Scenes of the old City in Cartagena, Columbia. An antique gun in the San Felipe de Barajas Castle, overlooking the harbor below. The Torre del Reloj (Boca del Puente, Centro, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia) or clock tower and Puerta del Reloj, main entrance gate to the old walled city which was founded in 1533. The Cathedral of Cartegena (the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Calle de los Santos de Piedra, Cra. 4, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia). Local people in a horse-drawn wagon pass by the gateway to a public park, flanked by Doric columns and topped with a statue of Vulcan at a forge. A man walks toward the entrance of the House of the Inquisition (Inquisition Palace 46, Plaza de Bolivar Carrera 3 33, Bolívar, Colombia). The camera pans upward to the decorative seal and stonework above doorway. A local woman doing laundry at stone sinks. views of pedestrians walking along narrow streets, balconies of houses project overhead.
The Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Plaza de San Pedro Claver, Cra. 4 #30-01, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia) at Plaza San Pedro Claver, in Cartagena, Colombia. The tomb of San Pedro Claver, the city's patron saint, inside the cathedral. A view of Cartagena Cathedral (Calle de los Santos de Piedra, Cra. 4, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia), rising above trees.
Photographers take pictures of Mrs. Eisenhower at door of the White House flanked by Latin American beauty queens from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Mercedes Baquero of Colombia holds the title of "Queen of the Americas" and the other two women, Annabelle Nebel from Ecuador and a beauty queen from Panama, respectively, are the members of her court.
A female bullfighter in Colombia. Berthe Trujillo, a female bullfighter bows. Audience at stand cheer. She waves a cloth to draw the attention of the bull. Bull hits her as she climbs on fences. Bull hits her. She lies down on the ground and other fighters wave a cloth to distract bull's attention. Berth out of the fighting area.
Major events of 1956. A bomb blast in Cali, Colombia killed 1200 people. People and policemen search for dead bodies in the rubble. Men pull out dead from the rubble. Dead bodies piled up.
Sale of a Patrol frigate to the nation of Colombia, taking place at the Pentagon in Washington DC. SECNAV (Secretary of the Navy) Dan A. Kimball and another U.S. government official has a discussion with a Colombian official. Secretary Kimball and the Colombian official at a table. They go through the sale papers. Both officials sign the papers as the third official watches. They shake hands and complete the sale.