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John Pennel pole vaults for newsreel cameramen after setting a new world record over 17 feet.

Closeup of Pole Vaulter John Pennel the first man to pole vault over 17 feet (achieving a height of 17 feet ¾ inches, on August 24, 1963, at the Florida Gold Coast AAU meet in Coral Gables). Pennel pole vaults for the benefit of newsreel cameramen, shortly after setting the new record. He runs and plants his fiberglass pole, which bends in a wide arc, before he launches into the air and clears the bar. The vaulting sequence is repeated in slow motion. Pennel wears white shorts and shirt with the number 606 on his back.

Location: Coral Gables Florida USA
Date: 1963, August
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039211
Igor Sikorsky piloting VS-300 helicopter sets a new record for suspension flight; scenes of various experimental aircraft.

Shows Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter taking off vertically and in flight. Clip includes early helicopters, early Ornithopters, and Igor Sikorsky piloting VS-300 on May 6, 1941, setting a new record of one hour and thirty two minutes for suspension flight. Scene after Sikorsky helicopter flight shows some experimental aircraft designs, early in the history of flight, including a helicopter design in the 1920s that would not rise, a windmill type airplane, and an airplane design with concentric circle wings. Next is seen an aircraft ornithopter with flapping wings. Scene returns to more shots of Sikorsky in his record breaking helicopter flight.

Location: Stratford Connecticut USA
Date: 1941, May 6
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039323
Dedication ceremony of New Douglas Blackout Airplane factory.

Shows crowd at dedication of New Douglas Blackout Airplane factory. Hoarding of Defense Plant can be seen on stage. Huge sign over stage says, "Defense Plant. Part of the Arsenal of Democracy." A-20 aircraft lined up in front of factory and crowd looking on. B-19 aircraft flies by. (Early in World War 2 period.)

Location: Long Beach California USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039367
British soldier reads war news from newspaper to assembled group of civilians in Europe during World War 1

Civilian people assembled to hear the war news from a British soldier (British "Tommy") during World War I. The soldier reading newspaper aloud to group of men, women, and children. A group of civilians pose beneath a German propaganda trademark sign, 'Gott Strafe England' (God punish England).

Location: Europe
Date: 1918
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039557
Distance from New York to Moscow, compared to width of Soviet Union. View of Palace and Gardens of Peter the Great

Map shows distance is 4662 miles from New York to Moscow or St. Petersburg, Russia. Map shows that it is 340 miles further from Moscow to the Eastern edge of the Soviet Union. Views of the fountain and gardens at the Palace of Peter, the Great, and brief view of the Palace building. View of a Russian church building.

Location: Saint Petersburg Russia
Date: 1920
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039584
Wounded American soldiers return home from France. Soldiers with new prosthetic limbs practice walking.

American Marines and Army troops return home from France after World War I. Wounded American soldier gets out of acar and is helped by women as he walks with crutches. Wounded soldiers and women walk in queue toward an event. Slate indicates the war resulted in 2500 leg amputations and 1100 arm amputations. View of wounded American soldiers on grounds of Letterman Hospital in San Francisco, California, wearing artificial prosthetic limbs and practicing walking with the new limbs. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039778
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