20th anniversary of Sixth Fleet aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVA-62) in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship's band play on the flight deck. Men standing in the background in whites and neckerchiefs. The band playing the instruments on the flight deck. The Chief Band Master, directing the band. Marine Honor Guards and sideboys in the background. The band playing on the flight deck; Chief Band Master in foreground. A UH-2C helicopter flying over the flight deck. Personnel seen scattered throughout the deck area in the foreground. The Marine Honor Guard at parade rest on the flight deck. Marine in the Honor Guard. A UH-46A helicopter, coming in over the flight deck forward with VIPs aboard. Side boys, Marine Honor Guards in position in the foreground. Boatswain's Mate preparing to blow the Boatswain's pipe. The sideboys come to the salute. A French Naval Officer, comes through the ranks of Sideboys, is greeted by the Vice Admiral. Vice Admiral William I. Martin and Rear Admiral Geis. The sideboys at attention, coming to the salute. French Naval Officer is greeted by Vice Admiral Martin and Rear Admiral Geis. Other Naval officers greeted by Vice Admiral. Vice Admiral Martin on the flight deck. Capt. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Captain USNR, greeted by Vice Admiral Martin and Rear Admiral Geis. Capt. Fairbanks Jr. leaves as Vice Admiral Martin greets a USA officer, followed by more NATO officers, coming in and leaving. The UH- 46A lifting off from the flight deck. Marines and Naval personnel lined up in the foreground in two ranks facing each other.
20th anniversary of Sixth Fleet aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVA-62) in the Mediterranean Sea. Captain Douglas Fairbanks Jr. USNR and unit. A USA officer on the flight deck watching the event. The ship's mast in the background. A guest officer on the flight deck. Officers on the flight deck. Capt. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in the mid foreground. Vice Admiral Martin and Rear Admiral Geis coming to attention, prepares for honors. The sideboys at attention. More high ranking officers enter and are greeted by Admiral S. Martin and Rear Admiral Geis. U.S. Army General L. Lemnitzer, entering and being greeted in the foreground by Vice Admiral Martin, United States Sixth Fleet (Comsixthflt). Vice Admiral Martin, General Lemnitzer and Rear Admiral Geis on the speaker's stand. A foreign Naval officer; the ship's mast in the background. Newsmen on the flight deck with their cameras. Officers and guests standing in the background. Vice Admiral Martin, General Lemnitzer and Rear Admiral Geis at the salute on the rostrum. Civilians, news photographers in the foreground taking movies of the event. A Marine Orderly at the salute. A DD class ship, firing the salute. Men salute, facing the flight deck area. Smoke envelopes the ship in the background, during the firing of the salute. The Marine Honor Guard presents arms on the flight deck. The Marine officer in charge of the Marine Honor Guards. The Marine Honor Guard at attention. General Lemnitzer speaking from the rostrum. The officers in the foreground.
Exterior view of Pan American Union Building in Washington DC, with a 1930s Packard four door sedan-limousine parked in front. A man entering the building. Jefferson Caffery, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, seated in an office and reviewing paperwork. Narrator describes the creation of the Good Neighbor Fleet (where Moore-McCormack Lines, also called Mooremack, was contracted to run three ocean liners of the U.S. Maritime Commission between the USA and South America, called the Good Neighbor Fleet.) Close up picture of brochure advertising the new fleet, and picturing the three ships (The California, Virginia and Pennsylvania from the former Panama Pacific Line, with new names Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina.) Next scene shows 3 men meeting (this is possibly Moore-McCormack Lines founder Albert V. Moore, on right, seated at a table and in discussion, possibly with U.S. Maritime officials. Man on left is possibly Emmet McCormack.) Passengers aboard liner SS Brazil as it departs port. Crowd on docks wave at the ship leaving New York harbor. View from on board SS Brazil in New York Harbor as a nearby tug boat sprays water. Skyline and skyscrapers of New York City's Manhattan Island seen in background. Map of South America showing route of a Good Neighbor ship. Good Neighbor Fleet ships at a harbor in South America. U.S. State Department diplomats in South America beside one of the ships as fleet service is inaugurated. Exterior view of Pan American Union building and its sign in Washington DC (later called the building of the Organization of American States). President Ortiz of Argentina, President Alfredo Baldomir of Uruguay, and President Getulio Vargas of Brazil are shown in discussion with various officials.
Zelli’s Royal Box night club in Paris, owned by Joe Zelli and located at 16 bis rue Fontaine. Several tables set in the club. People seated at the tables. The room is decorated. Bottles of alcoholic beverages are evident everywhere. An African American dancer performs in the center of the dance floor. Audience cheers and claps. An African American ensemble plays jazz and patrons dance. The trumpet player is Crickett Smith, and the drummer is USA Army Corporal Eugene Bullard. Patrons are seen on the dance floor under a chandelier with streamers. A balcony is seen above, where so-called "Royal Boxes"were arranged allowing patrons to watch festivities below. (Note: Bullard lived a storied life. Among other things, he served in World War 1 as one of 200 U.S. servicemen who flew for France. He was the first African American combat pilot and the first to shoot down enemy aircraft, and was decorated multiple times for valor. He was living in the Montmartre section of Paris after World War 1, which was known as a center for American Jazz music. He learned to play drums from the pioneer jazz musician Louis Mitchell and played in the house band at Zellis nightclub before taking over the management of a nightclub called Le Grand Duc, in 1924. The 2006 movie "Flyboys" portrayed members of the Lafayette Flying Corps and included a character based on Bullard.)
Celebrations in Havana, Cuba as Cuban rebels led by Fidel Castro take over the city. Citizens marching in the streets carrying 26th of July banners (date in 1953 the coup began). Jubilant throngs of people. Newspaper man selling papers with large headline "Se Fue Batista" indicating that Batista has fled the country. Crowds smashing gambling machines in the streets. Hoards of students streaming from the University of Havana joining the celebrations. U.S. tourists leaving a hotel with packed luggage and taking refuge at the U.S. Embassy (being taken there in U.S. Military cars), and then leaving Havana on airplanes to return to the USA. Rebel fighters with beards entering the city. Views of Fidel Castro, a number of his lieutenants, and rebel fighters somewhere in the mountains. The Cuban flag flying.
A speed skating competition in New York. Speed skaters race each other in a snowy, short track speed skating rink. A contestant slides off the track near the audience. Contestant 18 wins the race. A smiling contestant. A speed skating competition for teenagers begin. Teenage speed skaters flawlessly race in the snowy rink. Audience cheers as the winner approaches the finish line. Teenage speed skating winner, wearing a USA sweater. Female skaters begin speed skating in the snowy, short track speed skating rink. Contestant 458 finishes the race first. Winner of the speed skating- women’s division, wearing an “Iceland” sweatshirt with New York Yankee logo on the arm.
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