Finalists from different countries parade at '1963 Miss Universe' contest at the Miami Beach Auditorium (Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States) in Miami, Florida. Miss Denmark, Miss Brazil, Miss Ireland, and Miss USA walk in the runway. Miss Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas takes title from 15 finalists. Outgoing Miss Universe Norma Nolan of Brazil crowns the winner with the Sarah Coventry Crown. Close view of Miss Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas. Runners-up Miss Denmark Aino Korva, Miss Ireland Marlene McKeown, and Miss Philippines Lalaine Bennett, standing with Iêda Maria Vargas.
Closeup of Pole Vaulter John Pennel the first man to pole vault over 17 feet (achieving a height of 17 feet ¾ inches, on August 24, 1963, at the Florida Gold Coast AAU meet in Coral Gables). Pennel pole vaults for the benefit of newsreel cameramen, shortly after setting the new record. He runs and plants his fiberglass pole, which bends in a wide arc, before he launches into the air and clears the bar. The vaulting sequence is repeated in slow motion. Pennel wears white shorts and shirt with the number 606 on his back.
A film about missile launches at Cape Canaveral, Florida. A model of Titan III, a United States Air Force space booster. Titan III launch facilities under construction. Atlas missile on a transport being backed up a ramp to a pad. The missile being prepared for launch by 6555th Aerospace Test Wing personnel and research package is placed in a scientific passenger pod. Atlas 134F with CS-IFT nose cone. Military and civilian personnel gathered to observe the launch of the missile on 1st March, 1963. They watch at launch as the missile lifts off. A minuteman transporter arrives at the launch pad.
A film about missile launches at Cape Canaveral, Florida. 6555th Aerospace Test Wing personnel talk. A person directs a minuteman transporter. The transporter erector being moved. The missile being lowered in a silo. Personnel around the missile. A blockhouse silhouetted against rising sun. An LGM-30 Minuteman, a United States nuclear missile, launched at night on 16th July, 1963. The missile blows up and flaming debris falls. The personnel work at consoles checking books and a telemetry tape in the blockhouse. The launch and the destruction of a Polaris missile. The pieces fall into an ocean.
A film about missile launches at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Aerial view of a submarine in a harbor. The USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703) underway. Three United States Navy officers talk. USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) submarine underway. The launch of a Polaris missile on 26th October, 1963. A navy man speaks into a microphone.
Two Sergeants of the U.S. Air Force 1st Commando Group, demonstrate the firepower of the AR-15 rifle, at the firing range of Hulburt Field in Okaloosa County, Florida. The Sergeants approach the firing line, load A-15 rifles and assume prone firing position from which they demonstrate single-shot operation of the A-15, firing at unconventional targets, including containers of water, boxes, concrete blocks, etc. They then repeat the demonstration from standing position, firing from the hip, employing short bursts of automatic fire.