"Smiles" O' Timmons, who has lost and arm and a leg, climbs a ladder at the Annual Firemen's Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and then performs stunt in which he dives from a height of 100 feet into a small pool containing water only 4 feet deep.
U.S. Marine fires antiaircraft guns aboard a transport ship during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. 4 inch gun fired on lower deck. Landing craft circles. Convoy of transport ships. (World War II period).
Boatwains mate piping guests aboard at quarter deck during change of command of U.S. Navy ship USS Constellation (CV-64) in the United States. RADM (Rear Admiral) and party arrive over bow to quarter deck. F4H aircraft parked on deck edge elevator. Group walks into hangar bay. RADM Louis Kirn and McKay Division arrive with Mrs Kirn. Mrs Kirn passes through and is greeted by Captain Walker. Captain Walker greets RADM Kirn and Mrs Kirn at the quarter deck. RADM and an officer arrive. RADM walks into hangar bay from the quarter deck. An admiral and party arrive and greeted by Captain Walker. VADM (Vice Admiral) Ekstrom gets out of his car on the dock. Ekstrom proceeds around side of a car and up bow. VADM Ekstrom arrives at the quarter deck and after being greeted by Captain Walker and Captain Vejtasa proceeds into hangar bay. VADM delivers remarks from the podium. Captain Walker and Captain Vejtasa seated.
U.S. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, use trenching tools to dig foxholes during Operation Big Spring,February 4, 1967,14 miles North of Chin Hoi, South Vietnam. One soldier takes time out to adjust his socks and boots. Another is seen speaking on a field telephone.
Georgia Tech defeats SMU (Southern Methodist University) by 6-4. Northwestern University defeats Army by 33-20 Evanston, Illinois.
Newsreel clip on baseball's 1955 All-Star Game in Milwaukee, hosting the game for the first time since the Braves moved there two years earlier. American League manager Al Lopez and National League manager Leo Durocher chat before the game. Baseball commissioner Ford Frick watches from stands. Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts starts game for the National League, throws wild pitch to allow first run. In the second inning, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits a long home run to score himself, Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox and Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, giving AL a 4-0 lead. But National League rallies in the eighth inning to tie the game. In extra innings, Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals hits a sudden-death home run to right field to give the National League the victory. Musial rounds the bases and is congratulated at home plate by happy teammates, including Willie Mays (#24)
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