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Photograph of mushroom cloud from atomic testing, Nye (Nev.), March 7, 1955

Date
1955-03-07
Description
Atomic fireball and mushroom cloud, photographed by Sgt. Robert Cogswell of the U.S. Army. Inscription with photo reads: "from News fifteen and one-half miles from ground zero March 7, 1955, by an Army Signal Corps cameraman."

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Photograph of General Boyd Hubbard, Indianapolis (Ind.), circa 1961

Date
1960 to 1962
Description
Professional photo of General Boyd Hubbard, (former) Nellis Air Force Base commander.

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El Rancho and Castaways promotional video raw footage and b-roll: video, approximately 1980 to 1989

Level of Description
File
Scope and Contents

Footage opens with multiple takes of an actor dressed in "cowboy" attire, carrying a saddle through the desert, then riding on a horse-drawn buggy with another man in cowboy boots. The men are pretending to lasso and whip the horses driving their buggy, and periodically switch off driving and lassoing. Switches to a close up of a man wearing an "El Rancho" belt buckle, gun holsters, and chaps; the camera is focused on the man gesturing to the camera, showing the coins in his hand. Various other scenes related to this western-cowboy themed promotion are shown. Video cuts in an out, no audio. Second segment begins around 26:00 and is multiple takes of an actress in costume as an owl motioning her arms and responding to voiceover cues (close up only); the advertisement is for Castaways "night owl" special for $1.99. The camera then pans out and she is posing and dancing to music, her costume includes feathers on her arms to look like a bird's wings. Original media 1 Inch SMPTE Type B, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection
The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00930
Collection Name: The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Photograph of the Wildwood Show at the Manor House, New Jersey, 1964

Date
1964
Description
Six topless female dancers in beaded bikini costumes with partial long skirts, arm bands and bracelets, with tall feathered headdresses, a male dancer is standing on a three-tiered platform and is wearing beaded tights, gloves, beaded ankle neck collar and cuffs, and hat. He is standing in front of a cutout of the Buddhist Deity Amoghapasha (Six Arms). Another female dancer is standing on the floor facing the male dancer, and wearing sheer beaded pants and bikini top, beaded ankle cuffs, arm band, bracelet, and beaded tiara. The audience is visible in the foreground.

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Partridge meeting the Midshipmen Fouth Class Wilson, Geodert, Martin and Hendell: photographic print

Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)
Description
Lieutenant Commander J. Myron Partridge, USNR, meets with Midshipmen Forth Class in Bancroft Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Left to right: seated; Lt. Cmdr. Partridge; Peter R. Wilson of Carson City; and Warren w. Goedert of Boulder City. Standing: Tim D. Martin of N. Las Vegas; and William J. Hendell of Las Vegas.

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