California Relay in California. Large crowd of spectators gathered during the California Relay. The 220 yard dash began. Tommie Smith of San Jose State wins the race. Spectators cheer the racers. Jim Hines of Southern Texas wins the100 meter dash equalling the world record 10.0.
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.
British boxer Don Cockell with Fred Simpson and sparring partner Ron Harmon, while in training to fight Rocky Marciano in San Rafael, California for heavyweight championship. Boxers Don Cockell, Fred Simpson, and Ron Harmon wearing shirts that say "Bermuda Palms" (their training camp facility) as they jog on a road in San Rafael and meet an old man. Old man talks to them. Don Cockell practices on a punching bag. Cars parked in the background. Boxers in baseball field talk to children. A boxer throws the ball. Teenage boy serves as trainer, teaching British boxer Don Cockell how to hold the baseball bat. Don Cockell hits the baseball.
Hollywood actress June Allyson is named “Top Actress of the Year” in Woman's Home Companion Poll. She receives an award at Beverly Hills in California. A man presents the award to June Allyson. Several men and women seated at the table for the award ceremony. Flowers are placed in front of them on the table. People clap when Hollywood star June Allyson receives the award.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in engineering test at Edwards AFB in California. A C-123B with J-44 turbojets on wing tips. Turbojet on wing tip of aircraft and door on turbojets closes. A man adjust dials on the C-123B control panel. The aircraft takes off from the air base. The aircraft in flight. Several take offs of the C-123B with a variety of loads.
North American experimental unmanned X-10 aircraft sitting on runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, United States. It displays conventional tricycle landing gear, canard at nose, and twin tail. It is powered by two Westinghouse J-40 turbojet engines, whose intakes are visible on both sides of the fuselage. Aircraft seen during computer-controlled takeoff roll with fairly steep nose attitude. View of it breaking ground, in about 20 degree nose up attitude, with landing gear still extended. Cloud of dust left on ground behind the aircraft. The X-10 in flight, cleaned up, with gear retracted. A chase plane seen below and behind, briefly. The X-10 coming in for landing with landing gear extended. It touches down in nose high attitude, creating dust trail and slowly lowers to have nose gear contact ground, and a drag chute deployed.
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