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Robert H. Goddard tests rockets in Roswell, New Mexico

American scientist Robert H. Goddard tests a rocket in Roswell, New Mexico during the 1930s. Title card “United States Marine Corps”. Program host, Dennis James, introduces. Early rocket launchpad built in 1927 by American scientist Robert H. Goddard. Robert H. Goddard and his assistants unload a rocket at their test site located in Roswell, New Mexico. Robert H. Goddard demonstrates an early gyroscope used for automatic stabilization. Assistants securing the rocket into the launchpad. Robert H. Goddard and his assistants watch the rocket from the observation shed during ignition. Distant view of rocket as it shoots straight up to 7500 feet in the 1930s. Robert H. Goddard and his assistants examine rocket and parachute after landing.

Date: 1932
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078919
New 1957 cars are displayed at the 42nd National Automobile Show in New York.

The 42nd National Automobile Show at the New York Coliseum (present day site of Time Warner Center. 10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, United States), December 8-16, 1956. A sign above an escalator at the entrance reads 'National Automobile Show'. A model wearing a swimsuit seated on the hood of a 1957 Desoto convertible. Two women seated in a 1957 Chrysler 300C. Aerial view of the Buick exhibit, with the 1957 Buick Roadmaster Convertible prominently displayed. An executive version of the 1957 Cadillac features a typewriter in the back seat and a record player in the front dash. Auto executives gathered at a display featuring a row of steering wheels. President of Chrysler Lester Lum Colbert hails the future in a statement.

Date: 1956, December 10
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069880
FBI training film about three boys struggle for vertical social mobility in Madison, New Jersey.

Training film about factors influencing vertical social mobility and class in the United States. Shows classic 1950s roles of husbands, wives (as homemaker or housewife) and children growing up in the family. Three boys named Guilford Ames,Theodore Eastwood and David Benton from different classes (upper class, middle class, and lower class) in Madison, New Jersey. Families of various races gather at the viewing window of a hospital nursery. Babies in cribs seen in the nursery. Three boys stop in front of Madison High School to converse following their graduation. Their parents greet each other as well. Scenes of boys at home after graduation. First, the boy from the upper class, Guilford, speaks to his parents in their living room, with a maid present. Middle class boy, Ted, at the dinner table with his parents and sister. Lower class boy, Dave, with extended family to celebrate graduation. Dave pumps gas at an Amoco gasoline station. He wears a white t-shirt and baseball cap. "Amoco no lead" is seen on the gas pump or petrol pump. Guilford, dressed in a suit and driving a 1956 Cadillac, pulls into the Amoco service station and talks to Dave. At his father's office, Guilford shakes hands with Ted. Ted in a suit walks in downtown Madison, New Jersey while thinking. In New York, Ted works at the art department in an advertising firm. Ted draws an advertisement for a refrigerator at his desk. A door with a sign on it, "Art Department, Theodore Eastwood, Director" Ted with other men at a golf course wearing latest mens golf fashions. Ted tees off at the golf course. Ted arrives home at the Convent Station, New Jersey railroad station. Many 1950s American automobiles seen in the car parking lot. He talks to a woman sitting in a convertible and to her husband, Guilford. At the Amoco gas station in Madison, Dave, now dressed in a mechanic's coveralls, shakes Teds hand. Close up of identification card for a baby at a hospital. The card reads "Benton Baby" and has an image of a stork on it. Nurse takes baby from mother in a hospital bed and puts the baby in a crib. She rolls the baby crib into the hospital nursery.

Date: 1957
Duration: 11 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026701
Officials inspect remains of an F-100 Super Sabre aircraft crashed near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States.

A United States Air Force (USAF) F-100 Super Sabre crashed near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. Officials inspect the area after the crash. Twisted burnt metal sheets on the ground. Parts of the aircraft in the surrounding area. A small burning part. The wheels of the F-100 Super Sabre aircraft. The pilot, Captain Joseph Kittinger, holding a parachute, speaks to officers. A USAF Piasecki H-21 helicopter parked in the background.

Date: 1957, September 19
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064975
A high altitude jump by a dummy during Operation High Dive at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States.

Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force (USAF) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A high altitude view of the area. A high altitude jump by a dummy with stabilizer chutes. The dummy descends towards the land with a parachute.

Date: 1957, May 29
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065006
Atmospheric scenes of clouds in sky during Operation High Dive at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States.

Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force (USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy in the gondola of a balloon before the high altitude jump. Atmospheric scenes. Clouds in the sky.

Date: 1957, May 29
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065007