Bicyclists participate in the annual Six Day Bike race held in New York City's Madison Square Garden arena. Bikers ride on track. A participant gets a shave during a break in the multi-day event. Australian Velodrome champion Reggie McNamara eats food during a break. A biker falls and a man runs towards him. Race in progress. Bikers collide; a fallen biker lays on the side of the track. From a March 12, 1959 newsreel featuring events from 25 years earlier.
President Eisenhower visits Charlotte to celebrate "Freedom Day" commemorating the signing of Mecklenburg County's Declaration of Independence; President Eisenhower exits Columbine II aircraft (the first Air Force One) and is greeted by the Governor of the state and other dignitaries. President meets people at the airbase and shakes hands with him. Soldier salutes him. President talks to the dignitaries as they make their way across a stream. Many people gathered to celebrate the "Freedom Day". President sits eats along with other dignitaries at the Freedom Shrine. He sits in the car and many people stand with placards and boards, with welcome notes written on them to greet him.
The eve of South Korean's Independence Day.Narrator of the clip thanks the Soviet Republic for liberation of South Korea on this day. Shows engravings at the bottom of the Russian Tower of Liberation in Pyongyang that depicts Russian and Korean figures on it. Scenes of the sun rising at the horizon and scattered mountain ranges.15 August 1948.
Cowboys perform during a frontier days rodeo meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming. A wild horse race at Fort Francis E. Warren, a U.S. Army base. The rodeo cowboys perform bronco busting and bulldogging in a fenced area during the frontier days meet. Cowboy in dungarees wrestles a steer to the ground. Spectators cheer.
A pamphlet for Air Memorial Day, sponsored by the National Aeronautic Committee, to take place on DeMille Field in Hollywood. Planes in a parade advertising Air Memorial Day in Los Angeles. U.S. flags on the planes. Cars following the planes, including a bus from the White Bus Line. Signs displayed on the planes include, 'Type Ship Used by Colonel Bishop, Famous Royal Flying Corps Ace when he brought down his 63rd HUN' Another sign says, 'French SPAD Type Used by Rene Funk, World's Ace of Aces.' Planes in line on the field in Hollywood. Three American aces with a De Haviland-4 plane in the background.
African American children sit on bench and talk at Harlem Day Camp in Harlem, New York City. A man cuts a metal sheet. He makes it wear to a child. Children jump. Children sitting on ground speak and instructor stands by them. Numbers written in boxes on ground. Counselor gives children milk and sandwiches. T-shirts of men and a girl read "Harlem Day Camp".
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