Aerial view of the General Motors Technical Center in Detroit, Michigan. On the ground, at the Technical center, a GM technician drives a Prototype T101 90mm gun motor carriage (later produced as AM56 Scorpion) out of the building. A C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft in flight, carrying the T101. A drogue parachute and an extraction parachute which hold the anti tank weapon are deployed and extract it from the aircraft. Then 6 parachutes attached to the anti tank weapon open, and convey the weapon safely to the ground. Pieces of a wooden pallet under the weapon are seen breaking away and falling harmlessly during the airdrop. The T101 lands on the ground and is driven away.
The revolt against the President of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle's liberal policies ends in Algeria. Algerian settlers end the revolt against the President of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle's liberal policies. They remove street barricades. Policemen stand on streets and keep a watch on the activities of civilians. A large crowd of civilians gathered at the streets. Buildings on either side of the streets.
The annual Miss Chinatown USA Beauty Contest in San Francisco, California. A large crowd of Chinese American spectators gathered at the contest. Chinese American contestants modeling in silk cheongsam dresses. Contestant 5 walks on a ramp in a white butterfly cheongsam dress. Another contestant poses in an elegant cheongsam with floral motifs. Chinese photographers taking pictures. Leona Lee, the previous year winner, awards the crown to 19-year-old Carole Ng of San Francisco. Carole Ng sits on an elaborate Chinese-style throne.
Testing of a supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule in Lake Erie in the United States. Men move the supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule to lake shore. A crane pulls the capsule from the lake. The men open the cramped chamber of the capsule. A United States Air Force volunteer, Bruce Barwise, who was in capsule for 72 hours comes out of the chamber.
United States Navy bathyscaphe "Trieste", which is a sumbersible deep diving research boat, seen underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Guam. It reaches a record breaking depth of about 37,000 feet in the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust.
National Speed Skating Championship in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The girls' National Speed Skating event begins. The girls fall one by one. Spectators cheer the skaters. The boys' National Speed Skating event begins. Ken Bartholomew wins the 14th title of the championship.
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