A college football game between the U.S. Air Force Academy and the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA ) in Los Angeles, California. The game in progress. Spectators cheer. The U.S. Air Force Academy wins the game over the Bruins, defeating UCLA 17-11.
Various tests being conducted at the Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. A pilot under goes a reaction test as he moves up and down on a vertical accelerator. Another pilot undergoes a test on a vibration table. A breathing apparatus checks for effect on pilots' lungs. A pilot wearing a MC-2 full pressure suit inside a heat chamber. The pilot being tested under extreme temperature and pressure conditions.
Florida game wardens run down deer stranded in the Everglades by high water. The wardens in speeding airboats across the wetlands. A helicopter for assistance in flight overhead. The wardens bull dog panicked deer trying to escape. The deer are wrapped in sacks to protect them from their own panic. The wardens load the deer aboard the airboats and bring them to safety on high ground.
The Princeton Tigers and Harvard Crimson battle it out in the Ivy League Big Three in Princeton, New Jersey. Spectators cheer in the packed stadium. The game progresses. Spectators under umbrellas. The Tigers lead 14-6 at the start of the final quarter. The Princeton Tigers beat the Harvard Crimson 14-12.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States November 8, 1960. John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy during a ticker tape parade (this was on October 19, 1960 in New York City during the presidential campaign). The two ride in a convertible through the city streets and greet the gathered crowd. People cheer and greet the President-elect. Photographers click pictures of the event. John Kennedy votes during the presidential elections on November 8. JFK among his supporters. President-elect John Kennedy with the Vice President-elect, Lyndon B Johnson, in a gathering at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port on November 9.
Americans who fought with Loyalist troops in Spain during Spanish Civil War, against General Franco's Nationalist Insurgents (Abraham Lincoln Brigade), are hailed in New York. They are welcomed by huge crowds as they arrive on the ship SS Paris. Men smoke cigarettes and pipes aboard the ship as it enters New York. Mounted policemen keep a vigil and control the crowd. Large crowds gathered on the streets. The returning men march through the New York City streets in a reception parade. People join them and parade with banners and posters. A poster reads 'American Youth Welcome Veterans of Linoln Brigade'.
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