Roman Catholic clergymen attend requiem mass for late Pope Pius XI in New York City. Laymen stand beside road. Clergymen arrive at the St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) in a line. Bishop Donahue sits at a platform before catafalque. He and other clergymen perform rituals to pray for late Pope Pius XI.
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.
United States President John F Kennedy addresses General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. View of the United Nations headquarters in New York City. President Kennedy addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations- September 25, 1961. “Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.” President Kennedy said. Dignitaries arrive in Moscow. Dean Rusk, Secretary of State of the United States, Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister and Alec Douglas Home, British Foreign Minister signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Moscow. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev claps with others on the signing of the Treaty. President John F Kennedy signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at White house, Washington DC. Dean Rusk seen with other Senators.
A passener airplane crashes in East River in New York, while en route from Boston to New York. A boat and a helicopter come to rescue passengers and crew. A wing of the plane seen in the river.
A large crowd visits outdoor gallery of needy artists in Greenwich Village, New York City, during the Great Depression. The scene emulates a Paris street scene of people viewing and purchasing art. Crowd viewed from the street as they look at works of artists displayed for sale, on a wooden fence enclosing a construction site in Greenwich Village, New York City. Closeup of a painting depicting an Arab on horseback. View of crowd further along the street, where paintings are displayed on fences of residences in foreground and others on kiosks near trees in Washington Square park in the background. Closeup of a man at work on a canvas and another of a woman working on a still life with fruit. More visitors and paintings are seen and a view of Washington Square Arch at end of street in background. View from second story of a building, looking down on crowd looking at artwork displayed on easels set up in front of a building. A man making a purchase from a woman artist. He holds it up for the camera.
African American children play baseball and other sports while attending a day camp operated by the Children's Aid Society of the city of New York and Boys Club in Harlem, New York. Girls play Jacks and Chinese Checkers. They also swing on a swing set. Children bathe and play in a large water fountain on a hot summer day. Children nap on the ground. A teacher or counselor looks at drawings done by the children.
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