The 1966 Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Theatre Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Women beauty pageant contestants seen on the stage include contestants from Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Syria, Venezuela, USA, France, Yugoslavia, and India. Miss India, Reita Faria, sits on the throne while Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom, crowns her as Miss World 1966. Italian artist and director Beni Montresor is seen as one of the judges. Reita Faria walks the stage carrying scepter and wearing crown.
The Star of Abilene, the first operational United States Rockwell B-1B Lancer supersonic heavy bomber, serial number 83-0065, lands at Dyess Airforce Base for the first time. Aerial view of Dyess Airforce Base, with the B1-B along with other planes and a large crowd. United States Air Force Colonel Alan Rogers, Commander of the 96th Bomb Wing, speaks before a podium displaying the 96th Bomb Wing insignia, noting that the B1-B is "a dream that triggers the beginning of a new era."
Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, speaks. Brief shot of dramatization of Dred Scott in court room. African American students inside a school bus. Closeup shots of white hands holding chains, a brick, and a bat. Thurgood Marshall notes, "What is striking to me is the importance of law in determining the condition of the African American...I submit the history of the African American in this country demonstrates the importance of getting rid of hostile laws and seeking the security of new friendly laws, federal, state, and local."
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson announcing his appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first African American to become a justice in the United States Supreme Court. Johnson notes that, "the senate willing, he will become associate justice to succeed justice Clark." Various still images of Thurgood Marshall's career in court. An African American man notes, "now, a new generation of Thurgood Marshalls must struggle to make the constitution live."
NASA logo. A message scrolls from a sign saying, “Glenn ready for orbital flight”. A message scrolls through the black screen “Friendship 7”. View of Times Square across the Hotel Claridge and the iconic “Camel Man” billboard. View of London, United Kingdom across the Big Ben Tower of London. View of Paris, France. Italian vegetable market vendor peels an artichoke and talks about the American astronaut, John Glenn, and his impending take off from Cape Canaveral as the first American to orbit earth. An Arab vendor sells children’s jackets. View of Hong Kong. View of Japanese neon signs in Tokyo- a Japanese kanji character meaning “East”, and “Toshiba”. A Mexican mariachi walks in a park carrying a guitar case. Views of television sets showing news about the launch of Friendship 7- the spaceship carrying John Glenn. Close-up views of various consumer vintage black and white television sets with television screens all showing scenes about Friendship 7 preparing to launch. McDonnell engineers work in Cape Canaveral to prepare Friendship 7 for launch. Engineers jot down notes. A NASA engineer pushed some buttons. An “Astronautics” scientist observes the status of the Friendship 7.
Scientists in mission control room talk on headsets and jot down notes. Scientist with headset looking up. Closeup of face of Astronaut Glenn in helmet before launch. The “Friendship 7” in launchpad. “United States” written on the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft. Service structure moves away from the “Friendship 7” to prepare for launch. Flight engineers in mission control room gives signal for launch in one minute. United States Marines helicopter (Sikorsky UH 34D) and US Army Force helicopter. View of Australian Air Force aircraft. Men dispersing at airfield with a United States Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster parked behind them. A crowd of civilians standing at the beach waiting for John Glenn’s launch into space. A crowd on the beach, as they wait for the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6’s “Friendship 7”. Cameramen recording with television cameras in crowded field. A news reporter reports on Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path outside launch at Cape Canaveral. Cameraman records the “Friendship 7” launch with his camera.
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