New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox meet in Boston as Yanks' Mickey Mantle and Red Sox' Ted Williams battle for the American League batting crown. Crowd of 36,000 fills Fenway Park to see the baseball game. Mantle seen talking with Yankee manager Casey Stengel in the dugout. Mantle comes up for first at-bat, camera focuses on his batting grip. Swings at pitch from Red Sox pitcher Tom Brewer and hits a single. It would be his only hit of the game. Ted Williams seen striding onto field. He comes to bat in second inning and hits a pitch from the Yankees' Don Larsen for a three-run homer. Announcer notes he gets another hit during the game, extending his lead over Mantle in the batting race. Williams rounds third base, touches home, gets quick handshake from Red Sox infielder Gene Mauch. (Note: Williams would win the batting championship over Mantle, hitting. 388 to Mantle's .365.)
The Kentucky Derby in the United States, and the Grand National Steeplechase in the United Kingdom. The spectators seated in a stand to watch the Kentucky Derby horse race. A weapon trainer, James E. Fitzsimmons. The horses run in the Kentucky Derby horse race. America Jockey William Lee Shoemaker on horse Gallant Man during the race. Iron Liege competing against Gallant Man. Iron Liege wins the race. Iron Liege with jockey as they receive the prize. Change of scene to Liverpool, England. The horses jump the famous fences in the England Grand National Steeplechase. The horses fall while jumping. Sundew wins the race in Liverpool, England.
First General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) opens in Vienna, Austria. Vienna Grand Hotel, next to the Vienna Opera House, serves as the Agency’s temporary headquarters. View of Vienna Grand Hotel (Grand Hotel GmbH c/o Grand Hotel Wien, Kärntner Ring 9, 1010 Vienna, Austria), where the conference is being held. Vienna Tram moving in front of Grand Hotel. The flag of the participating nations on the building. A United Nation flag on the building. The delegates seated in the conference hall. A delegate shakes hands with the delegation head. President of Austria Adolf Scharf arrives with other officials. The Austrian President welcomes the delegates. He shakes hands with the head of the delegates. People taking pictures. The head of the delegates stand at a podium.
Policemen uses the “Picture Puzzle” method to create a sketch of a criminal’s face in California. A seated woman describes the features of a criminal to a Richmond, California police technician George Meyer. A man pointing to a collection of cards depicting several types of male hairstyle and pairs of eyes. Policeman attaches several cards to create a face of a criminal. Woman uses hand gestures to describe the criminal’s eyes. The police technician picks up the eyes portion from the puzzle. The woman describes the face. Woman picks a card depicting a chin. Policemen attach pieces of facial features together like a puzzle to make a face of a criminal. Policemen holding a mugshot of a criminal.
Champion apple picker Rex Grunewald harvests 6 tons of apples in Washington, United States. Men and women on ladders pick apples from trees in apple orchards. A smiling woman picking apples from a tree. Apples on a tree. Yakima native Rex Grunewald vigorously picking apples. Grunewald carries his harvested apples in a sack. Grunewald places apples in a box. View of the 450 boxes of apples harvested by the champion picker.
The Velser tunnel, a river crossing tunnel under the North Sea Canal in IJmuiden (part of the municipality of Velsen), North Holland, is inaugurated by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Queen Juliana boards a train with Dutch officials. The train crosses the two-lane Velser tunnel to the other side. School children wave the Dutch flag upon the arrival of Queen Juliana’s train. Queen Juliana cuts the ribbon to open the Velser tunnel to the public. Vehicles begin to cross the Velser tunnel after the inauguration.
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