Cardinal Roncalli proclaimed Pope in Vatican City. People gather at St Peter's Square in large numbers to watch the ceremony. He adopts the name of John XXIII. Crowd greets their new Pope. Pope addresses the people from the balcony of Sistine Chapel.
Football game between Cleveland Browns and Chicago Cardinals in Chicago. A large crowd gathers to watch the game. Cleveland's Bobby Joe Conrad kicks off the length of the field, where Chicago's Leroy Bolden receives it and runs the entire length of the field for a touchdown. Several other plays are seen. Crowd cheers and applaud. The Cleveland Browns win the game at Soldier Field by 38-24.
A meeting preliminary to the annual NATO sessions in Paris, France. Foreign Ministers of France Maurice Couve de Murville and British Foreign Secretary Lord Selwyn-Lloyd, confer with West Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Heinrich von Brentano. They come out of their cars and walk upstairs. They discuss with West Germany's Brentano in the conference hall.
People watch a humorous parakeet circus in Holland. Birds ride small bikes. A parrot walks on "high"wire tightrope. Two birds sleep on small beds. They wake up with the voice of an alarm.
Polish teenagers perform with hula hoops in Poland. Shots of men playing jazz on bass and piano. The girls dance with the hula hoops. A fat man tries to use the hula hoop and fails. Motion picture cameraman shooting the scene also swivels his hips.
Children assemble for a program of Season's Greeting to the nation in Washington DC. They stand on the stage and give Christmas and New Year's greeting to the nation on the microphone. Other people watch. They sing a Christmas song.