HIGHLAND GAMES
Highland Games. <br/> <br/>Scotland (?). <br/> <br/>Sports & music festival. Men on platform doing traditional Scottish dancing (wearing traditional costume - kilts etc). Man shot-putting. Man throwing the hammer. Man tossing the caber. Last scene here of a contestant in the high-jump contest. Similar to
HIGH JUMPER
OC 700 SOF / MAG ROLL B CONTINUATION OF FTG OF FRANKLIN JACOBS, STUDENT AT FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY IN NEW JERSEY WHO HOLDS WORLDS HIGH JUMP RECORD PRACTICING JUMPING. MORE OF INTV W/ JACOBS, TALKS ON HIS JUMPING TECHNIQUES. VS OF HIM ATTENDING SOCIOLOGY CLASS, EATING W/ FRIENDS IN CAFETERIA, ETC.
DN-207 1 inch
Keen Contests at Blackpool - Women Athletes
AL MEAD
00:00:00:00 [Paralympian Al Mead practices for the 1992 Paraolympics.] raw of him doing high-jump. (0:00)/
The History of the Helicopter
The History of the Helicopter. The history of the helicopter, from initial attempts in the early years of the 20th Century to the 1950's.. 1950s, helicopters, 1903 Wright Brother's first flight, fixed wing aircrafts, moving wing attempts in early 1900s, early attempts at vertical flight aircrafts, Breguet-Richet Gyroplane No. 1, early attempts at rotorcraft / rotary-wing aircrafts, early helicopters, Berliner helicopter 1908-9, Oehmichen 1920, Oehmichen 1922, Lein Weber-Curtis 1921, 1922 Georges & Jerome-de Bothezat's Flying Octopus, 1924 Raul Pescara's Pescara No.3, Asboth 1928-1930, model showing stability problems of rotary wing aircraft, hinged blades on helicopter, Juan de la Cierva and Cierva C.19 autogyro in flight and landing, autogyros taking off and in flight, 1930 Nicholas Florine shows machine with flapping blade at Brussels Exhibition, Corradino D'Ascanio establishes first world helicopter record as he flew 8 3/4 minutes, 1936 Louis Breguet's Gyroplane Laboratoire sets world records, cyclic pitch control, slow motion helicopter blades rising and falling, helicopter taking off and doing turns, 1937 Focke-Achgelis Focke-Wulf Fw 61 flown by Hanna Reitsch in Berlin Sports Stadium, Igor Sikorsky flying VS-300 setting World's Record, modern helicopter taking off and hovering, British Bristol Type 171 Sycamore, Cierva Air Horse, Cierva W.14 Skeeter, Fairey Gyrodyne, Louis Breguet's three seater helicopter using superimposed contra-rotating rotors, Sud-Ouest six seater developed from pre-war Focke-Achgelis, Sud-Ouest F-WFUF, jet powered helicopters, McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry, Hiller Hornet, Sikorsky S-51 transporting mail, Sikorsky S-55, cargo being loaded into Bell H-12, small Bell helicopters spraying cattle galloping in pasture and spraying pesticide onto orchard, rotor down wash being used to gather walnuts, helicopter transporting exploration party to oil reserve, man seated in helicopter using it as work platform for precise geological readings, Piasecki H-21 flying banana military helicopters, Kaman military helicopter using twin intermeshing rotors, military helicopters being used for emergency rescue, helicopter being used in 1946 Antarctic expedition, Operation Highjump, Hiller 360, aerial Grand Canyon, helicopter flying over Grand Canyon, aerial galloping elk, helicopter flying over galloping elk, helicopter transporting construction materials into Welsh mountains to repair dam, in flight helicopter shadow on ground, man pushing Hiller Hornet helicopter out of garage, helicopter landing on field, chemists and engineers developing helicopter technology, gasoline and jet engines
USS Sennet (SS-408) underway in Antarctica during Operation Highjump.
USS Sennet underway in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. USS Sennet (SS-408) underway at a slow speed. Men milling about on the deck. Location: Antarctica. Date: January 1, 1947.
1940s NEWSREELS
SEA LION, SEAL "BIG BOY" OF SAN FRANCISCO SETS HIGH-JUMP RECORD OF 7 FEET
TRACK & FIELD EVENTS- 1940
Glenn Cunningham, veteran mile runner, attempts a come-back but is nosed out in the Wanamaker Mile by Chuck Fenske, who sets a new record. Other thrilling events are shown.
Prosthetic - Technology
EVER-EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIELD OF PROSTHETICS MAY SOON HAVE PATIENTS "FEELING" WITH THEIR ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
Cliff divers show off their skills in Czech festival
HRIMEZDICE, CZECH REPUBLIC (AUGUST 6, 2016) (REUTERS) WIDE OF HRIMEZDICE QUARRY DIVERS PREPARING FOR JUMP DIVERS PERFORMING DOUBLE JUMP FROM 16 METRE PLATFORM SPECTATORS WATCHING COMPETITION FROM AIR MATTRESSES AND RUBBER BOATS MORE OF JUMPS SPECTATOR DIVER JUMPING OFF 12 METRE PLATFORM CZECH CLIFF DIVER PETRA SMOLIKOVA PERFORMING JUMP SPECTATORS APPLAUDING (SOUNDBITE) (Czech) CZECH
Ramblin' Jack Elliot - reads Guthrie quotes begins reading Woody Guthrie quotes from his biography
The bow of USCGC Northwind II (WAGB-282) as she breaks through ice in Antarctica during Operation Highjump.
United States Coast Guard Cutter ( USCGC ) Northwind II underway in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. The bow of USCGC Northwind II (WAGB-282) as she breaks through ice. Men stand aboard near railings on the deck. The ice breaks up. Location: Antarctica. Date: January 1, 1947.
USA: ATHLETICS - Dreary conditions slow world's best athletes at Adidas Grandprix
(SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN SPRINTER ALLYSON FELIX SAYING: "I still have to get some speed work in. So I need to quicken up some things, and then just keep progressing, because like I said August is the time to shine, and we're a ways from that."
PRESIDENT BUSH ON AIR FORCE ONE (1989)
B-ROLL OF PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W. BUSH ON AIR FORCE ONE FLYING TO PARIS.
The Byrd Expedition leaves for the South Pole