A demonstration of explosive devices used to clear beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A Conger, a British canvas hose device. The hose is filled with liquid explosives being laid out by a rocket and detonated. An explosion occurs. A rocket propelled M-3 being driven towards the beachhead. A project line charge being fired by a rocket and climbs up as smoke rises. A progress report of JANET ( Joint Army Navy Experimental and Testing ) Board. (World War II period).
Various activities of tourists during winter vacations in Miami, Florida, United States. Child stands amidst pigeons. Men stand near and watch. People move in front of the Alamac Hotel (1300 Collins Ave # 100, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States) in Miami Beach. Automobile traffic on Flagler Street. The famous Halcyon Hotel (169 East Flagler Street Miami, FL 33131) at Flagler and 2nd Ave is seen. People move on the street.
A demonstration about clearing underwater obstacles and mines in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 211 Boat Bumper '. A Landing Craft Mechanized with a 5 inch thick steel pipe bumper attached to its front at a beach. The boat bumper being used to clear Japanese rails and scaffolding at sea. The LCM with the bumper heads towards a Japanese type log scaffolding. The steel bumper aids a tank to be unloaded from the LCM at the beach. A seal on a paper reads ' 100 % completed '.
Primary flight training base near Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, United States. Men at base. Instructor teaches the trainee. Trainee gets training in T-34 Mentor training Aircrafts. Trainees get training in class about working of aircraft. Instructor teaches on board and gives exercise on model aircraft. A trainee and instructor in flight. Instructor guides trainee for aerobatics. The aircraft lands. Trainee takes off for solo flight. Aircraft in flight and then lands. Sign outside apartment reads "Q-2 Captain W.C. Adams, U.S. Navy." Two couples in a red Ford Mustang convertible. A woman catches a beach ball. A couple running in the surf at the beach. A couple sailing together in small sail boat. A couple playing tennis. A man and two women golfing. A man water skiing while a woman observes from a motor boat. A couple having a picnic barbecue grill hamburgers.
Face of John Glenn before launch of “Friendship 7”. Mercury-Atlas 6 officials talk on headset to begin countdown to launch the “Friendship 7”. A United States Marine Corp UH 34D helicopter flies. Mercury-Atlas 6 official wait for countdown. Mercury-Atlas 6 telemetry network officials at work at different stations all over world. Broadcast of Mercury Atlas launch. United States army man climbs into USA aircraft. NASA personnel operate Mercury-Atlas 6 controls. View of Mercury-Atlas 6 after service structure moved away. NASA official, wearing headphones, begins countdown. Face of John Glenn before launch, the voice of backup Mercury-Atlas 6 astronaut, Scott Carpenter, says “Godspeed John Glenn”. Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft, “The Friendship 7”, with thrust. Backup clock is started as John Glenn calmly sits inside the spacecraft launching to space. The Mercury-Atlas 6 in space flight. People on the beach near Cape Canaveral cheer as the Mercury-Atlas 6 was successfully launched into space. View of the “Friendship 7” flying.
New land and sea speed records are set in the United States. People gather in Daytona Beach, Florida. Sir Malcolm Campbell seated in his race car 'Blue Bird'. He drives the car on Daytona beach and sets a new record driving at the speed of 272 miles per hour. People cheer. Close view of him smoking a cigarette in the car after his speed run. Speedboat racer Garfield Arthur Wood seated aboard his speedboat 'Miss America' on the St Clair River near Detroit Michigan. He races the 5000 horsepower mahogany speedboat and wins the Harmsworth Trophy. Close up view of Gar Wood smiling after his race. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
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