The Kansas City Athletics on opening day of the baseball season in 1955, their first year in Kansas City. Parade in downtown Kansas City to welcome the Athletics to Kansas City. Floats pass and players and VIPs go by on cars, including Bill Stewart and Jim Finigan. People crowd on either side of the street. People look out from shops and houses. Spectators in the Kansas City Municipality Stadium. Former U.S. President Harry S Truman seated with legendary owner and manager of the Athletics, Cornelius McGillicuddy, better known as Connie Mack. Dignitaries seated in the background. President Harry S Truman throws out the first pitch. Fans and spectators applaud. The game begins against the Detroit Tigers.
Children get the polio vaccine in California. Drug scientists examining racks filled with the polio vaccine in a laboratory. People work in a laboratory. Cartons of polio vaccine are rolled out of the laboratory. Doctors and nurses administer the polio vaccines. Children seated on a bench with their parents for vaccination. A sign reads 'Polio Shots here'. Parents with their children stand in a line for vaccination. Cars parked on the road.
Horse Discovery wins a race in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horses on a track. Spectators watch from the stands. The race starts. Discovery wins the race defeating Omaha and breaks its record.
4 set of twins in 5 years is a record in Vancouver, Canada. A family with their eight children. A father and a mother stand in front of their house and hold their children in their arms.
Inauguration of a ski train to Limberlost Lodge in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. The train arrives at the station. People crowd on the railroad platform. They board train to Limberlost Lodge in Huntsville, Ontario. A woman reads a newspaper. Another woman looks in the paper. Lodge owner Gordon Hill shakes hands with guests. People ski. Gordon's daughter Christie goes Skijoring, holding a rope which is tied to a horse. People on a horse drawn sleigh returning to the Lodge from the ski hill.
President John F Kennedy takes stage during a question answer session in Washington DC. President advocates free elections in Berlin. He answers communists on Berlin.
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