U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at St. Louis, Missouri. It was test flight #155557 MAC 2833. The F-4J aircraft taxis for take off, lifts off and climbs steeply. Pilot and co-pilot eject. (Both survived: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.) Plane moves flatly through air in vertical position. It loses all speed. Aircraft falls flatly, impacts runway and explodes into a huge fireball. Black smoke billows up from impact area. Plane continues to burn. F-4J ablaze. Crash crew makes way to fire. Ambulance on ground. Pilot Pilcher and Radar Observer Begay meet-up together with other personnel on the airfield and observe the blazing aircraft from which they had ejected. They walk around a military station wagon. The two crew members examine ejection seat on runway. Ejection seat resting on runway. Two pilots get into a station wagon with other civilian personnel. Collapsed chute laying on grass. View of ejection seat. Blown canopy, other debris lying about runway in the background. F-4J still ablaze. Fire engine enters and moves down a runway. Firemen wade knee-deep through foam while fighting fire. Heavy smoke rises from wreckage. Crashed F-4J, heavy foam in the foreground. Fireman direct more foam into opening of F-4J while smoke is pouring out.
Carrier crewmen donate blood to a blood bank in San Francisco, California. USS Boxer (CV-21) aircraft carrier is anchored in San Francisco. A mobile bank and nurses standing at the harbor. Crewmen of USS Boxer donate blood to the mobile bank for the comrades in Korea. They have just returned from Korea. Nurses take blood for the blood bank from a donor. Bottles are being put on a rack in the blood bank.
Notre Dame starts their spring training under new coach Terry Brennan in South Bend, Indiana. 'Good Luck Terry' written on a board. Players on the ground.
Football game between Cleveland Browns and Chicago Cardinals in Chicago. A large crowd gathers to watch the game. Cleveland's Bobby Joe Conrad kicks off the length of the field, where Chicago's Leroy Bolden receives it and runs the entire length of the field for a touchdown. Several other plays are seen. Crowd cheers and applaud. The Cleveland Browns win the game at Soldier Field by 38-24.
Men work upon a device to reduce child injuries during car accidents in Dearborn, Michigan. They manufacture a device called the 'tot guard' (an early innovation in child safety seats for cars). It is a plastic shield which protects the child from being hurled against the dashboard or windshield. Men test the device with the dummy of a child.
College football game between University of Southern California and Notre Dame in South Bend. People gather in large numbers to watch the game. Scenes during the game and views of spectators and fans cheering. USC beats Notre Dame by 24-7.
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