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A barrel jumping contest in New York.

A barrel jumping contest in New York. Skaters on ice skates attempt to hurdle fourteen barrels. Fourteen barrels placed on the snow. The contestants begin the competition and attempt the jumps. Some contestants land on the last barrel and some midway. Contestants hurt their neck, head and back. Spectators watch the contest. A dog among the audience. Referees monitor the jumps. Photographers click pictures. A contestant successfully humps all barrels. The winner Brownie is awarded the trophy.

Date: 1953, January 12
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020712
Technicians at Los Alamos National Laboratory work with a water boiler reactor and handle nuclear material using robotic arms

A U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Plant at Los Alamos National Laboratory is opened to the public and news cameras to view some processes. Visitors go through the security check at one such plant. Interior of the facility. Scientists and technicians in white lab coats work at a Los Alamos water boiler reactor. A sign is seen that warns of danger and presence of Neutron and Gamma Rays. Technicians use complex and precise remote robot instruments and robotic arm gadgets to handle atomically hot material fresh from the atomic pile. 3 feet of shielding isolates the researchers from the harmful nuclear material. A remote controlled power saw is used to unseal a sample container. Artificial hot specimens of industrial metals are analyzed to determine loss or hardness in the material after nuclear exposure. A slave manipulator transfers the material to a standard hardness tester. The dial reading measures the strength of the metal after exposure. A microscopic view of the specimen. A secuirty guard at the plant door is seen, and then soldiers near an artillery piece that helps to guard the secure United States facility during the Cold War.

Date: 1953, February 22
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020713
Models display designer travel bags aboard the Italian luxury cruise liner Andrea Doria in New York.

Models display designer travel bags aboard the Italian luxury cruise liner Andrea Doria in New York. Models with various travel bags by Josef. A model opens a bag, displays the interiors and takes out a booklet from the same. New York port in the background. The bags are made of the finest Italian leather. They are of varied sizes for all purposes. Models with bucket bags, hooded bags, and tortoise shell bags.

Date: 1953, February 22
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020715
Dignitaries aboard ships arrive at the New York harbor.

Dignitaries arrive at the New York harbor. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer aboard the Superliner ship SS United States. Closeup of Chancellor Adenauer as he waves. He and his daughter talk to the press aboard the ship, as they arrive for a two week visit in the United States. Photographers take pictures and record the event. Next scene is a wide view of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth. British producer and director Sir Michael Balcon and his wife Lady Balcon aboard the Queen Elizabeth. The Duke of Windsor returns from the funeral of his mother, British monarch Queen Mary. The Duke talks to the press. People aboard the ship.

Date: 1953, April 6
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020731
Lieutenant Brown briefs crew on route map at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Lieutenant Brown at wall map using pointers, briefs crew on route map at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. He points out at Thule Air Force Base, Walker Air Force Base on map.

Date: 1953, October 21
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022818
Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft taxis and takes off from Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico.

The clamshell door of C-124 Globemaster II closes. C-124 Globemaster II parked on ground. Convair B-36 Peacemaker taxis and takes off from Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. Crew members unload gear from Convair B-36 Peacemaker.

Date: 1953, October 21
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022819