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New vaccines against polio are given to children in California.

Children get the polio vaccine in California. Drug scientists examining racks filled with the polio vaccine in a laboratory. People work in a laboratory. Cartons of polio vaccine are rolled out of the laboratory. Doctors and nurses administer the polio vaccines. Children seated on a bench with their parents for vaccination. A sign reads 'Polio Shots here'. Parents with their children stand in a line for vaccination. Cars parked on the road.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033806
British boxer Don Cockell trains for Marciano bout, and relaxes by learning American baseball in San Rafael, California.

British boxer Don Cockell with Fred Simpson and sparring partner Ron Harmon, while in training to fight Rocky Marciano in San Rafael, California for heavyweight championship. Boxers Don Cockell, Fred Simpson, and Ron Harmon wearing shirts that say "Bermuda Palms" (their training camp facility) as they jog on a road in San Rafael and meet an old man. Old man talks to them. Don Cockell practices on a punching bag. Cars parked in the background. Boxers in baseball field talk to children. A boxer throws the ball. Teenage boy serves as trainer, teaching British boxer Don Cockell how to hold the baseball bat. Don Cockell hits the baseball.

Date: 1955, May
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033811
United States experimental North American X-10 aircraft operating from Edwards Air Force Base, California, United States

North American experimental unmanned X-10 aircraft sitting on runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, United States. It displays conventional tricycle landing gear, canard at nose, and twin tail. It is powered by two Westinghouse J-40 turbojet engines, whose intakes are visible on both sides of the fuselage. Aircraft seen during computer-controlled takeoff roll with fairly steep nose attitude. View of it breaking ground, in about 20 degree nose up attitude, with landing gear still extended. Cloud of dust left on ground behind the aircraft. The X-10 in flight, cleaned up, with gear retracted. A chase plane seen below and behind, briefly. The X-10 coming in for landing with landing gear extended. It touches down in nose high attitude, creating dust trail and slowly lowers to have nose gear contact ground, and a drag chute deployed.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061328
Men inject a dugong at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.

A dugong imported in the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California. The dugong, also known as sea cow, is named as Eugenie. Men inject the dugong to prevent any infections and treat it.

Date: 1955, November 26
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062511
A large number of children participate in Mr and Miss America junior championship in Los Angeles, California.

Mr and Miss America junior championship in Los Angeles, California. A large number of children participate in the competition. People gather to watch the competition. Women walking with their babies sitting in prams. Other children walking holding the hands of their parents. Winners of the championship are awarded.

Date: 1955, August 1
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062932
Trainees work on tanks, engines, range finder equipment, machine guns and communication equipment in Mojave, California.

Armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. An instructor teaches trainees to turn the turret on a tank manually. Another instructor explains about the engine. The trainees repair the wheels of a tank. They enter a range finder building. The trainees sit on chairs and learn. A trainee looks through a range finder. The trainees sit on benches in groups. The instructors teach them about 30 caliber machine guns. The trainees learn on a cut away model of M-48 tanks. The instructor teaches them about radio communication. The trainees on a communication equipment.

Date: 1955
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067159