Activities at the control center of the Command Guidance System in the United States. Ballistic Missile Analyst,Missile Combat Crew Commander and Guidance Control Officer operates radar equipment and guidance computers in the operation room of the control center. Meteorological data is fed in computers. Missile Combat Crew commander at control panel. He controls the TV monitor,transmitter receiver and antenna position. He operates the push buttons to select target,to initiate power on and to lift the antenna. The countdown begins and the missile launches from a silo lift launch complex. Bomb damage assessment is printed. The radar recycle equipment is ready for another launch and another missile is launched.
Indianapolis 500 Mile Race at Indiana Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Large crowd of spectators gathered at the Indiana Motor Speedway. Indianapolis 500 Mile,American automobile race begins. Parnelli Jones's car breakdowns during the race. Anthony Joseph Foyt wins the race.
Dual World Premiere of Hollywood movie "The War Wagon" in Dallas and Fort Worth,Texas. In Dallas: Actor John Wayne disembarks from a helicopter. He arrives for the premiere of his film The War Wagon. Co star Bruce Cabot receives a certificate. Barbecue and press reception being organized. Stars and celebrities gathered at the dinner reception for celebration of John's birthday. Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association President at lectern. John Wayne cuts a cake. View of theater marquee at Dallas Majestic Theater advertising world premiere of film "The War Wagon." Large crowd of civilians gathered to greet Wayne. John Wayne arrives for the premiere. Valora Noland and Joanna Barnes also attend the premiere. Film director Burt Kennedy ascends stage outside theater to greet crowd and talk about the film. Scene in Fort Worth, Texas at the Worth Theater which is also hosting the world premiere. John Wayne speaking outside the theater at the premiere. Native American Indian dancers perform outside the Worth Theatre in Fort Worth before the opening of the film.
Baltimore hosts the Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the first time in 1958. 48,000 fans, most in white shirts, crowd Memorial Stadium for the game. Managers Fred Haney of the National League and Casey Stengel of the American League pose for cameras. With game tied 3-3 in the sixth inning, American League gets two men on base after National League mishandles infield roller by Ted Williams. Yankee Gil McDougald (seen in closeup) hits a bloop single to score Frank Malzone and put American League ahead 4-3, which would be the final score. Baltimore fans cheer Oriole pitcher Billy O'Dell, who pitched a scoreless final three innings to earn a save. Del Crandall of Milwaukee Braves pops up for the final out.
Swearing in of Franklin D Roosevelt as the President of the United States in Washington D.C. in1933. Large crowd of civilians gathered in front of the Capitol for the inauguration ceremony. Former President of the United States Herbert Clark Hoover leaves the White House. He gets into a car with Roosevelt and arrive at the Capitol for inauguration ceremony. Franklin Delano Roosevelt sworn in as the President of the United States and addresses the gathering with famous words, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." (From a newsreel retrospective released 25 years later.)
Bottles of beer on an assembly line at the end of Prohibition. Barrels of beer rolling down a ramp outside a brewery. A bartender and his patrons greet each other with raised mugs of beer. A bartender slides mugs of beer down the bar. Barrels of beer are rolled into the former West Highland State Bank on Ashland Ave at 79th Street, which was closed June 9, 1931 and has now been converted into a bar. A sign above the cash register reads, "This Bank gave 3% We give 3.2%" Sign outside the bar reads, "Ladies Entrance." Three women dressed in evening attire are greeted by the doorman as they enter the bar. From a 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years prior.
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