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Students leave and enter New York University and Fordham University in New York, United States.

New York University in New York City, United States. Washington Square Arch at the park's center. Empire States building in the background. New York University administration building. Students leave and enter the University. Young men and young women college students in typical early 1960s fashions walking on sidewalks in the city. Fordham University. Stairs known as "Terrace of Presidents" at the Keat Hall. Inscriptions chiseled into steps: "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Reviewed the ROTC and "President Manuel Prado of Peru was made a Doctor of Laws".

Date: 1962, October 14
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072587
U.S. Senator John Kennedy talks about the foreign policy of America prior to presidential elections in the United States.

The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC news correspondent Quincy Howe speaks prior to the fourth Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate. Senator Kennedy says he agrees with the policy of Eisenhower's administration regarding the Formosa Strait (Taiwan). He speaks about Communist influence of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro on Latin Americans which is becoming a threat for the United States. Kennedy also mentions Communist Russians broadcasting ten times as many programs in Spanish to Latin America as the United States does. He talks about technical assistance given to Africa by the United States. He speaks about future of increasing communist influence in world. Kennedy mentions Liberia and the Union of South Africa who voted with America on the question of admission of Red China in the United Nations. Senator Kennedy speaks about Communist influence increasing in the world and relates to it by saying that there are six counties in Africa that are members of the United Nations and there is not a single American diplomatic representative in any of these six. He further speaks about military progress of Communist nations.

Date: 1960
Duration: 7 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073667
Rescuers working in the aftermath of the 1960 New York mid-air collision

Fire fighters and rescue workers at work at the crash site of flights United Airlines Flight 826 and Trans World Airlines Flight 266 in New York. The accident became known as the Park Slope plane crash or the Miller Field crash after the crash sites. United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation collided mid-air over New York. Rescue workers gather around at the venue and try to extinguish fire on the planes. New York's largest disaster force is called out to fight fire on the super-carrier Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation. Fire fighters fight to put down the flames. Smoke and fire all around in the area.

Date: 1960, December 16
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056516
Vice President Nixon gives his closing statement during the fourth presidential election debate held in New York, U.S.

The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC news correspondent Quincy Howe speaks during the debate and asks Vice President Richard Nixon to give his closing statement. Vice President Nixon opposes Senator Kennedy's statement that American is standing still. He says more houses and classrooms have been built, there has been a progress in civil rights and progress in field of slum clearance in Eisenhower's Administration which is more than in the previous administration. He says the United States should extend freedom to the world. He says that there were eleven dictators in Latin America in 1953 and now there are only 3 left. Nixon also talks about free government in Africa. He says that America will move ahead with the kind of leadership that we can provide in these years ahead. Correspondent Quincy speaks. He says that the opening statements by both candidates ran eight minutes each. The closing statements ran four minutes, thirty seconds. The order of speaking was reversed from their first joint appearance, when they followed the same procedure. A panel of newsmen questioned each candidate alternately. The first discussion dealt only with domestic policy. This one dealt only with foreign policy. As members of a new political generation, Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy have used new means of communication to pioneer a new type of political debate.

Date: 1960
Duration: 6 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073676
Leo Lebel performs a record-breaking leap at the 1960 annual world barrel-jumping championship in Grossingers, New York

The annual world barrel-jumping championship in Grossingers, New York. United States and Canadian flags in Grossingers, New York. A referee waves flag. Titleholder Leo Lebel performs a barrel jump speed skating. A Canadian contends in Grossingers but slips on the 14th barrel. Another contestant slips after performing barrel jump. A contestant’s barrel jump in the final round. Spectators clapping. Leo Lebel performs a leap of 15 barrels, 26 ft. 1 ½ inches. Leo Lebel kisses his wife and receives a trophy.

Date: 1960, January
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079820
Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy debate in the U.S. over a summit conference between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. News correspondent John Edwards ask Vice President Nixon about the conditions to be met before meeting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at Vienna Summit of 1961. Nixon replies that an agenda should be prepared which should delineate those issues on which there is a possibility of some agreement or negotiation. He says that U.S. President should not go to the conference unless they have such an agenda, unless they have some reasonable assurance from Khrushchev that he intends seriously to negotiate on those points. News correspondent Quincy Howe asks Senator Kennedy to comment on the topic. Senator Kennedy says that the U.S. should not go to the summit until there is some reason to believe that a meeting of minds can be obtained on either Berlin, outer space or general disarmament including nuclear testing. He mentions the failure of the conference on May 15th 1960 in Paris, France. He further says it is important that they maintain their determination, that they indicate that they're building their strength, that they are determined to protect their position and that they are determined to protect their commitment.

Date: 1960
Duration: 4 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073672