equipment in Mojave, California.

Armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. An instructor teaches trainees to turn the turret on a tank manually. Another instructor explains about the engine. The trainees repair the wheels of a tank. They enter a range finder building. The trainees sit on chairs and learn. A trainee looks through a range finder. The trainees sit on benches in groups. The instructors teach them about 30 caliber machine guns. The trainees learn on a cut away model of M-48 tanks. The instructor teaches them about radio communication. The trainees on a communication equipment.

Date: 1955
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067159