Newsreel clip on the opening of the Astrodome in Houston Texas. View of the seats inside the new $30 million covered stadium. Houston Astros players and coaches work out on the field. A pitcher throws a practice pitch to a catcher. Judge Roy Hofheinz is among several men in suits on the edge of the field, watching, in the background. Camera pans across the Astrodome's translucent roof, 20 stories above the playing field. Announcer notes the 45,000 seats are upholstered and the building is air conditioned so baseball and football fans can watch games in comfort. Astros players #21 Al Spangler and #14 Bob Aspromonte take swings as coach pitches batting practice.
On Utah and Mormonism (LDS or Latter Day Saints). Dramatization of the Mormon migration, showing large wagon train crossing prairies and wagons, horses, and cowboys crossing a river; scenes of snow covered mountains as people continue westward; view of people overlooking Salt Lake City valley. Mormon people farming, locust attack on farms and people massed together beating down locusts with shovels. Depiction of seagulls arriving in mass to destroy the locusts. Actual footage showing elevated view of Salt Lake City including Mormon Temple, Temple Square, and Utah State Capitol building in the mid 1940s. View of Fort Douglas building in Utah. Sign on board reads 'Separation Center Fort Douglas'. U.S. Army soldier at the separation center in Fort Douglas after his return from duty in World War 2. Army corporal receives a certificate that reads 'United States Army Honorable Discharge'. U.S. Army Corporal with his wife.
Workers making spacecraft for the Gemini Space Program,USA. Astronaut getting ready to go into space. Scenes of launch of Gemini Spacecraft and view from press and media area with cameras watching liftoff of Mercury Atlas rocket. 1965.
The 1966 Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Theatre Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Women beauty pageant contestants seen on the stage include contestants from Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Syria, Venezuela, USA, France, Yugoslavia, and India. Miss India, Reita Faria, sits on the throne while Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom, crowns her as Miss World 1966. Italian artist and director Beni Montresor is seen as one of the judges. Reita Faria walks the stage carrying scepter and wearing crown.
A training film ' Avalanche Control ' about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in Alta, Utah. Men set up a gun and fire it at a snow covered slope. Snow drifts down the slopes as an avalanche occurs. Steep mountains, open slopes and a snow covered area in Alta, Utah. A highway amidst a snow covered area leading to a ski resort. A machine removes snow from the area. An avalanche affected area near a ski resort. Another area with uprooted and displaced electric poles after an avalanche.
A training film about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in Alta, Utah. People enjoy skiing in Alta, Utah. A skier comes down a steep slope. Snow flakes fall on a red surface. A man walks on a level snow covered ground. Wind blows away snow. Steep slopes along mountains susceptible to avalanches. Different types of avalanches like the small snow drift. Snow comes down a slope without posing any danger to life and property. Another type of avalanche is flood avalanche where an enormous mass of snow crashes into the valley posing a great threat to life and property.
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