Sam Snead wins the Dallas Open professional golf tournament in Texas. The players include John McMullin, Julius Boros and Gary Player. Sam birdies the first hole in a sudden death struggle. Players stroke the ball and hole it in. A crowd at the golf course watches the match.
Barnstorming wing walker Lillian Boyer performs stunt in which she moves from a speeding car onto a Curtiss JN-4 airplane, in flight, at the state fair in Dallas,Texas. After grabbing hold, she climbs up a rope ladder onto the moving aircraft.
Dual World Premiere of Hollywood movie "The War Wagon" in Dallas and Fort Worth,Texas. In Dallas: John Wayne disembarks from a helicopter. He arrives for the premiere of his film The War Wagon. Co star Bruce Cabot receives a certificate. Barbecue and press reception being organized. Stars and celebrities gathered at the dinner reception for celebration of John's birthday. John cuts a cake. In Fort Worth: John Wayne arrives for the premiere. Large crowd of civilians gathered to greet Wayne. Valora Noland and Joanna Barnes also attend the premiere. Cowboy bands play and Native American Indian dancers perform.
Report from Texas: Texas' contribution to World War II on both battlefield and home front. Horsemen gallop across the terrain. Man on horse with cattle. Texas increases its production of synthetic rubber, magnesium, sulphur and agricultural products. Factories and industries. Construction work underway. An airfield. Soldiers march. Views of Dallas, Houston, Fredericksburg, Hotel Nimitz, Ft. Worth, Kerrville, Pampa, San Antonio, Kilgore, El Paso, Beaumont, Wichita Falls, San Angelo and Austin.
A television presentation 'Welcome to Texas' welcomes U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on his visit to Dallas. A presenter reports on the President's Chamber of Commerce breakfast speech at the Hotel Texas (815 Main St. Town or city, Fort Worth, Texas) in Fort Worth. Guards at the entrance to the conference hall. Officials, members, and others seated inside the hall. Officials and Secret Service agents enter and leave the hall. Dignitaries including Vice President Lyndon B Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson seated at tables on the stage. Attendants stand behind the seated guests. Policemen and Secret Service agents inside the hall. A 'Chamber of Commerce' banner on the stage. Officials, agents and guards at the hall entrance. These events took place on the morning of President Kennedy's assassination.
Assassination of United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Past events show the activities of the President. The President waves towards a large crowd gathered on a street to greet him. The President with his wife and other officials standing on a platform and being greeted by people. The President with other dignitaries standing on a platform. Buildings along the sides of a street. The President standing in the balcony of a building with his family. People greet the President as he disembarks from Air Force One aircraft in Dallas with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, and other officials. People present flower bouquets to him. The President seated in a car with his wife. The car moves past people on a road. A crowd cheers for him. The President is shot dead. He is taken to a hospital where the doctors declare him dead. People cry standing on the streets. A newspaper headlines read: 'President Dead'. Exterior of the White House in Washington DC. The flag of the U.S. is lowered on the building. People pray in a church. Exterior of the UN Headquarters building in New York. Officials mourn in the building.
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