16th Annual Junior Rodeo in California. A band plays at the opening ceremony. A junior cowboy and a cowgirl athlete participate. The participants fall from bucking broncs. Spectators cheer the junior participants.
U.S. astronaut Scott Carpenter arrives at the campus of the University of Colorado. Scott Carpenter and his wife Rene Louise Price in a motorcade wave at the civilians as they arrive at the campus of the university. He arrives in Colorado to receive the degree in aeronautical engineering which he failed to take in 1949. A professor presents the brand new degree and a silver plate to commemorate the occasion.
The Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, California. Wax statues of Hollywood comedians Laurel and Hardy. Italian actor Rudolph Valentino’s wax statue dressed as Sheik Ahmed from movie ‘The Sheik’. Wax figures of Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler as Min and Bill. A wax figure of Frankenstein inside a dark room. Humphrey Bogart’s wax statue dressed as Charlie Allnut from ‘The African Queen’. Figure of Gary Cooper from ‘High Noon’ displayed at the Movieland Wax Museum. A man dresses one of the statues. Visitors enjoy watching the statues.
The annual indoor track and field meet in California. The women's 100 yard dash begins. American athlete, Wilma Goldean Rudolph loses the race by 7 seconds. The men's 60 yard dash begins. Spectators cheer the athletes. Frank Budd of Villanova wins the race. In the mile race Jim Beatty of Los Angles wins the race against French athlete Michel Jazy.
Unusual weather in California and Spain. In California, cars drive on snow covered roads. Orange groves are blanketed with snow. A lady removes snow from the road. Young boys explore a snow covered tree. Children play with snow and make a snowman. In Spain, cars drive on the snow covered roads. The houses blanketed with thick snow. A Spanish farmer moves with his cow through heavy snow in a rural area.
Rocket sled test of aircraft ejection seat, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Engineers put a helmet and oxygen mask over a dummy's head. Rocket sled accelerates and ejection seat actuates. Seat seen flying through the air and finally hitting the ground. Braking head on the sled creates wave of water as it slows. Ejection seat and damaged head of the dummy on the ground. A pilot sits in cockpit of an airplane.
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