Water fashion show: Water-skiing girls in swimsuits display the newest varieties of bathing caps featuring colorful bandannas and bows in Florida, USA. Girls do water skiing and perform various acrobatic moves.
Water skiers participate in a water ski-jumping competition at Cypress Gardens in Florida, USA. Spectators at the bank watch in delight. Photographers at the bank, take photos. The winner poses with his trophy for the camera.
Crashing of airplanes in Daytona Beach, Florida. Two army fliers die due to the crash. Crashed planes in a snow covered field. People gather near the crashed planes. Wrecked parts of the planes. Planes parked outside a hangar. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh confers with U.S. Secretary of War Dern on aerial postal system plans in Washington. The President orders rigid restrictions of flying schedules to prevent further fatal accidents.
A man indulging in water sports on a beach in Winter Haven, Florida. Women wave to him as he rides on surf board. He is towed by a motor boat. Trees on the beach. A man and a woman put on twin skimmers. They are towed by a motor boat. They come aboard after riding. Another couple cheers them.
Brooklyn Dodgers get ready for 1956 baseball season at spring training camp in Vero Beach Florida. Players seen stretching, throwing on field. Announcer, talking in stereotypical "Brooklynese," notes that manager Walter Alston (in closeup) isn't worried about the season even though 1955 World Series star Johnny Podres (#45) may get drafted. Announcer notes Alston concentrates on Brooklyn players seen hitting in batting cage: #4 Duke Snider, #39 Roy Campanella, #6 Carl Furillo, #14 Gil Hodges and #2 Randy Jackson. Final closeup of Alston.
New world speed records being set in the United States in 1933. People push race car on Daytona Beach. Sir Malcolm Campbell, a racing motorist drives his "Blue Bird" race car at Daytona Beach, Florida, setting a new speed record. Spectators stand at beach as they watch him. Campbell seated in his racing car as he smokes after the run. People stand around him. Garfield 'Gar' Arthur Wood, a racer using a racing boat named "Miss America X" sets a new world record to win Harmsworth Trophy for his speed run on the St Clair River near Detroit Michigan. View of Gar Wood smiling. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years prior.
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