Browse Items (543 total)

Mary Lou Retton's gold medal performance the perfect ten in the vault won her the competition and immediate reaction.

Mary Lou Retton's gold medal performance--dismount on the uneven bars.

Mary Lou Retton's gold medal performance on the uneven bars.

Mary Lou Retton's gold medal in overall gymnastics.

Needing a perfect 10 on the vault to win the gold medal in women's gymnastics, Mary Lou Retton, 16, of the USA, ignores the pressure to do just that. Mary Lou was the darling of the Summer Olympics.

Mary Lou Retton USA gymnast in dismount from uneven bars in her gold medal performance in overall category.

U.S. team member Mary Lou Retton enjoys ride around coliseum at Olympic games closing ceremonies in Los Angeles.

This Navy ROTC midshipman was not keeping his hands warm at the expense of his feet. Instead he was keeping his shoes clean and dry for drill.

Miami fire fighters strive to rescue a man whose car tumbled from a bridge.

After heavy rains the water in the wash was only waist high but surged with a force of 600 pounds and was ice cold. Trapped in the middle after riding around a barricade in a pickup truck, Kelly Buttle waited 90 desperate minutes while rescue…