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President John F Kennedy welcomed by people in Latin America.
To promote better relations with Latin America through his "Alliance For Progress," President and Mrs. Kennedy visited Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia. Starting at Puerto Rico,on December 15, 1961, a sign is seen bearing the President's image and reading 'Welcome" in Spanich. Next in a motorcade through a crowded street, a man stands in an open car throwing confetti, while President John F. Kennedy (JFK) follows in another open car, accompanied by Governor Munoz Marin of Puerto Rico. In change of scene (and country) on December 16th, JFK stands at a microphone in Venezuela, next to an interpreter making notes. He introduces his wife, as a Kennedy who doesn't need an interpreter, and asks her to say a few words. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy leaves her seat next to President Romulo Betancourt, and steps to the microphone, where she briefly addresses the gathering in Spanish. (Mrs. Betancourt occupies the seat next to JFK's empty one.) After Mrs. Kennedy's brief remarks, those in the gathering applaud, and President Kennedy appears delighted.
U.S. Marines in an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) during amphibious exercises at White Beach, Okinawa, Japan
U.S. Marines in landing crafts head for White Beach in amphibious exercises at White Beach, Okinawa, japan, on 18 November 1961. Marines on LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) underway towards the beach area. The marines look out over the water from the landing craft. A cruiser ship in the far background. A wave of landing craft from the USS Bayfield (APA-33) head in for a beach assault. One of the marines crouches down on the landing craft. The marines wade ashore through the surf after disembarking from the landing craft. An LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) moves onto the beach. A Kaman HUK-1 helicopter flies over the beach to land for picking up the wounded. A large explosion occurrs inland on the beach area. Two HR2S1 Marine assault helicopters in flight over water from the beach area. Simulated atomic explosion occur over the assault beach. A landing craft on the beach area. An LCVP moves in from right.
Dramatized Pictorial History of the U.S. through the Civil War and its aftermath showing transition towards industrialization
'A nation rises ' Dramatization showing reenactments of scenes from civil war and aftermath in America. Still photographs of destruction from the civil war. Destroyed buildings and rubble in a Southern city. Numerous sets of railroad train wheels along with destroyed rails. Destroyed buildings in background. Dramatization showing postwar recovery efforts in rural areas, where men harness horses to help clear land. Settlers moving into the West. Buildings being constructed in the American Southwest. Herds of cattle moving through desert where cactus are growing. Illustration of a sailing ship carrying immigrants into New York harbor, with statue of Liberty in background. Reenactment of travelers boarding a large River boat. Smoke issuing from twin stacks of the river boat, as its horn blows. Bell ringing on the boat. Passengers watching from the boat as it moves along a river. Views of river and surrounding woods. A woman and baby on board the boat. Views of forests along river bank. View from water behind a moving sternwheeler river boat. A woman feeding chickens on a farm. A farmer harvesting a crop by hand, and another building a wall from stones taken out of the ground. A man stepping from a log house. An 18th century shop equipped with foot-operated wood working machines. Several farmers watching as one demonstrates Cyrus McCormick's reaper. (Note: period shown is from 1861 through about 1880. Film created about 1961)
U.S. President John F. Kennedy comments publicly about the successful Soviet orbit of a man in space
Film opens showing slate reading: "Cosmos Pioneer, Soviets Orbit Man In Space" (referring to the sucessful space flight of Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin who orbited the Earth in a Vostok spacecraft on 12 April 1961, during the "space race."). Next, U.S. President John F. Kennedy is seen at a podium commenting on this Soviet achievement and reassuring Americans that he does not consider this a sign of the weakening of the free world.
Gary Player wins the Masters Crown against Arnold Palmer at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, United States
The 1961 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club (2604 Washington Rd, Augusta, GA 30904, United States) in Augusta, Georgia. At the Augusta National Golf Club a large crowd gathers to watch the golf tournament between Arnold Palmer and Gary Player. Arnold Palmer misses one hole. South African golfer, Gary Player, wins the Masters Crown with a total score of 280.
The agricultural reforms and people's communes under Mao Zedong's 'Great Leap Forward' plan in China.
Agricultural conditions in the People’s Republic of China under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong photographed by an Indian delegation visiting the country. Mao Zedong implements the economic and social plan titled 'Great Leap Forward' with Soviet help in 1958. The agricultural aspects of the plan (during which the great famine in China took place). The Chinese countryside. Farmers use tractors, machines, and other equipment for farming. Farmers plow fields, thresh crop and make haystacks using pitchforks. Men and women dig farmland. Millions of Chinese peasant people are organized to work the land, clear land, build dams and dig canals. Peasants working in Communist government-organized People's Communes for farming. Farmers work, cultivate and harvest crops using human labor to make up for lack of machinery. Chinese peasants seen farming barren land also affected by floods and locust. People engaged in construction work. People's Republic of China Chairman Mao Zedong visits the communes. The commune system is abandoned in 1961 in favor of collective agriculture. Small units of 20 farm families cultivate land as directed by local farmers. Farmers cultivate land, harvest crops. Men and women pick cotton. Young Chinese boys and girls attend university in China. Young boys on bicycles. University students in a classroom. The university campus. Children on the playground in a school. They perform the 'Turnip Dance' on stage as other children and teachers watch.
