Hurricane scenes and damage in the Florida Keys from the strongest hurricane ever to strike the United States, making landfall in the Florida Keys on September 2, 1935. It had a pressure reading of 892 millibars. Massive winds blowing and bending palm trees. Vehicles damaged. Derailed train on railway track.
Miss Universe 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium (1901 Convention Center Dr Miami Beach, FL 33139-1820) in Miami, Florida. Contestants from various countries walk down the stage at the Miss Universe contest. Linda Bement from the United States wins the 1960 Miss Universe title. Miss Universe 1959 winner Akiko Kojima crowns Linda as the new Miss Universe. Photographers click pictures as the new Miss Universe poses for the camera.
A demonstration of a floating tank dozer in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 121 Floating Tank Dozer'. A medium tank equipped with a dozer blade, a flotation unit and a boat bumper being unloaded from a landing craft at sea. The floating dozer tank heads towards a beach. The boat bumper facilitates it through the rails at the beach. The tank at the shore as the dozer blades run over a machine gun post in a stump wall. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 60% completed'.
A demonstration about engineered armored vehicles and accessories as they clear beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 106 and 128 Engineering armored vehicles and accessories '. A converted medium tank loaded with explosives and crew at a beach. Combat engineers get onto the tank to which dozer blades are attached. Soldiers with guns loaded onto an armored car. An explosive rack attached to the car. A soldier places C-2 explosives on the rack. Wires of the explosives are attached to the tank. The wires detach and an explosion occurs. A pillar of smoke rises up. A T 76 single tube rocket launcher mounted on a tank. The rocket launcher is elevated and fired at a pill box on the shore. A man puts a seal on a sign ' engineered vehicles ' on a paper that reads '100 % completed ' and a seal on the accessories reads ' 30% completed ' . (World War II period).
Tourists during winter vacations in Miami, Florida. People gamble at slot machines at the Royal Palm Club in Miami, Florida. Woman laughs.
Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. USAF (United States Air Force) F-100 Super Sabre jet fighters in flight. A sign reads 'NAS KEY WEST'. A USAF F-104 Starfighter supersonic interceptor aircraft makes a landing. USAF F-105 Thunderchief supersonic fighter-bombers are armed by airmen at an airfield. Aerial view of a base in Florida showing USAF airplanes in place. Aerial view of air evacuation equipment at a field. Surface to air missiles are readied at a beach. A radar in operation. Barbed wire obstacles are set up along a beach by U.S. troops. A USAF RB-66 Destroyer reconnaissance aircraft takes off from an airstrip. U.S. Marines reach U.S. Navy Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Americans are evacuated from Guantanamo as a precautionary measure. View of a long touchdown run in a college football game between Northwestern and Ohio State teams.
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