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.
Posters of U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower on buildings during his visit to China. A banner reads "Long live Sino-US friendship". Large crowd during procession welcomes President Eisenhower with banners and President's cutout. Sailors on a ship in sea at Northern coast of Taiwan. A helicopter arrives. Soldiers with the U.S. and Chinese flags. Military officers walk. A U.S. Marine helicopter lands. Chinese dignitaries and diplomats. President Eisenhower arrives in helicopter. President meets diplomats and Chiang Kai Shek. An American photographer clicks photos. President Eisenhower reviews honor guard with Chiang Kai Shek. President Chiang Kai Shek addresses. President Eisenhower addresses. Both Presidents shake hands. President Eisenhower shakes hands with officers. He sits in car. Planes fly over head. Presidential motorcade goes. People show banners in Chinese. Traditional dances by Chinese women. President Eisenhower waves to a large crowd sitting in car. American children with flags in their hands.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower comes out of a car and meets Republic of China President Chiang Kai Shek and his wife Soong Mei-ling on Chiang’s estate. They all walk to the private chapel of the Chiang estate where they attend services. President and Madam Chiang entertain President Eisenhower at a reception in their home. President Chiang sees President Eisenhower off at the airport. President Eisenhower speaks briefly at Taipei Songshan airport. President waves at door of airplane.
General of Army, Douglas MacArthur, speaking on the steps of the Mississippi State Legislature, addresses a joint assembly of the Mississippi State Legislature, and citizens, in Jackson, Mississippi. MacArthur emphasizes that charity begins at home. He questions the merits of America spending billions to fight communism abroad. Further, he questions the commitment of European nations to fight against communism. He notes that the U.S.A. had spiritual leadership of the world, backed by the greatest military power in history, at the end of World War 2. But he claims the U.S. dissipated that power, by betraying Nationalist China; and permitting the Soviet Union to expand into Eastern European countries; while American disarmed and demobilized.
A china saucepan of 26 mm diameter in Peenemunde, Germany. A test tube length 100mm. Saucer plates of diameters 60 and 80mm. A machine and its parts labeled. Distance between upper and lower part is 250mm. An arrow indicates a drop dipped from upper part of machine to lower. Smoke comes out of the lower part. Explosion takes place and the lower part catches fire. (World War II period).
May Day celebrations in Berlin, East Germany (German Democratic Republic or GDR). Parade of civilians and workers through the streets of Berlin. View of Brandenburg Gate in distance. The marching troops salute the German President, Wilhelm Pieck, at the reviewing stands. Among the spectators also are officials from China. The President waves at the workers and children. A huge crowd, nearly half are women, present to witness the parade.