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Another space victory in Russia as Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 orbit around the earth within 24 hours of each other.

Newsreel coverage of the successful space flights of Soviet Russian astronauts in Vostok 3 and Vostok 4, during timeframe of "space race" between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. The Russian astronauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich climb into manned space vehicles. Massive cloud of smoke arise as space ship lifts off. The vehicles travel through space and orbit around the planet within 24 hours of each other. Views from the spaceships while in orbit. The space crew at controls on the ground in Russia. Many newspaper headlines showing coverage of the Russian advance in space. Civilians in Red Square in Moscow cheer the new space heroes. They hold banners and pictures including a large photo of Andriyan Nikolayev.

Date: 1962, August 13
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055852
President John F Kennedy greets astronaut Walter Marty Schirra Junior and his family at the White House in Washington D.C.

Astronaut Walter Marty Schirra Junior being honored at the White House in Washington D.C. President of the United States, John F. Kennedy receives astronaut Walter Marty Schirra Junior and his family. They discuss the 9 hours long space flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 8. Walter Marty Schirra addresses the reporters. His wife and children accompanied him. After the speech Walter and his wife proceed to Pentagon. United States Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth presents Astronaut Wings to Walter M Schirra for his six orbit space flight. Schirra's children wait outside the Pentagon as their father receives new honors from the U.S. Navy.

Date: 1962, October 18
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055857
Designer and inventor drives a crash proof, bug like car through busy streets in California, United States.

A new crash proof automobile in the United States. The designer stands near the crash proof car. The engine in the rear of the car. The bug like car sits five in the front and drives through busy streets. It looks like a bug or insect on wheels.

Date: 1936, April
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055904
French forces in Algeria advance along a mountain road, and repair it to support passage of tanks

Activities of French forces in Algeria during conflict with FLN. French encampment with temporary buildings. A signboard reads 'Terny'. French officers huddle over map spread over hood of automobile View from moving military vehicle. Jeeps, tanks and trucks loaded with soldiers on roads. Shrub covered mountains. French soldiers stand on the edge of a mountain road and assess its ability to support a tank. An armored car backs up to make room for a tank. Soldiers direct tank along the edge of mountain road. Legionnaires chop stone from mountain side and load into truck. They unload stones from the truck to bolster the edge of mountain road. French Foreign legion officer assesses the construction. A tank moves slowly, directed by a soldier, and passes over the new rock reinforcement. Another tank proceeds but is stopped by the soldier, directing it. Armed Legionnaires stand watch from hill above with weapons at the ready.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056012
Anastascio Somoza Garcia cuts a ribbon at development site. Shantytown dwellers get water from communal pump in Nicaragua

Aerial view of new high rise apartments and roads and bridges. Vehicles drive on modern highways. Anastascio Somoza Garcia and entourage walk along a street. Spectators gathered on either side of the street. Somoza cuts a ribbon. Flags flutter in wind outside the buildings. Rural village dwellers fill water in tins from a communal pump. Huts seen with modern high rise buildings in the background.

Date: 1955
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056049
"By Request Department" shows scenes of soldiers' home towns for soldiers deployed overseas in World War 2; views of several American towns circa 1945.

Busy streets of the cities in the United States. A woman officer at a desk of Army-Navy Screen Magazine's "By Request Department" addresses U.S. soldiers overseas during World War 2, and says they will show views of various American home towns by request. Busy intersection along Capitol Street in Charleston, West Virginia. 1930s automobiles on roads and American citizens walking on city streets. Next scene shows the main street of Wytheville, Virginia with cars, pedestrians, and shops. Next scene is of main street area in Fall River, Massachusetts. Buildings seen on either sides of the streets and buses at bus station depot. Next view is of Springfield Street, looking toward Market Street in the center of Newark, New Jersey. Main streets of Winslow Arizona, with citizens dressed in Western wear, and then a main intersection in Tucson, Arizona, where a paper boy sells newspapers on a street corner.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056101