Edwards Air Force Base at California. Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. Speed on this run is 546 ( plus a fraction) miles per hour and recorded on camera number 747. At this great speed, the images are blurred and features mostly indistinguishable until the car slows down in a long coast to stop. Another motion picture camera and photographer is seen near the end of run. Bright points of reflected sunlight appear on front and top of car. The roadbed reflects images during the filming.
Speed test runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base at California. The 3-wheeled land vehicle is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. It is powered by a rocket engine. Speed ranges from 246 to 731 mph during this series of trials. This particular run is recorded on camera number 743. Vehicle and several persons seen by rocket car as it starts engine. It accelerates smoothly, emitting flame and smoke, and passing by a number of persons standing beside the track. Rocket motor is clearly visible, with jet of burning gases, behind the car. Flame extinguishes and the vehicle coasts, raising dust as it does. Car proceeds for long distance, until it becomes obscured by dust from another source.
1929 baseball newsreel, entitled, "Athletics and Cubs Clash in World's Series." Long-distance aerial shot of Wrigley Field, Chicago. A's starter Howard Ehmke warms up (with submarine motion) before the game. Title card notes he struck out 13 Cubs. A's manager Connie Mack and Cubs manager Joe McCarthy (both Hall of Famers) shake hands before game. Title card says 51,000 spectators in attendance. A's first baseman and Hall of Fame slugger Jimmie Foxx seen rounding third, touching home after hitting home run to give A's 1-0 lead. A's outfielder Bing Miller singles to score Mickey Cochrane. Fans exit ballpark across the field after A's win. Shots of packed Wrigley Field stands. Camera pans across part of ballpark during game; note absence of famous ivy on Wrigley Field outfield walls..
Four-man bobsled teams on the steep slopes of Mount Van Hoevenberg in North American Championship. Long racing sleds seen. Shots include team members boarding bobsled and point of view shots from aboard moving sled as it races down the course.
Models display summer creations of fashion designers in Paris. Models wearing suits from the Jacques Heim 1967 Summer Collection. Models wear an Arab type evening dress designed by Lanvin and a Dior dress is shown. A woman stands beside a vintage car takes off her Dior coat. A coat of sacking trimmed in leather and a long evening beach dress by Pierre Cardin.
Cowboy expert shows young boys some tricks with the Australian bull-whip in Australia. A horse in the background. Several boys gather around the cowboy. He demonstrates use of the bull whip and teaches boys how to use the whip. He performs daring stunts where he breaks small sticks being held between the hands of two boys. Two boys hold a long piece between their teeth, facing each other, and the cowboy breaks it in the middle. They perform the stunt again, with the boys leaning their heads much closer so the gap is smaller. He whips an apple off a boy's head. The cowboy expert snaps a penny off a boy's extended tongue.
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