The baseball New York Giants get ready for the 1956 season at spring training in Phoenix Arizona. Fans in stands watch as new manager Bill Rigney hits ground balls in practice. Shots of first baseman Whitey Lockman, pitchers John Antonelli and Hoyt Wilhelm, and catcher Wes Westrum. Clip notes that Hall of Famer Johnny Mize has returned to the team as a coach and can hopefully instruct players on batting skills. Giants stars Alvin Dark, Dusty Rhodes and Hall of Famer Willie Mays take swings in batting cage.
Cardinals gather as Pope Paul VI elevates 24 new Cardinals at Vatican's Sistine Chapel in Rome, Italy. Ceremony goes on. Crowd and officials gather to see the ceremony. Pope stands in between the Cardinals. The new Princess of the Church includes four Americans: Francis John Cardinal Brennan, Dean of the Sacred Roman Rota; John Patrick. Cardinal Cody (Chicago); John Cardinal Kroll (Philadelphia); and Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle (Washington, DC).
A discussion in Washington DC between Harold Leclaire Ickes, United States Secretory of the Interior, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia, the Mayor of New York City. Mayor talks about housing funds for New York City to be raised to 15 million dollars.
Currency exchange at the headquarters of the Signal Group of the U.S. Army in Long Binh in Vietnam. United States Army officials exchanging the old currency notes of the soldiers with the new ones. Officers count notes and make register entries. The old and new currency notes. (Vietnam War period).
Colonel Juan Domingo Peron takes charge as the new President of Argentina in an official ceremony at Buenos Aires in Argentina. Previous President Edelmiro Farrell congratulates him. The First Lady Eva “Evita” Peron witnesses the ceremony. Peron and other dignitaries walk out of a hall and review a parade of Argentine troopers. A huge crowd waits outside the hall for the new President.
An exhibit of 1955 models of Chryslet Corporation automobiles held outdoors on the grounds of a museum. Visitors view new models of the cars. Some are identified as Imperial four door sedan and New Yorker Deluxe models.
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