Seventeen of the world's best ice skating barrel jumpers compete in the 11th annual competition at Grossinger's Catskill Resort in the Catskill Mountains of New York near the village of Liberty. Skaters are seen circling the ice rink to gain speed, and jumping over lines of barrels. Scenes of jumpers failing to clear all the barrels in their attempts. Only 3 contenders manage to clear 15 barrels. Only one, Jim Waldo, of Portland, Oregon, is seen successfully clearing 16 barrels to win the event. He receives his trophy from New York Yankees Baseball team's star catcher, Yogi Berra.
Large crowd at the Yankee Stadium I (1 E 161 St, The Bronx, NY 10451, United States) in New York City. Roger Maris of New York Yankees and a catcher behind him at the plate, with 59 home runs and needing one more to tie the record. Jack Fisher of Baltimore Orioles is the pitcher who gets ready to pitch. Maris hits another home run and ties mark set by Babe Ruth. Spectators clap. Maris running the bases. Maris in dressing room meets Babe Ruth's wife Claire as guest and they pose for a photo. She shakes hands with him. Maris kisses her on the cheek.
Crowd during a baseball game between New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York. Roger Maris faces pitcher Tracy Stallard and hits home run in stands of Yankee Stadium. Crowd cheer for Maris as he broke Babe Ruth's 60 home runs record in a single season (though it was a season with more games than Ruth had). Maris rounds the diamond. He comes back out of the dugout to tip his hat to the cheering crowd.
Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia in a car in motorcade from Broadway to City Hall in New York. A huge gathering at the sides of road. Bourguiba waves at people in front of Chock Full o’ Nuts Café on Broadway. Crowd cheers the President Habib Bourguiba, and President also greets them back. President is then received by Mayor Robert Wagner and wife Susan Edwards at City Hall, New York City. Wife of Bourguiba, Mrs. Moufida Bourguiba, is also present.
Handicap Triple at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York. A large crowd of spectators gather at the racetrack for a horse race. The Brooklyn Handicap of the New York Handicap Triple begins. Racehorse Kelso with jockey Eddie Arcaro wins the race against racehorse Divine Comedy.
Views of the Berlin Wall under construction in 1961. West Berlin street scene, contrasted to scenes of East Berlin across the border, still showing unrepaired damage from World War II and otherwise lacking development. Views of East German border guards retrieving the body of Gunter Litfin from the River Spree, after his unsuccessful attempt to flee East Germany. A floral tribute to Ida Siekmann, on barbed wire at the border. View of forests in mists. Refugees with their belongings walking from East Germany over a bridge to West Berlin. View of Tempelhof airfield in Berlin. A C-54 transport airplane taking off. Buildings along the border of East and West Berlin with windows cemented shut along the Berlin Wall. Barbed wire at the border. Armed East German border guards across the border. Views of the Berlin wall border wall. Views of the moon, and stars. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,making a forceful point while speaking at a meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York, in October,1960. Seated beside him is Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister. U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressing the UN. U.S. Sailors helping Vietnam refugees from an open stake truck. U.S. soldiers attacking and firing machine guns in Korean War. Two U.S. warships at sea. A physician attending a patient. U.S. representative providing advice and assistance to foreign farmers. The Washington Monument, in Washington, DC. Statue of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, DC. The Jefferson Memorial. Statue of Thomas Jefferson.
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