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Little America Antarctica 1955 stock footage and images

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A large number of children participate in Mr and Miss America junior championship in Los Angeles, California.

Mr and Miss America junior championship in Los Angeles, California. A large number of children participate in the competition. People gather to watch the competition. Women walking with their babies sitting in prams. Other children walking holding the hands of their parents. Winners of the championship are awarded.

Location: Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1955, August 1
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062932
The U.S. Army conducts a number of test firings of tactical missiles for use in the field by Army troops

The U.S. Army test launches missiles in the United States. An Army Honest John missile is moved on its transporter launcher into position near some trees at an Army testing site. An army crew uses controls built into the launcher to raise it into a 45-degree launch angle. Closeup of soldier counting down to launch time and then signalling with his arm. Two hands are seen pushing down the plunger handle of an igniting control, and the missile launches in a burst of black smoke. It explodes in the distance raising a small mushroom cloud from its tactical nuclear warhead. A Little John, replacement is launched and disappears in distance. Next, an MGM-18 Lacrosse missile is seen on launch pad and then fired, leaving a trail of white smoke. View of it crashing onto the ground without any explosion.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073563
U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon serves as a gas station attendant, during campaign for March of Dimes in Washington DC.

U.S. Vice President Nixon is seen at an AMOCO gas station in Washington, DC, where a sign on the gas station reads: "March of Dimes. Nixon inserts hose to refuel a car and checks its oil level. Closeup of two young women in the car who are amused by the goings on. Photographers take pictures. The Vice President wipes the windshield of the car. A sign at the station reads: "Fill 'er up for Polio." A banner reads: "Join the March of Dimes." A little girl sits in a toy car at the station. Nixon walks over, carrying the fuel hose and smiles as he pretends to put gas into her toy car. She turns to look at him and holds up several fingers (possibly to indicate how many gallons she wants.)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1955, January 20
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067831
President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects the flood devastated area in North East America.

Us President Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects flood devastated area in the Northeast states of the United States. President of the United States Dwight D Eisenhower views a map during his aerial tour of the flooded region. He looks out aircraft windows and flood damage below. Ground level views of many damaged buildings and heaps of debris. Civilians clear the debris with shovels. The victims of the flood lined up for immediate aid supplies. A nurse treats victims in a hospital. American citizens in lines to receive innoculations against disease. Bulldozer and forklifts clears heaps of debris. A man repairs the communication lines.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1955, August 25
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055709
A reenactment of a charge during the battle of Bull Run, during the Civil War in America.

From a film about the use and importance of weapons since ancient times. A flag flutters in a breeze. A reenactment about the American Civil War depicts soldiers firing cannons. Infantrymen and soldiers from Union and Confederate forces advance across a field and cannons being fired during the Battle of Bull Run (reenacted).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065961
A New Zealand climber moves down a cliff during a U.S. Antarctica Research Program (Operation Deep Freeze) in Antarctica.

Operation Deep Freeze of the United States being carried on in Antarctica. A VX-6 parachute rescue team man and a New Zealand climber on the top of an ice shelf near Scott Base as they practice rescue methods. A man with a line wrapped around his body and leg tries to descend backwards on an ice cliff. The man climbs down a rope and moves down the ice cliff. He coils up the rope at the base of the cliff. A VX-6 parachute rescue team man and the New Zealand trainer walk off the mountain. A view of the ice covered mountains near New Zealand's Scott Base. United States Antarctica Research Program participants from Mcmurdo Station, and sleds, ready to leave on a trip with an American flag flying from the snow vehicle. Two sleds tied to the rear of a traveler. The snow traveler pulls two sleds down a ravine. Mount Erebus in the back ground

Location: Antarctica
Date: 1962, November 2
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042934
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