Aerial view of 1950's automobiles parked outside Burdine Stadium (later the Miami Orange Bowl) in Miami, Florida. Fans of both Duke University (Blue Devils) and University of Oklahoma (Sooners) football teams entering the stadium at entrance gates. View at gates as tickets are checked. A fan tries on a festive hat. View of the field with marching bands on it during their show, displaying a large American flag formation. View of fans in the stadium. Some Oklahoma Sooners fans wearing cowboy hats. 1958 college football Orange Bowl game gets underway. Scenes from the game, crowd cheering, band and cheerleaders performing at half time and from sidelines.
Workers work on overturned hull of U.S. Navy USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in Pearl Harbor during World War II. Smoke billows up from U.S. Navy USS Enterprise (CVS-6) in dry dock of Pearl Harbor. Sailors and officers engaged in salvage work on USS Oklahoma.
Activities of the U.S. Navy at the Pearl Harbor during World War II. Capsized hull of U.S. Navy USS Oklahoma battleship. Screws of Oklahoma. The workmen aboard a ship. The superstructure of the ship. Salvage operation aboard West Virginia. The men working on the ship. Smoke from stacks in the background. The U.S. flag flying atop flag pole on the ship. Men discussing amongst themselves.
Excerpts from the 1940 National Invitation Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal game already underway between Oklahoma Aggies and DePaul at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Numerous scoring scenes are shown in the course of the film, many of them involving long set shots. (Oklahoma won 23 to 22 and advanced to the Semifinals.)
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot wearing a 1957 U.S. Air Force uniform gets into the cockpit of United States Air Force F-86A Sabre aircraft. He puts on his helmet and connects an oxygen pipe. The pilot makes communication connections and closes the canopy. A pilot wearing a 1957 U.S. Air Force uniform does a preflight checking of a F-86A Sabre aircraft. He puts on a parachute and climbs into the cockpit.
The 1957 Water Ski World Championship at Cypress Gardens, Florida. A 12-year-old Mexican boy and a 10-year-old American girl (Martha Ann Williams of Long Beach, California) water ski champions stage a show at Cypress Gardens. They perform various waterskiing stunts. Martha Ann Williams wins 1st overall gold cup at Cypress Gardens. Swiss water skier Marina Ricolfi-Doria (later the Princess of Naples, Duchess Of Savoy), performs a stunt by putting her right foot on the handle before turning her body while skiing.
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