Aerial view of the abandoned German tanker ship,Essberger Chemist, listing in the Atlantic off the Azores, presenting a danger to Atlantic shipping. The British Frigate, HMS Salisbury (F32), in the vicinity of the stricken tanker. The owners ask the British Navy to sink the ship. British nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnaught, seen on the surface, after rushing to the scene, from Gibralter. She fires torpedoes that strike the Essberger Chemist. View of the derelict ship,listing to starboard and taking on water. Then the cargo of explosive chemicals ignites and smoke rises from the ship as explosions occur. Heavy black smoke billows from the stricken ship as it succumbs to the torpedoes and gunfire from the British frigate, HMS Salisbury. The Essberger Chemist slips below the water and sinks.
World's oldest man in Russia. 163 year old Shirali Mislimov, world's oldest man pulls a donkey in a field in Russia. He drinks tea with his third wife. Mislimov with a young boy as they take a walk.
Summer season in New York, United States. Children beat the heat at a water park. A boy drinks a shake and a girl licks a candy as the summers arrive. People sleep in the lawns. Women take to mini skirts during the season. Girls in minis walk in the streets. Children spray water on a car and drench themselves.
A newspaper strike comes to an end in New York, United States. Aerial view of Manhattan Island New York City with Empire State building skyscraper in background. Newspapers running on high speed printing presses, being printed after 114 days in New York newspaper strike by printing workers. A typesetter checks his work. The labor strike cost $450,000,000. Reporters at work in the news room. A reporter typing a story. People buy newspapers in the street, putting down coins while stacks of newspapers are delivered.. Trucks from the Daily Mirror, The New York World Telegraph, and The Sun deliver the papers. Night shot of traffic in Times Square with Canadian Club Whiskey and Admiral Television Appliances large neon light advertisements. People buy and read the newspapers at news stands the streets of New York.
A ticker tape parade to welcome King Hassan II of Morocco in New York, United States. A ticker tape parade from lower Broadway to the city hall to welcome King Hassan. People along the streets as they welcome the King. The King walks the last few blocks as the crowds cheer him. He is being greeted by Mayor Robert Wagner.
Southeast Asia movie premiere of 'The Ugly American' in Bangkok, Thailand. Hollywood star Marlon Brando and producer-director George Englund arrive in Bangkok for the premiere. Marlon Brando and George Englund disembark from a SAS Convair CV-990A plane “Adils Viking” (SE-DAY) at Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport as photographers take pictures. President Milton Rackmill and Vice President Americo Aboaf of the Universal Pictures at the airport. Many distinguished guests at the premiere of the movie. King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit arrive for the premiere.
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