Newsreel of June 28, 1962 showing event 25 years earlier: Hindenburg disaster on 6th May 1937. Traffic passes on road. LZ-129 Hindenburg airship approaches Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Ground crew awaits Hindenburg's landing. Mooring mast in the background. Hindenburg catches fire and fuel tank bursts out of hull. Hindenburg engulfed in flames crashes into ground. Men run toward burning Hindenburg. Huge clouds of smoke arise from burning Hindenburg.
Hitchcock scores seven goals in Meadow Brook Polo. He leads his Sands Point team to 14-10 victory over Greentree Four. Polo player Tommy Hitchcock talks with his buddy nearby tents. Match is played between teams. Hitchcock scores a goal in end.
In San Francisco California, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. poses with his wife on dock after his return from scientific expedition to Indo-China and Tibet, San Francisco. The Colonel has recently been appointed as the Governor-General of Puerto Rico.
American sculptor Gutzon Borglum creates the original memorial of the late President Woodrow Wilson for the Polish city of PoznaĆ. Men work on sculpture of Woodrow Wilson in a studio in in San Antonio. Texas. Man shapes up the sculpture. The statue has been ordered by Poland in recognition of Wilson's protection.
Children walk on sidewalks, heading to school. Pet dog follows a boy to school. The boy enters the school house together with the dog, then exits a moment later to leave the dog outside the school. Young school boys queued up in school. African American school children in a line. Young African American school children dance. Boys and girl entering school buildings.
Texas officials at launching of USS Houston (CA-30) (originally designated CL-30) at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. Elizabeth Holcombe, daughter of Houston's former Mayor, Oscar Holcombe, with bouquet of flowers. She is seen again on a platform, holding the flowers and a bottle of champagne, standing next to Governor Byrd of Virginia, who actually swings the bottle to christen the ship. A formation of U.S. Navy Vought O2U-1 corsair floatplanes is seen flying over U.S. flag in foreground. Large crowd gathered for the ceremony. USS Houston slides down the ways. USS Houston underway in the water.
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