A junior boxing match in Annapolis, Maryland. Two boys boxing inside a ring. Journalists take photographs. A referee stands close to the two young boxers, who are children of Navy men. Junior boxers take swipes with gusto and oversized gloves. Family members and other Navy children watch the match outside the ring. Boy stands up from his corner and knocks his opponent. The referee restrains a boy before resuming the fight. Junior boxers fight. Junior boxers hug each other after the fight. A boy rush to his parents after the boxing match.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser launches the construction of the first Soviet-financed phase of Egypt's monumental Aswan High Dam project. King Mohammed V of Morocco attends the launch as the guest of honor. Crowds gathered under a large tent for the event. Egyptian military band playing music. Photographers take pictures of King Mohammed V of Morocco. President Nasser speaks to journalists. An enormous rockslide explosion takes place during the groundbreaking ceremony.
Protesters rally against Neo-Nazism in West Berlin. Tens of thousands of young Berliners rally to denounce resurgence of Neo-Nazism, following a rash of swastika-smearing incidents in Germany and the West. A marching band play drums in Berlin Charlottenburg. Rallyists carry a sign “Gegen Rassenhass” (“Against racial hatred” in English) near the Berliner Bank. Germans carrying banners and marching on the way to a memorial for victims of Nazism. Men and women holding torches during the march. The memorial for victims of Nazism, “Gedenkstein für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus”, at the Steinplatz park (Steinpl. 3, 10623 Berlin, Germany) in Charlottenburg, West Berlin. Flowers and candles are left on the first memorial for victims of Nazism in Berlin. Crowds surround a torch with flame. A man speaks out against Neo-Nazism during a rally in Steinplatz park.
Circus acts with animals in Berlin and Moscow. A pair of chimpanzees in human clothes perform in front of an audience. A chimpanzee wearing a dress swing in monkey bar. Chimpanzee band play musical instruments in Deutschlandhalle (Messedamm 26; 14055 Westend, Berlin) in Westend, Berlin. Chimpanzees dancing to music. A man brings a dog on stage. A little girl watches the circus show. A dog runs on a spinning table. Dog performing stunts. Tigers perform an aqua ballet with acrobats in Moscow, Russia. A tiger licks the head of an acrobat in the middle of a pool. A troupe of tigers happily splash and wading about in a fantastic aqua ballet.
The annual world barrel-jumping championship in Grossingers, New York. United States and Canadian flags in Grossingers, New York. A referee waves flag. Titleholder Leo Lebel performs a barrel jump speed skating. A Canadian contends in Grossingers but slips on the 14th barrel. Another contestant slips after performing barrel jump. A contestant’s barrel jump in the final round. Spectators clapping. Leo Lebel performs a leap of 15 barrels, 26 ft. 1 ½ inches. Leo Lebel kisses his wife and receives a trophy.
Skiers practice alpine slalom skiing in Switzerland. One hundred top skiers from 14 countries prepare for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. Athlete skiing on heavy snow. A skier tackling 72 gates in a 200-foot drop on a savagely difficult slalom course. Spectators watch the slalom skiing. More athletes tackle gates on slalom course. An athlete slips on slalom course. Snow is falling as a skier glides down the slalom slope and hairpin turns.
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