Newsreel showing segments of Duke's 7-0 victory over University of Pittsburgh in a football game at Durham, North Carolina, in November, 1938. Football teams Duke 'Blue Devils' and Pittsburgh 'Panthers' on the field. There is a light covering of snow on the field. Several scenes from the game are shown including punts As the game progresses, the snowfall increases, and some players slip and slide on the field.
Dr. Jonas Salk at a press conference in Ann Arbor Michigan, United States. Cars parked outside The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. People stand outside the school building. Dr. Jonas Salk and another physician in the conference hall. Dr. Jonas Salk and the other researcher pose. Journalists and other people seated in a conference hall. The doctors who produced the polio vaccine on the stage. Men take pictures. The vaccine is rolled out of the drug house. Cartons of the vaccine taken out and kept on the trolley. A man with a clipboard. A man puts labels on the boxes. Dr. Jonas Salk speaks about the polio vaccine during a press conference (this latter part of the clip contains audio).
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower in Charleston, South Carolina. The cadets of the military academy salute the President. Dignitaries and people crowd on the road. President receives an honorary degree from General Mark Clark, President of South Carolina Military College. Cadets march with rifles on their shoulders. President Eisenhower and the General salute.
The Kansas City Athletics on opening day of the baseball season in 1955, their first year in Kansas City. Parade in downtown Kansas City to welcome the Athletics to Kansas City. Floats pass and players and VIPs go by on cars, including Bill Stewart and Jim Finigan. People crowd on either side of the street. People look out from shops and houses. Spectators in the Kansas City Municipality Stadium. Former U.S. President Harry S Truman seated with legendary owner and manager of the Athletics, Cornelius McGillicuddy, better known as Connie Mack. Dignitaries seated in the background. President Harry S Truman throws out the first pitch. Fans and spectators applaud. The game begins against the Detroit Tigers.
Children get the polio vaccine in California. Drug scientists examining racks filled with the polio vaccine in a laboratory. People work in a laboratory. Cartons of polio vaccine are rolled out of the laboratory. Doctors and nurses administer the polio vaccines. Children seated on a bench with their parents for vaccination. A sign reads 'Polio Shots here'. Parents with their children stand in a line for vaccination. Cars parked on the road.
Brief scenes from life of Dr. Albert Einstein, who died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey. Dr. Albert Einstein relaxed at home, posing for the camera. He is wearing a sweater. He dons his spectacles. Einstein with Yeshiva University President, Samuel Belkin, and New York State Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein, as they present him a model of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Albert Einstein waves to cameras while in a graduation academic procession at Princeton University.
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