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Bill Muncey wins Speedboat Gold Cup in the U.S.A. Donald Campbell sets new water speed record in the UK.

American Power Boat Association (APBA)Gold Challenge Cup race on Lake Washington,Seattle,Washington, August 10th, 1957. Hydroplanes are seen traversing the 90 mile course in 30 mile heats at high speed. One hydroplane motionless in the water,after its engine quit. The winning boat is Miss Thriftway, driven by Bill Muncey, who is seen standing next to the large Gold Cup trophy. Change of scene to England, November 7, 1957, where a group of men stand on a pier next to the Bluebird II, jet-powered speedboat. Owner, Donald Malcolm Campbell, is seen getting into the boat. A man onshore sits at an electronic speed recording device. The Bluebird II, driven by Donald Campbell, is seen speeding across Coniston Water lake in Cumbria, England, where it achieved a new water speed record of 239 mph.

Date: 1957, August 10
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069558
President of Cuba Dr.Ramon Grau San Martin is forced to resign in crisis, Havana, Cuba.

President of Cuba Dr.Ramon Grau San Martin with cabinet officials at the Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. A group of Cuban Government officials seated and standing in two rows pose for photograph. Dr.Ramon Grau San Martin, President of Cuba, who is forced to resign in a crisis, seated with other officials on Terraza Norte (North Terrace) of the Presidential Palace on Avenida de las Misiones in Havana. (Among the cabinet is Secretary of Interior, Dr. Antonio [Tony] Guiteras --born in Philadelphia, USA.) A large crowd gathered outside. Vehicles among the crowd. Government officials climb up the stairs and enter the building. Guards stand on either side of the stairs. The officials inside the building. The officials on North Terrace of the Presidential Palace and a large crowd outside.

Date: 1934, January 15
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055011
U.S. Navy personnel greet returning families to Guantanamo, Cuba after Soviet Union's decision to dismantle missiles in Cuba.

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agrees to dismantle Soviet missiles in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. U.S. battleships at U.S. Navy Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. A U.S. Navy band plays. A sign reads 'Hi Honey Dinner's Defrostin' Navy personnel greet their family members who were evacuated during the crisis as they disembark from ships. Americans entering a small church to attend services. Reconnaissance photos show dismantled missiles. Soviet ships carry missiles out of Cuba. Americans walk along streets in the United States.

Date: 1962, October
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070177
Eddie Mathews homer lifts Milwaukee Braves over New York Yankees, game 4 of the 1957 Baseball World Series

Newsreel clip on game four of baseball's 1957 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Braves at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Exterior view of the stadium, surrounded by big 1950s style cars. Shots of Braves' teepee and Indian logos. Closeup of Elston Howard, the first African American man to play for the Yankees. Howard hits a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game. Medium shot of fans in the stands. The Yankees go ahead in the top of the tenth but Braves third baseman Eddie Mathews blasts a three-run homer in the bottom of tenth to win the game and even the series at 2-2. Mathews mobbed by jubilant teammates at home plate.

Date: 1957, October 6
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042906
Teen water ski champions compete at the 1957 Water Ski World Championship in Cypress Gardens, Florida.

The 1957 Water Ski World Championship at Cypress Gardens, Florida. A 12-year-old Mexican boy and a 10-year-old American girl (Martha Ann Williams of Long Beach, California) water ski champions stage a show at Cypress Gardens. They perform various waterskiing stunts. Martha Ann Williams wins 1st overall gold cup at Cypress Gardens. Swiss water skier Marina Ricolfi-Doria (later the Princess of Naples, Duchess Of Savoy), performs a stunt by putting her right foot on the handle before turning her body while skiing.

Date: 1957, April 18
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056228
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Joint Resolution on the Middle East dated 9th March, 1957 in Washington DC.

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Joint Resolution on the Middle East in Washington DC. Interiors of the White House shows President Dwight Eisenhower signing the Joint Resolution on the Middle East dated 9th March, 1957. The document shows signature of Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives. It is countersigned by Carl Hayden. Under his signature, the typed words," Vice President of the United States" have been lined through, leaving President of the Senate, over which Hayden presided, as President pro tem, in the absence of Vice President Nixon, who was traveling, at the time. President Eisenhower wrote "approved" and signed the document.

Date: 1957, March 9
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061330