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Four of ten, which rated second honorable mention in series-sequence classification, these pictures show two cars racing side by side, one going out of control and flipping over.

One of ten which rated second honorable menton in series-sequence classification, this picture shows race track driver hurtling through space, his leg severed from his body, as automobile does end-over-end. Weiser had been feeling badly because of…

Emory Collins, national dirt track champion, maneuvers into the lead at the Minnesota State Fair races Aug. 28. Russ Lee's car, out of view at left, was so high Collins was able to cut inside and forge ahead. Mr. Bell selected this spot from which to…

Man mimicking modern art painting of someone with three hands.

Mr. Miller was on an assignment to photograph an Amish community in south central Illinois, and because of the timidity of the people, took most of the shopping and street scenes with a telephoto lens. He ponts out that permission to take an intimate…

A new jet plane--an Air Force F-86 Fighter--starts a steep climb above the flight strip at Lambert--St. Louis field during an air show. Photographer Linck climbed fence post at end of runway to shoot above the crowd at speedy take-off. The trail of…

The man driving the horse-drawn planter, right foreground, was the 'headache' in making this picture. Each time Mr. Ultang's plane approached the earth, the farmer would get off his rig and wave, rather than continue his work. The situation was…

A snowslide covering the narrow-gauge railway near Alamosa, Colo., provided this spectacular aerial picture. Two cars have tobogganed to bottom of gulch, a third hangs perilously over ledge. All fourteen persons aboard were rescued. Mathias' pilot…

Driver of the top car suffered 'a possible skull fracture,' while man at wheel of lower automobile received only slight injuries.

Searchers dig through the smouldering wreckage of what is perhaps Britain's worst disaster during an era of peace. Thirty-seven persons were killed in the mid-air crash between a Royal Air Force plane and a Sweedish DC6 airliner. Sir. Edward Gent,…