Five times middle weight champion Sugar Ray Robinson fights Terry Gownes at a boxing match, London. Spectators watch the boxers delivering punches to each other. Women cheer for their player. Support staff of Gownes rush inside the ring after the referee declares him the winner. Crowd applauds the Old Master Robinson.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and First lady during a busy day at the 1964 Word's Fair in New York. The presidential motorcade heads towards the Unisphere globe, symbol of the Word's Fair. President Johnson greets conventioneers of the Amalgamated Cloth Workers who have gathered at the Word's Fair Singer Bowl to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their organization. President Johnson raises his hat for a crowd of spectators cheering during the dedication of Venezuelan Pavilion. Shots of Venezuelan flag being raised at the Venezuelan Pavilion and President Johnson visiting the exhibits at the pavilion. President Johnson visits a cultural center dedicated to former President John F. Kennedy, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW Washington, D.C., United States).
Former United States President Harry S. Truman on his 80th birthday greeted at various ceremonies, Washington DC. Crowd of girls at National Press Club raise a banner wishing him happy birthday. A girl presents him with a gift. Truman at a ceremony cuts his birthday cake.
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Chief J. Edgar Hoover observes his 40th Anniversary as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in United States. Staff members present him with a bronze bust of himself, at the FBI Headquarters in Washington DC. The 70 year old continues to hold his seat on request of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
A tornado hits southeast Michigan killing 12 persons and injuring 50 others. Destroyed houses and cars among the ruins of a town some 20 miles north of Detroit. Two men and a child walk among the ruins. Cars destroyed by falling trees. Destroyed houses and the few that escaped damage. Debris and scattered remains of houses.
Twenty five thousand workers step out of railroad cars to work on building the Aswan Dam on River Nile in Egypt. A truck unloads tons of rocks and deposits on the banks of the Nile River. Engineers and engineering supervisors from Russia sit on scaffolds and plan the process. Rocks and manufacturing material transported across the river in a boat. Water slides down from a natural ramp.
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