An overview of baseball teams preparing for the 1958 season in Florida. Views of New York Yankees' camp with manager Casey Stengel running onto field, pitchers Sal Maglie and Whitey Ford warming up. A smiling Mickey Mantle (#7) hits a ball far in batting practice. Yogi Berra (#8) and Hank Bauer (#9) take their swings. Scene shifts to the Dodgers' camp; this is the first spring after the team moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Views of pitchers Don Newcombe (#36) and Johnny Podres throwing, and players Duke Snider (#4), Gino Cimoli and Gil Hodges (#14) swinging in batting cage. Announcer notes Dodgers have big problem at catcher after Roy Campanella was put "out of service." (He was permanently paralyzed in a car accident.) Al Walker, Joe Pignatano and John Roseboro are named as his possible successors. Scene shifts to St. Louis Cardinals training camp. Announcer predicts Cardinals will be pennant contender. Views of brothers Von and Lindy McDaniel, shortstop Alvin Dark and all-time great Stan Musial. Scene then shifts to Chicago White Sox camp. Outfielder Al Smith (#9) fields a ball; Jim Rivera (#7), Nellie Fox and Smith take swings in batting cage. Action moves to Detroit Tigers camp, where pitchers Jim Bunning (#14) and Frank Lary (#17) are seen warming up. Al Kaline (#6) hits a ball in batting practice.
Large crowd gathers at British Open Championship in Troon, Scotland. A board reads names of the players. Arnold Palmer signs autograph. Palmer plays stroke at golf course and sets a record for British Open. Palmer holds trophy.
Contestants compete at the 1962 Miss Universe at the Miami Beach Auditorium (Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States) in Miami, Florida. Contestants such as Miss Colombia Olga Lucía Botero Orozco, Miss Finland Anja Aulikki Järvinen, and Miss Haiti Evelyn Miot, are seen on stage. Photographers click photos. Outgoing titleholder Marlene Schmidt of Germany crowns Miss Argentina (Miss Argentine) Norma Beatriz Nolan with the Miss Universe 10th Annivrsary Crown (also known as the Rhinestone Crown). Closer view of Miss Universe 1962 Norma Nolan after receiving award and seated on winners' throne. 1st Runner-up Miss Iceland Anna Geirsdóttir, 2nd Runner-Up Miss Finland Anja Aulikki Järvinen, and 3rd Runner-Up Miss Republic of China Helen Liu Shiu-Man, stand beside the Miss Universe throne.
Baseball players and movie stars mingle in dugout before a game in Los Angeles. Seated left to right: Roger Maris, Doris Day, Mickey Mantle, Cary Grant and Yogi Berra. The New York Yankee stars had made cameo appearances in the Day-Grant movie "A Touch of Mink." Yankees leave the dugout to play that day's game. Grant and Day watch the action. Brief clip from game between Yankees and Los Angeles Angels. Day claps and cheers. Announcer notes Yankees are leading the American League, while Day and Grant's movie is leading at the box office. "A Touch of Mink" would be one of the top five money-making movies of the year.
A model wears a hat at a fashion show in New York. Models with different headgears. Mink headgear. Models at windows and come out on stage's door opens.
King George VI rides in a royal carriage to Westminster Abbey for his coronation on May 12, 1937. Large crowd gathers to see the ceremony. Royal guards accompany the coach. Coach arrives in Buckingham Palace. Indian Sikh men watching among the crowd gathered outside the Buckingham Palace. King George VI is seen with Queen Elizabeth and others from a balcony. King George VI is seen with Queen Elizabeth pose with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret for a formal family portrait. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom seated on thrones.
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