Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visits coal mines in Fife (Fifeshire), Scotland. Mine workers give them a great ovation. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wear overalls, gumboots or Wellingtons and miner’s helmets during their visit. Queen Elizabeth II goes down into the mine to inspect the network of tunnels. Prince Philip chatting with a miner. Miners cheer for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
Newsreel ' Pin point Para-jump in Paris'. World's championship parachute competition in Paris. Several parachutes in air. Jumpers from nine nations vie for a cloth target on ground. A double leap by a husband and wife team.
Fidel Castro leads the Cuban revolution against Batista's regime. Fidel Castro along with his forces in the rugged mountains of Oriente province of Cuba during the revolution. He speaks to men and women. Men make arms and hand grenades. They work on mimeograph machines and radio sets to transmit messages. Castro with men as they look at a map and plan the strategy for the attack on Batista's Army. Castro's Army fires at National police and Batista's Army as they engage in jungle warfare. Fulgenico Batista with his children and wife appears before the press. Men click pictures of Batista with his family.
Gala dinner celebrating the 40th anniversary of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes- Lyon and Princess Margaret arrive at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Air Force. The Queen and the other members of the royal family are seated at the dinner table. The Queen raises the toast at the occasion and drinks followed by others.
The USS Forrestal is seen tied up at a pier in her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia. View of a metal plaque reading: U.S.S. Forrestal CVA-59. Rear Admiral, Charles D. Griffin, Commander of Carrier Division 4, welcomes the visitors aboard the Forrestal (his flagship). Scene shifts to the aircraft carrier deck, where numerous McDonnell F3H-2 Demon aircraft are parked. View of visitors on the flight deck near the Island with many aircraft parked with wings folded in background. The narrator visitor seen with his guide, Lieutenant Kirk Carter. Nose view of an A4D-2 aircraft of VA-72 (Hawks), being worked on by plane captain. Hawks painted on the nose. Red shirt armorers loading ammunition. The civilian guests conversing with ship's personnel. Ship's captain, Richard E. Kibbe, talking with a visitor. The order to cast off being sent from the bridge. Ship's company lined up in formation in dress whites. A group of Blue shirt flight deck crewmen conversing. View of a landing mirror landing aid. View from the air, of the Forrestal underway. Some AD-6 Skyraider aircraft start engines, with wings folded. A Piasecki HUP-2 helicopter preparing for takeoff. Several Douglas A-3 Skywarrior aircraft are catapulted from the Forrestal. The Guided Missile Cruiser, USS Boston (CAG-1) passing the Forrestal.
View from deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal (CV-59) as a U.S. Navy Douglas A4 D aircraft demonstrates Loft bombing (AKA tossed bombing). The aircraft pulls up as if beginning a loop, and then releases the bomb as the aircraft starts to reverse direction inverted. The bomb is seen in flight leaving a condensation trail.
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