Funeral of actor Gary Cooper in the Catholic Church of Good Shepherd (505 N Bedford Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210). View of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Grieving fans on stairs of the Church of the Good Shepherd during the funeral rites for Gary Cooper. Funeral is attended by friends and Hollywood star actors such as Edward G Robinson, John Wayne, and Marlene Dietrich. Frank Sinatra accompanies Patricia Kennedy Lawford, the sister of President John F. Kennedy. Walter Pidgeon arrives with two men. Photographers click photos of actors and cameramen record the event. Pallbearers include James Stewart, Jack Benny, William Goetz, Jerry Wald, Henry Hathaway, and Charles Feldman. His wife Veronica and daughter Maria join in the funeral rites. Casket is taken away in a car.
Scene of a wall at the Union League Club in Chicago, Illinois. With the Great Depression easing, some of the club members realize that some stock certificates and bonds now have value, that had been affixed to the wall as wall paper. A man steams the bonds so they can be removed. Elderly men examine the bonds that now have value. Men clipping coupons. From a 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier.
People sit on chairs at a ceremony at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC. General John J Pershing cuts cake for Red Cross Fund drive, using a sword. Red Cross symbol represented on cake with candles. Elderly nurse woman wearing scarf on head which has embroidered Red Cross sign. The event was a fundraiser for a new memorial chapel. Scenes are from a May 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier.
Large crowd gathers in Baltimore for a horse race. Horses racing on the track as people watch. Bold Venture, the horse wins Preakness Stakes. From a 1961 newsreel showing events from 25 years earlier.
In Belmont Park, Elmont, New York, a large crowd is on hand to watch the running of the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel in Racing's Triple Crown. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie Eisenhower arrive with other persons. Horses race on track. Former President Eisenhower laughs with a man. Race horse Sherluck wins Belmont Stakes race defeating favorite Carry Back. Long shot Sherluck paid out $132.10 for a two dollar wager -- the biggest payout in the history of the Belmont Stakes.
Crowd at Rodeo for a Fireman's fund in San Jose, California. Riders sitting on horses and bulls comes in between ground as gate opens but they throw riders away.
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