Gregory C. (Greg) Bell, a sophomore at Indiana University, is seen making his record-setting long jump of 26' 7", to win the national collegiate title on June 14, 1957, in Austin Texas. Bell sitting on the ground after his jump. Sequence shifts to the track where Don Bowden, of California, is running well ahead of favored Ron Delany, of Villanova, to win the 800 meter run in 1 minute and 47.2 seconds. (Note: Delany won the 1500 meter run in 4 minutes 6 and a half minutes.) The next day, on June 15, 1957, Bob Gutowski, of Occidental College,California, is seen breaking the World record in the pole vault at a height of 15 feet 9 3/4 inches. He poses momentarily afterwards.
Crowd in front of Little Rock Central High School (2120 W Daisy L Gatson Bates Dr, Little Rock, AR 72202), protesting against desegregation called by a United States Court Order in 1957, during Civil Rights movement. 36th Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus at a press conference. National Guard in front of Little Rock Central High School. 101st Airborne Division Federal troops running. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks on enforcing Arkansas to respect court order and constitution. A U.S. Army Airborne Federal troop service man assists two African American students into a car. Airborne Federal troops assisting and guarding African-American students to get inside their car. Airborne Federal troops escort the car with African-American students on their way to school. 101st Airborne Division troops apprehend white teenagers and force others away at bayonet point. Airborne Federal troops escort an apprehended teenager. Students walk toward the school. An army truck passes by. Airborne Federal troops and federalized National Guard troops surrounding the Little Rock Central High School. Little Rock Central High School students crowd in front of the school as the troops apprehend them. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ends his speech with the words, “thus will be restored the image of America and all its parts as one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”.
U.S. Major General Curtis LeMay in the United States. General Nathan Twining presents the Daedalian trophy to General LeMay at his office on August 17, 1953. General Reginald C Harmon, Judge Advocate General stands on the stage. The Advocate General administers the oath of office of USAF Vice Chief of Staff to General LeMay in 1957. Various dignitaries in the background. General LeMay in the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft during his non stop and non refueled flight from Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts. People look towards the sky as the aircraft takes off for Buenos Aires.
Major events of the year 1957. Aerial view of a town in shambles after Audrey hurricane hit the area killing 300 people in Louisiana, United States. Deserted town, houses submerged in water as a result of the hurricane. A destroyed town of Cameron. A man in a field submerged in water, wreckage on ground. Women and children outside their houses.
Major events of the year 1957. Volunteers and firefighters carry on an operation to rescue Benny Hooper from the bottom of a 20 feet deep well in New York, United States. Benny put in an ambulance after being rescued after 24 hours.
Major events of the year 1957. George Metesky charged with bombing of 21 places in New York after arrest by police. Photographers take his pictures. Colonel Abel, a Soviet spy, after arrest by Marshal Agents in Brooklyn, New York.
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