WEAPONS AND BOMBERS OF THE 1950'S Airfare weaponry of the 1950's includes Scorpions, B-36 bombers, and f-86 Sabre jets. They drop bombs and rockets unleashing destruction on the ground below. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
HOTEL NEW YORKER AND EMPIRE STATE BUILDING The marquis and signs for the Hotel New Yorker in Manhattan. The Empire State building and cars driving down New York City streets. 1954 - COLOR Source: Video: DV
HYDROGEN BOMB TEST IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS A test of the Hydrogen bomb from a secret shed on an island in the Pacific archipelago of Bikini. Scientists waited in a naval vessel in the ocean of the island. The explosion created a cloud and rocked the ships in the ocean. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
EMPIRE GAMES TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS The track and field events at the Empire Games in Vancouver, Canada. Jim Peters collapses just before the finish line of the marathon event. Roger Bannister beats John Landy in the mile race. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
LONDON CIRCUS A lion tamer works with tigers at a circus in London circa 1954. Children watch from the audience. Clowns perform in the center ring. Tight rope performers ride bicycles high up in the air. Acrobats spin through the air. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
PROTEST AGAINST JUAN PERON IN ARGENTINA A massive crowd gathers in the Plaza Del Mayo in Argentina to protest Juan Peron and his government. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
FALL OF DIEN BIEN PHU Fighting in the Red River Delta during the First Indochina war between the French and the Vietminh communists. French bomber planes drop bombs. Soldiers fight for Dien Bien Phu. The nurse of Dien Bien Phu, Genevieve De Galard-Terraube. 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
MARILYN BELL SWIMS ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO Marilyn Bell becomes the first swimmer in history to swim across Lake Ontario, from New York to Canada. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF BOXING 1954 The light heavyweight championship of the world boxing match between Archie Moore and Harold Johnson, 1954. Highlights from round 14 in which Archie Moore wins by technical knock-out. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING August 11, 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
WATER-SKIING TRICKS Water-skiers in Long Beach, California do tricks off of jump ramps, spinning in the air and on the water. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING 1954 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV
