Static test number 1044, of XLR-11 engine for X-15, January 13, 1959 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Heavy fumes fill area at startup of test and are dispelled as hot gases are generated by engine.
Newsreel clip entitled "Dodgers Win World Series," shows highlights from game 6 of the 1959 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. Shot of packed stands at Chicago's Comiskey Park. White Sox ace pitcher Early Wynn gives up walk to Wally Moon and home run to Duke Snider. Snider seen rounding third as announcer notes this is his 11th World Series home run, a National League record. In fourth inning, Wynn gives up run-scoring hit to Maury Wills and is replaced by Dick Donovan, who gives up run-scoring double to Charlie Neal and home run to Wally Moon. White Sox first baseman Ted Kluszewski, in his famous sleeveless jersey, slugs a three-run homer into the right field stands to score the Sox' only runs of the day. Dodgers bring on pitcher Larry Sherry to retire Luis Aparicio and end the White Sox threat. Dodgers go on and win 9-3 to clinch the series ( their first world championship since leaving Brooklyn for the West Coast after the 1957 season).
WS building in Washington, D.C. , possibly the Department of Labor. Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, steel industry chief negotiator R. Conrad Cooper, and Steelworkers Union leader David J. McDonald gathered at a table. James P. Mitchell announces settlement of the 116 day steel strike of 1959, which started on July 15, 1959 and ended with an October 21 court injunction which was upheld by the Supreme Court on November 7. Mitchell explains that a "recommendation for settlement" was made, but that his announcement was pending ratification. The three men shake hands after the announcement. The narrator explains that the pact has benefits "totaling some 39 cent an hour."
The launch of the National Foundation's expanded 1959 Program for Victories Beyond Polio in New York. Children suffering from Polio, Arthritic disease and birth disease attend the launch of National Foundation's expanded 1959 Program. They move on crutches and wheelchair. Women accompany the children. The three children are the representatives of the March of Dimes Against Arthritis, birth defects and Polio. Women hold posters.
Armistice celebrations in Washington, DC, at end of World War 1. Automobiles are seen driving along Pennsylvania Avenue. Crowds line the sidewalks. The White Palace Lunch restaurant is seen in the background. An open truck overflowing with revelers drives slowly along the street. View from a vehicle of the Willard Hotel and U.S. Treasury Building at end of this section of Pennsylvania Avenue. Scenes from vehicle of people celebrating on the sidewalks. Some carrying a box labeled "Kaiser's Coffin." American soldiers in uniform interspersed among the crowds. A woman riding on the hood of one moving car, waving an American flag. Sailors walking beside the car. An African American man strutting along tram tracks leading a group of uniformed soldiers in a cheerful parade snaking between moving street cars. View from moving vehicle of crowds in front of the Treasury Building, and blowing horns and celebrating in front of the White House. Celebrating crowd filling Lafayette Park across from the White House. Statue of Lafayette in the park. The White House seen across the street from the park. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
News report about oath taking of Gerald Ford as 38th President of the United States, Washington DC. Gerald Ford immediately after completing his introductory speech to assembly of guests and White House assistants. President Ford and Mrs Betty Ford depart from the hall escorted by U.S. Military aides. The crowd departs from the hall after the ceremony. A White House correspondent, Robert Pierpoint, reports about the swearing in ceremony from the grounds of Lafayette Park outside the White House. The guests leave the East Room of the White House for an official dinner. Pierpoint and citizens in Lafayette Park.
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