Miss Universe 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium (1901 Convention Center Dr Miami Beach, FL 33139-1820) in Miami, Florida. Contestants from various countries walk down the stage at the Miss Universe contest. Linda Bement from the United States wins the 1960 Miss Universe title. Miss Universe 1959 winner Akiko Kojima crowns Linda as the new Miss Universe. Photographers click pictures as the new Miss Universe poses for the camera.
Fidel Castro visits New York City, April 15, 1959, and gives a speech to large crowd in New York's Central Park. Back in Cuba, revolutionaries show officials and members of the press, a prison cell and injuries suffered by a former prisoner. They display instruments of torture used by the Batista regime. Colonel Cornelio Rojas, Chief of Police in Santa Clara, is seen in jail cell. He is walked under guard by revolutionaries and stands against a wall before a firing squad who execute him on orders of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Revolutionaries bringing charges against Batista officials. People testify against them. Accused Lieutenant Enrique Despaigne Noret appears before a judgment panel. He is later seen, handcuffed, stepping from a vehicle at San Juan Hill,Santiago de Cuba, January 12, 1959. He stands before a firing squad and is allowed to write something on a paper. He is then shot and falls into a ditch or grave behind him.
U.S. Air Force X-15A rocket powered aircraft in flight in the United States. A USAF NB-52B Stratofortress aircraft taxis along an airfield. An X-15A aircraft under the wing of the NB-52B aircraft. The NB-52B aircraft takes off . Animated map depicts the flight of the X-15A aircraft to Edwards Air Force Base in California. Two men enter a building with a sign on it that reads 'National Aeronautics and Space Administration'. A woman and a man at controls inside the NASA building. Two men on the top of the building as they look through binoculars. The NB-52B aircraft in flight with the X-15A under its wing. Two technicians plot the course of flight of the NB-52 on a plotting board. Technicians at controls at the NASA. The X-15A aircraft detaches from the NB-52B aircraft.
The 31st Academy Awards night held at RKO Pantages Theater (6233 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States) in Hollywood, California. Huge crowd cheers. Famous actress Ingrid Bergman walks on the Red Carpet. Hollywood couple Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis attends the ceremony. Celebrities and movie stars present for the Oscars. Presenters James Cagney and Kim Novak announces the “Best Actress” award won by Susan Hayward as Barbara Graham in the movie “I Want to Live!”. Irene Dunne announces the winner of the “Best Actor” award. The “Best Actor” award is won by David Niven for his role as Major David Angus Pollock in “Separate Tables”.
World's Three Cushion Championship in billiards (pool). Welker Cochrane and Johnny Layton play a billiards game. They shake hands. Johnny Layton wins the match. He gets prize. The champion medal. From a March 12, 1959 newsreel featuring events from 25 years earlier.
United States Marine Corps (USMC) pass in a review at Camp Pendleton in California, USA. Trucks loaded with troops and tanks advance in a field. Formations of planes pass in the skies. Marines parade in mechanized columns carrying American and USMC flags in hands.
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