Women members of the 1936 American Olympic Team receive special medals created by the City of New York, to honor each member of the team. Other American athletes are also called, in groups, according to events in which they participated. Jesse Owens comes to the podium.and is praised by New York Mayor Laguardia. Jesse Owens then speaks at the microsphone, and presents a medal to Bill Robinson, the "Mayor" of Harlem. The ceremony continues as other athletes receive their medals. Mayor Fiorello Laguardia and former World Champion Heavyweight Boxer, Jack Dempsey, are present on the stage through the proceedings.
Burlesque dancer Sally Rand (Hattie Helen Gould Beck) and her dance troupe perform the Bubble Dance at the San Diego Expo (the California Pacific International Exposition) in Balboa Park in 1935. Ms. Rand and her dancers perform at a fountain of the Plaza del Pacifico, with the California State Building in the background (which became the San Diego Automotive Museum in 1988)
The role of the United States Military in the security of the country. An aerial view of a land. Men work on a farmland and harvest the crop. The products of the land are processed in factories. Buildings and factories in an area. Smoke from the chimneys of a factory. Vehicular traffic and people on a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. People enjoy at a beach. Soldiers fight on a battlefield. Smoke from firing and bombarding.
Soldiers of the 11th Airborne Division at Camp Desert Rock of the Nevada Test Site, including General Mark Clark, readying for atomic bomb test in the area. Preparations for the test and for the safety of the soldiers. Soldiers on vehicles. They sit on the ground (not in trench) and watch the explosion. An atomic bomb explodes. A huge mushroom cloud forms. A soldier is interviewed afterward about his impressions of the blast.
Camp Desert Rock also known as Desert Atom Camp in Nevada. U.S. troops participate in atomic testing exercises and wait seated in the desert (not in trenches). An atomic explosion in the background. The U.S. Army soldiers turn quickly to witness the formation of the resulting mushroom cloud. A small dust flurry rises as a minor blast wave hits the men. The soldiers rise and then kneel as they continue to watch the formation of radioactive clouds.
A radio tower at the White Sands Proving Ground (White Sands Missile Range), a rocket range in New Mexico,United States. An aerial view of the facility and its surroundings. The sign on the entrance reads ' U.S. Naval Unit White Sands Proving Ground '. Truck and jeep come out of the facility's entrance.
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