A boxing match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. World Light Heavyweight champion John H. Lewis fights with another boxer in a boxing ring. Spectators seated in the stands. He drinks water after the first round. American Boxer John H. Lewis. 'Tony' Galenio from Orange, New Jersey seated on a barrel. The match between John H. Lewis and Tony resumes. Tony lifts up the barrel and shows his confidence.
Water skiers ski in water. Slo MoShun IV wins Gold Cup for its owner Stanley Sayres and racking up a speed boat record mark of 185 mph on Lake Washington in Washington. Scene changes to speed boat racer John Cobb wearing a helmet as his boat "Crusader" is towed out to deeper water. A man talks on telephone. View of boat operated by John Cobb achieving 200 mile per hour speed record, but then the boat appears to explode or destruct completely at the end of the run, and John Cobb dies at Loch Ness, Scotland.
United States Secretary of Navy John H. Chafee on USS Saratoga in the United States. Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga Captain Warren H Oniel, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral David Richardson and another dignitary walk on the ship deck. Vice Admiral David Richardson speaks to sailors. John H Chafee dons a Mae West. He gets into a hi-line chair and is hoisted high off the deck. The Secretary of Navy is being hi-lined to a destroyer alongside USS Saratoga. A welcoming committee welcomes John H. Chafee aboard the destroyer.
The U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles visit Cairo in Egypt during his world tour to trouble spots. John Foster Dulles accompanied by the Director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration Harold Edward Stassen arrives in Cairo and meets the Commander-in-Chief of Egyptian Army Muhammad Naguib. John Foster Dulles talks to Muhammad Naguib. They walk up the stairs. Both men seated as they discuss on Suez canal issue.
The orbital flight of Friendship 7 during project Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying John Herschel Glenn Jr from the United States. Operators in a communication room. Operators speak over a microphone. Operators check weather reports. Operators at controls. John Herschel Glenn Jr wearing a pressure suit in the Mercury-Atlas 6. Camels loaded walk past a tower. Screen shows the path of the Mercury-Atlas 6. John Herschel Glenn Jr inside the Mercury-Atlas 6. Indian ocean as recorded by Mercury-Atlas 6. A ship in the Indian ocean. A communication tower. Operators in control room. A chart shows frequency variations. Control towers at night. Mercury tracking of the path of spacecraft.
Pope John XXIII elevates new cardinals in Vatican City. In St. Peter's Basilica, Pope John XXIII being carried on the sedia gestatoria chair with large white ostrich fans (flabella). The Pope is placed on a raised platform. The Archbishop of Tokyo, Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi, is elevated as the first Japanese cardinal in history. Cardinal Doi receives the Pope’s blessing. Pope John XXIII elevates Archbishop Laurean Rugambwa of Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania) as the first modern native African Cardinal. The new cardinals bend their head towards the altar.
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