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President John F Kennedy with his wife on visit to South American countries.
President John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy being welcomed by Governor Luis Munoz Marin of Paraguay in Paraguay. Students welcome President kenndy and show banner. Formal dinner at Governor's mansion. President flies to Venezuela. Venezualan President Romulo Betancourt recieves President Kennedy at airport in Caracas. Large crowd gather to see president. President calls his wife Jacqueline to speak. She comes and addresses in Spanish. Crowd cheer. President with his wife arrives in Bogota, Colombia. Dignitaries receive President Kennedy. President sitting with others at dining table during State Dinner.
Miss Universe Winner, Miss Argentina, Norma Beatriz Nolan, with crown on her head.
Contestants compete at the 1962 Miss Universe at the Miami Beach Auditorium (Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States) in Miami, Florida. Contestants such as Miss Colombia Olga Lucía Botero Orozco, Miss Finland Anja Aulikki Järvinen, and Miss Haiti Evelyn Miot, are seen on stage. Photographers click photos. Outgoing titleholder Marlene Schmidt of Germany crowns Miss Argentina (Miss Argentine) Norma Beatriz Nolan with the Miss Universe 10th Annivrsary Crown (also known as the Rhinestone Crown). Closer view of Miss Universe 1962 Norma Nolan after receiving award and seated on winners' throne. 1st Runner-up Miss Iceland Anna Geirsdóttir, 2nd Runner-Up Miss Finland Anja Aulikki Järvinen, and 3rd Runner-Up Miss Republic of China Helen Liu Shiu-Man, stand beside the Miss Universe throne.
Sargent Shriver delivers a speech in New York, United States about the goodwill created by the efforts of Peace Corps.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver delivers a speech about the success of Peace Corps volunteers. He narrates an incident about how President Kennedy received a warm welcome in Colombia because due to the efforts of Peace Corps volunteers people believed America was on their side. He says that Peace Corps have led people all over the world to believe that America is sincerely working for the poor.
Sargent Shriver speaks about the Peace Corps prior to its establishment at a press conference in Sheraton, Chicago, Illinois.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps at a press conference prior to the establishment of Peace Corps in Chicago, Illinois. While answering the questions from members of the press Shriver says that after a tour of various countries all over the world a number of nations have demanded the Peace Corps volunteers. He says that some countries require all kinds of skilled personnel whereas some require volunteers in specific fields. He says that the first group of volunteers will leave in October for either Africa or Colombia. He talks about the tour of Nigeria where they visited almost all the major regions of the country. Members of the press take pictures and take down notes. Cameramen record the press conference.
Effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II, and early international efforts to control atomic weapons
Film showing city of Hiroshima, Japan, before and after the August 6, 1945 dropping of the atomic bomb over the city in World War 2. Sequence opens on what the narrator says is August 5, 1945, the day before the event (but the footage is likely from before that date). Camera pans over the city of Hiroshima before the atomic bomb destroyed the city. Japanese air raid lookouts are seen on watch for allied bombers. View of atomic bomb detonation as seen from aircraft high overhead (this is actually a view of the Nagasaki blast, not the Hiroshima blast despite narrator's comments). Next, the complete destruction of the city of Hiroshima is seen from camera at low altitude showing the four and one half square miles of the city flattened and burned. A Japanese hospital still functioning, with red cross flag on it. Hospital workers retrieving wounded victims of the bombing. Ambulatory victims clustered in doorways and halls. Shadow image of a large industrial valve wheel burned onto wall behind it. Similar image of a ladder burned onto a wall. The decorative pattern on a woman's dress burned onto skin of her back. Japanese physicians treating victims of thermal and radiation burns. Views of various victims, including some children, and their respective injuries. Scene shifts forward one year, to August 6, 1946. Children are lined up outside a school building, and then seen inside their classroom. Disfiguration and wounds on children resulting from injuries are still evident on the children at their desks. Sequence shifts again, this time to an early United Nations meeting with delegates grappling with the issue of controlling nuclear power and atomic weapons. Closeup view of American delegates, including James F. Byrnes (Secretary of State)and James B. Conant, President of Harvard University in the assembly. Closeups of representatives from South Asian nations. Closeup of USSR delegation, headed by Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov. Signs identifying delegates from Colombia, Egypt, Iraq, Bolivia, China. Final sequence shows several U.S. atomic scientists in their respective laboratories, including Enrico Fermi and Vannevar Bush. United States representative to the UN, Warren Austin, speaking about the so-called Baruch Plan, for international control of atomic weapons. (Principal author, Bernard Baruch, is standing behind speaker's left shoulder.) USSR delegation, headed by permanent representative, Andrei Gromyko, who is seen presenting the Soviet plan. View of explosion and mushroom cloud during U.S. Operation Crossroads atomic bomb test in the Pacific.
Delegates from many nations at the 7th assembly of the League of Nations
Delegates of the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations at the Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva, Switzerland. Shows Norwegian delegate Dr. Fridtjof Nansen; President of International Labor Organization Thomas Albert; Count Johann-Heinrich Von Bernstroff of Germany and a host of inventors and reformers. Delegates at ease before for the council meeting at the Palais Des Nations (Quai Wilson 47, 1201 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva, Switzerland. Japanese delegates pose for a group photo at the League's gardens. Latin American delegates converse. Shows Mr. Francisco Urrutia Olano of Colombia and Mr. Alberto Guani of Uruguay in conversation.
