A block of hotels and houses near Atlantic City's famed boardwalk caught on fire. Firemen trying to put out fire in hotel buildings. Smoke rising from the remains of the building. Firetruck next to burned out building still smoldering. As firemen brought the fire under control nine bodies were found in the ruins with 15 others missing. Firemen from six neighboring communities aided in fighting the fire.
Ocean waves hit the beach in Atlantic City. Building in background. Men and women walk on boardwalk. People ride in rolling chairs on the boardwalk. Shops lined on side of the boardwalk. Man walks on the boardwalk with a baby pram.
Ice skating performances Atlantic City. Opening ceremony of the 18th edition of the Ice Capades. Artists perform various acts involving ice skating. Spectators cheer them. Freddie Trenkler perform sidesplitting comedy acts.
Animal tamer Clyde Beatty tames lions in a circus in Atlantic City. Beatty tames caged lions. Spectators watch from outside the cages.
Dumping of radioactive material into the Atlantic Ocean. USS Calhoun County (LST-519) anchored at a port in New Jersey, United States. The American flag flies aboard the ship. Barrels or drums of atomic waste lined up on the deck of the ship. A map with a place marked on it. The map depicts the area in the Atlantic Ocean (seemingly off the coast of the Carolinas), where the atomic waste is to be disposed. Closer view of map shows writing, "Com Three Disposal Area" and a 2000 foot depth indication.
Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. U.S. Army Strategic Army Corps (STRAC) is assigned to U.S. Forces, Atlantic Command. U.S. troops take part in various military exercises. A U.S. Air Force aircraft takes off from an airstrip. U.S. 1st Armored Division tanks rolling. The U.S. Army starts to mobilize. Troops travel by trains and jeeps.
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