De Soto Festival Golf Tourney near Bradenton, Florida. Sign reads 'De Soto Lake', '500ft Golf and country club'. With spectators near him, Sam Snead tees off, followed by Jerry Barber. Crowds walk across the fairway following the players. One spectator wears a Spanish Conquistador's helmet. Arnold Palmer makes a 30 foot putt, to cheers from spectators. In the final round, Snead makes a long putt to nibble at Barber's lead. Non-contender, Bob Golby, thrills the crowd by making a 40 foot chip shot from off the green, that falls in with the pin still in the hole. Jerry Barber makes his last putt, but loses to Snead who putts out with a final score of 276, to Barber's 275.
Three bank robbers escape from Alcatraz prison in California on June 11, 1962. Escape proof Alcatraz prison at Island. Drainage pipe opening into the sea. Sign reads 'Keep Out'. People outside the prison. Official seated at a table, while photographers click pictures. Warden with pictures of three prisoners; Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin. Dummies in beds of the prisoners. Drain pipes at the top of a cell block. Coast guard watch looks through binoculars as San Francisco bay is searched. A helicopter flies overhead during the search.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) members speak and protest the ending of prohibition, in Washington D.C. Women members pose. One of the member states that she won't drink and that she will do everything to stop others from drinking alcohol. Another member prays and says that she wishes prohibition would come back. All of them say Amen three times.
U.S. Open Golf Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club in Detroit, Michigan. Sam Snead hits the ball and makes final putt. Ralph Guldahl wins the final round. Snead and Guldahl shake hands. People come to Ralph and congratulate him. Ralph and his wife pose.
San Francisco Security conference of representatives of four powers meets in Washington DC prior to the United Nations San Francisco Parley. United States Secretary of States Edward R. Stettinius Jr. meets British ambassador to U.S. Edward Wood (Lord Halifax), Russian ambassador to U.S. Andrei Gromyko, and Chinese ambassador to U.S., Dr. Wei Tao-ming. Assistant Secretary Archibald MacLeish speaks on a microphone. Chinese ambassador speaks. Assistant Secretary of State, Archibald MacLeish, poses and talks on a microphone.
The U.S. infantry school displays new 57mm and 75mm kickless and portable rifles at Fort Benning, Georgia. Two U.S. troops sit near a gun. Magazines lay near the gun and troops load guns. A rifle and a mortar hung as a soldier stands near it. Soldier loads mortar and it is fired. Soldiers fire recoilless gun. Blast occurs at target. (World War II period).
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