U.S. President John Kennedy attends the first ballgame played at the new $20 million District of Columbia Stadium, or DC Stadium, in April 1962. 45,000 spectators in stands for the opening of the stadium and the Major League Baseball season. Glimpse of the new DC Stadium in Washington, DC, filled with baseball fans. President John F. Kennedy enters the ballpark, accompanied by David Francis Powers, and proceeds toward seats bearing the Presidential seal. Spectators in nearby seats stand to greet the President, and several shake his hand. Scene shifts to players and newsmen on the field all focused on President Kennedy. News photographers are busy photographing him. Camera shifts to President Kennedy making a long throw followed by the ballplayers scrambling for it on the ballfield. View of the President smiling after his throw, with Illinois Republican Senator Everett Dirksen standing to his left, and slightly behind him, and David Powers to his right. Senator George Smathers of Florida is laughing behind them. The President bends down momentarily revealing Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, directly behind him and Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, at Mansfield's right. Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher, wearing sun glasses is behind and to left of Dirksen. Closeup of Home plate umpire Charlie Berry shouting "Play Ball!" after brief rain delay. Lights are on during daytime as game is played. Washington Senators player hits single to left field. Senators go on to beat the visiting Detroit Tigers 4-1. (Note: The stadium was later renamed Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, or RFK Stadium, in 1969).
Eugene Claude Harmon wins the 1948 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club (2604 Washington Rd, Augusta, GA 30904, United States) in Augusta, Georgia. Golf players hit balls on the golf course. The golf players include Eugene Claude Harmon, Lloyd Mangrum, Emmett Cary Middlecoff, and Bobby Locke. Spectators watch the tournament. Claude Harmon wins the Masters Tournament. He receives a trophy. Cary Middlecoff places second.
The Sammamish Slough Outboard Classic in Seattle, Washington. The race starts. Boat racing skippers underway at Lake Washington while in the race. A racing skipper climbs up a ridge terrain beside the lake and falls down. Boat racing skippers pass along a narrow, twisted and inland waterway. A cow runs away. A woman and clothes on a string in the foreground.
Bonus Army demonstrators at Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. Views of U.S. Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue. Demonstrators of Bonus Army on the street. Washington DC police drag veterans from a Pennsylvania Avenue warehouse and load them onto trucks.
Police disperse Bonus Army demonstrators in Washington DC. Police officer climbs ladder and drags World War 1 veterans from old abandoned building planned for demolition. U.S. flag on the building. Lacking ability to control the situation, District of Columbia authorities appeal to President Herbert Hoover who orders the U.S. Army to restore order. U.S. Army cavalry are seen entering the area followed by several M1917 tanks.
Bonus Army demonstrators are dispersed by armed guards and tear gas in Washington DC. Cavalry and tank units patrol the city. Police disperse veterans of Bonus army. Veterans are routed by tear gas.
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