Public Service announcement or PSA via film. A dramatization depicts the hazards of jaywalking in the United States. People help an old man pedestrian after he met with an accident being hit by a car while crossing in the middle of a city street instead of at the crosswalk. Cars move on the streets. A traffic signal. A man crosses a road. Buildings seen on either side of the street. Brakes are applied by a car. A line of parked cars. A man shows a summon saying jaywalking is against the law. A poster depicts the rules for crossing the road safely.
Welcome of the astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Junior after his space victory in the United States. The Redstone missile on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew help Shepard to board the Mercury capsule atop the Redstone missile. View as the missile is launched. The missile separates and the astronaut feels weightlessness in space. He contacts the ground base via communications systems and speaks to mission control. The capsule is released at sea. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain CV-39 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. A helicopter rescues astronaut Shepard and the Mercury capsule. Astronaut Shepard climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes astronaut Shepard on the carrier U.S. Navy ship USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) after his successful trip. Following a medical checkup, Shepard and his family is received by the President of the United States John F Kennedy at the White House. Shepard addresses the dignitaries present on the White House grounds, and the assembled clap when he finishes speaking. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy can be seen saying and then repeating to the President, "Pin the medal on him" (perhaps the President had forgotten but was reminded by Mrs. Kennedy). President Kennedy then pins the NASA Distinguished Service Medal on the jacket of astronaut Shepard. Civilians greet astronaut Shepard as he passes in a parade to the Pennsylvania Avenue.
The flight of small aircraft in Washington DC, relatively early in history of flight and early aircraft designs. A propeller starts. Pilots aboard small twin-boom 'Pusher aircraft'. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The United States Capitol building in the background. Pilot and men look at the 'Flying pancake" or "Umbrella Aircraft" which is a Nemeth Parasol. A pilot aboard the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
Visit of King Saud bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia to the United States. King Saud bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia disembarks from the aircraft in New York. Ambassador and dignitaries receive and greet the King. View of the United Nations Headquarters building. The King addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations. King Saud flies to Washington D.C. President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower greets the King of Saudi Arabia on his arrival at the airport. They proceed to the White House.
Winter flood sweep four states in the United States. Devastation caused by winter flood in the states of Kentucky,Tennessee,Virginia and West Virginia. Rescue crew ride boats. Men aboard the vehicles drive through the flooded roads. The bridge and houses submerged in water.
Oil tanker blast in Alameda,California. Below deck explosion rips a dry docked oil tanker. Rescuers make a cut through the side of the vessel to rescue victims. They carry the injured on litters place them in cars. The injured workers show their wounds.
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