A preview of the Ice Capades of 1956 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. People seated inside a theater. Girls performing ice skating in a rink. Figure skaters performing in front of the people. People applauding and cheering. American figure skater Donna Atwood performing.
Crash landing of a United States Air Force Republic F-84 Thunderjet aircraft in Long Island, New York. The jet pilot landed his burning Thunderjet in an area, saving the nearby residential area. Wrecked vehicles and equipment on the ground. Men watching the wreckage. A damaged house.
The replica of the original studio of the motion pictures in West Orange, New Jersey. People gather to watch the event. Officials unveiling a plaque affixed to the replica of the original studio. The plaque reads: 'This building is a replica of the original 'Black Maria', the world's first motion picture studio. Dedicated to the memory of Thomas Alva Edison, the founder of the Motion Picture Industry'.
Newsmen arriving home in New York, United States after the Red Chinese imprisonment. A man and a woman waving at their son. Newsmen Richard Applegate and Donald Dixon disembarking from an airplane. The man and the woman meet and hug their son. One of the newsman addressing the people over a microphone.
The meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States. Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds the table on the speech by UN Secretary General. He calls for the Secretary General's resignation. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold speaks on the matter. Officials applauding.
The United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) working in the Atlantic City, New Jersey. Long lines of women seated in chairs inside a building during radio training. They complete a five months radio course to be radio operators during World War 2, freeing more men for duty on the war front. Women marching outside Coast Guard buildings. A board on a building reads: 'US Coast Guard Training Station'. The women receive radio operator certificates, awarded by Commander Dorothy Stratton during a ceremony. Women SPARS in Coast Guard uniforms smiling after receiving their certificates.
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