1375 tons of high explosive is set off in a canal to avoid a hazard in Canada. The blast area of the canal. Explosive shells are dumped in a tunnel beneath the canal. A man presses a button to set on the blast. The huge blast splashes the water of the canal.
A fashion show featuring collections by Parisian designers in Toronto, Canada. A fashion show featuring a collection by then 22-year-old French designer Yves Saint Laurent (YSL). Model showing off a “Trapeze silhouette” dress by Yves Saint Laurent. Dresses from the 'trapeze' collection featuring the signature bold geometry and short hems by the designer. A woman modeling a leopard print Somali leather coat by Christian Dior. A woman wearing a little black dress. A woman wears a short evening dress in silk crepe by Guy Laroche. Three quarter length coats, evening gowns and strapless gowns are exhibited by models. Woman modeling the low neck, high hem “Aurora” dress. Canadian women watch the fashion show.
A track race in Big Springs, Texas. Dave Sime and Bobby Morrow meet in a contest. Sime takes advantage on Morrow and wins the race by a foot and a half. Gauge of an apparatus shows 20 miles per hour wind. Runners stand at the starting line. The runners run on the track. Dave Sime with a man.
Arnold Palmer of Latrobe, Pennsylvania defeats the old masters in 22nd Annual Masters Golf Championship in Augusta, Georgia. Red Hopkins and Douglas Michael Ford contest with Palmer. A crowd in the court watches the match.
A crowd greets French General Charles de Gaulle in Algiers, showering his motorcade with ticker tape. views of motorcade from various locations, including high in an overlooking building. Cheering crowds jam the roadside. A formation of French warplane aircraft is seen flying overhead. A little girl kisses De Gaulle on the cheeks. De Gaulle walks with officials up a hill and then speaks from a portico of the Government General building, to an audience of thousands jammed shoulder-to-shoulder in the Place du Forum with some perched atop a monument. De Gaulle returns to his open car, as a cordon of French military hold the crowd back.
USS Independence (CV-62) is christened at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. Flags of the United States on the ship. People gather for the christening. Decorated USS Independence at the dock.