Pilot Scott Crossfield at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A man looks at X-15 with binoculars. The cockpit of the X-15 opens. Pilot Scott Crossfield in the cockpit. Men around him. The pilot removes his helmet and talks to crew men. He comes out of the plane. A fire van in the background. The pilot walks away from the aircraft. He shakes hands with the officers. H-21 helicopter in the background. A weather van and other vans near X-15. Scott Crossfield leaves the base.
'Niagara Falls' shows the Niagara Falls in Canada and America. An animated diagram of the terrain from Lake Eire to Lake Ontario through the Niagara Falls. View of a wide river. View of fast moving rapids. The tourists on an island in the river. They walk along a path. The fall in the background. View of the falls from the river. The water falls and a bridge in background. Tourists stand at the lookout point near the edge of the falls. View of water flowing over the edge.
Handicapped and disabled people at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey. A musician who met with a swimming pool accident plays an instrument with sticks. A physically handicapped boy reads a book. A man at the center is tested on Kohs block intelligence test. A woman puts on makeup after recovering from an accident. The founder, Dr. Henry Kessler talks about special training to be given to the patients to recover from disabilities. Specialists including physical therapists at Kessler Institute help the disabled recover. Disabled clients receiving therapy. A new leg is given to a woman who met with an accident and she takes her first step. Kessler specialist helps the woman to walk again properly.
U.S. Department of Agriculture documentary depicts how rural America used machines to achieve production at a terrible cost to the land and people including erosion and poverty. The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains. Top soil is blown away in a storm. Barren land. Soil washed into the Arkansas River. Layers of soil in the river. Wasted land and rivers due to sheet erosion. Soil destruction, barren land and farms. Texas: A town called "Go Forth" or "Goforth" founded by cotton farmers long ago. Abandoned houses, damaged roads, and unemployed desperate farmers are seen. Emaciated cows search for food. On the edge of the town, migrant landless farmers sit by a fire near a car. Rains and water erode the soil. A sign in a barren eroded patch reads 'Abernathy Furniture Co.'. The wind blows away the top soil.
President De Gaulle speaking with Lady Bird Johnson and then shaking hands with Golda Meir, Foreign Minister of Israel. A translator from the U.S. State Department assists in the conversations. A French language interpreter of the State Department with the French President and First Lady. De Gaulle moves through the large room, shakes hands with the Foreign Minister of Israel Golda Meir. The French Ambassador in Washington is present at the event. Dignitaries served refreshments in the State Dining Room adjacent to the Jefferson Room. Policemen and civilians crowd outside the doors of a hall.
A man stands at a lectern bearing the Presidential seal and announces the news of the John F. Kennedy shooting at the Dallas Trade Mart gathering, saying "The motorcade has been shot." He says "we will tell you as much as we know, as soon as we know anything." Another man comes to the microphone to lead a prayer. All present stand up and pray. People depart after the prayer. (President Kennedy had been scheduled to speak at a luncheon at the Trade Mart at 12:15pm that day. He was en route to the Trade Mart when he was assassinated.)
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