The 1963 Belmont Stakes Derby in the New York Aqueduct Racetrack (110-00 Rockaway Blvd, Jamaica, NY 1142) of Queens, New York. Crowd watches. Horses including Chateaugay, Braulio Baeza, Willie Shoemaker, Bonjour, and Candy Spots run in the Kentucky Derby. Audience cheers them. Chateaugay wins the Belmont Stakes and 100,000$ price money. Candy Spots comes second.
Employment for African Americans in the Great Depression provided by Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in New York, United States. African American students in an adult school write in a note book. Teacher writes on blackboard. Young men and women learn Spanish from a volunteer from Nation Youth Administration. Boy learns work of a lab assistant and work on a machine. Men and women learn clerical work of filing, checking and new work as abstraction. A woman learns typing.
Employment for African Americans in the Great Depression provided by Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in New York, United States. Actors of Negro People's Theatre troupe perform in Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth,' (known as the "Voodoo Macbeth") directed by Orson Welles, at a theater in New York under the Federal Theater Project. Actor delivers dialog in the play, set in 19th century Haiti instead of Scotland. Body of Lady Macbeth (Edna Thomas) on floor. Fight scene in play with Maurice Ellis as Macbeth, slain by Macduff. Three witches and Macbeth and Macduff on floor. Witches hold cut head. Final scene of play finishes. Viewers clap as the curtains drop. Curtain raises and actors bow.
The opening of a Turnpike highway link in New York. Senator Abraham Ribicoff and Averell Harriman arrive at the ceremony. Crowd gathers on the street to watch the event. The dignitaries cut the ribbon to open the Turnpike link. Children stand along with them. A sign board on which is written "Welcome to New York State Thruway" is uncovered.
Impresario Mike Todd passes away in New Mexico, United States. He dies of a plane crash. Mike Todd with his wife actress Elizabeth Taylor. People greet them. Lockheed Lodestar passender airplane parked on runway. Close up view of airplane door with name "The Liz" being opened ("The Lucky Liz"). Mike Todd boards the plane. Buildings in the background. The parts of the crashed plane in a rural area of New Mexico where it crashed killing Mike Todd, Art Cohn, and pilots Bill Verner and Tom Barclay.
Shows scenes from the final game of the World Series of baseball between the Milwaukee Braves and the defending champions New York Yankees in New York. Thousands of spectators in the stands cheer for their favorites. The Braves beats the Yankees by 5-0 and grab the 1957 World Series title.
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