A United States Navy New Mexico class battleship (believed to be the USS Idaho) is seen underway off Okinawa in World War 2. Heavy flak (antiaircraft gun fire) in the sky. Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber aircraft) in the skies under heavy flak fire. Kamikaze dives and strikes a battleship that appears to be the USS Tennessee (BB-43) throwing up a ball of flame. In the background is a smoking Destroyer, probably the USS Zellars (DD-777) which was already hit by one or two Kamikazes. The Zellars and Tennessee were a short distance ahead of the Idaho during the attack. The USS Zellars was dead in the water as the USS Idaho passed it.
Postmaster General and other dignitaries present at the 70th National Convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Kansas City, Missouri. Michael F. Shannon named new exalted ruler.
Britain's annual Earls Court Motor Show in London. Showcases a world-wide range of cars. Show includes Britain's ultra-luxury cars, Detroit's newest models, Russian cars for export trade, Europe's new "baby" cars, and do-it-yourself car builder's kit.
U.S. Air Force Starts its 'Operation Haylift' to save the starving livestock of the Western ranges, as new blizzard lash the distressed areas. Ranchers help load bales of hay aboard cargo planes which are dropped above the blizzard bound herds of cattle and sheep.
America's amateur divers dive at a pool in Palm Springs, California, United States, in preparation for upcoming Olympic trials. Somersaults, flips and twist dives performed by the athletes. Champion Garry Tobias gets injured as he slips off the end of the platform while performing a dive. Narrator notes that Tobias required 15 stitches in his leg from the incident. Several other amateur divers dive from a high platform into the pool. Comedy diving group from New York called the Aquazanies demonstrates funny group dives during a show.
View of the Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama, United States. Marchers march under a Federal Court Order and with the protection of the federalized National Guard units and regular troops. Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the 3200 marchers before it starts. View of the marchers walking on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Dr. King and fellow leaders including John Lewis marching with the crowd. The leaders are wearing white flower leis. Group setting up camp on grounds of a African American farmer near New Sister Springs Baptist Church. A helicopter circles overhead.
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