Acute water supply shortage in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. An area overcrowded from refugees from Mainland China. Civilians struggle to get water from the communal water supply. Communal taps fill water containers. Reservoirs of water near the colony dried from a drought. Children carry cans filled with water.
Herds of cattle, ships and goats cross the snow-covered Tyrolean Alps. Caravan of farm animals is herded from their native Italian pasture to fields in Austria every year. Men clear ice to provide passage to cattle. Livestock are herded in the Alpine Mountains to reach the greener pastures of Austria. A man holds two of his sheep in the mountains.
Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open Championship in golf, defeating favored Arnold Palmer at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, United States. Golf swings by Palmer and Nicklaus are seen. Various professional golfers play their shots as the spectators watch closely. Winner Jack Nicklaus talks with Palmer after Palmer misses his final shot and concedes the game. Mrs. Nicklaus hugs her husband, the 22 year old Jack Nicklaus.
More than hundred yachts compete in Bermuda Yacht Classic for a 635 miles race from Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda. Cannon fired to mark start of the race. 131 yachts race in fair breezes and light sea. A large number of spectators watch the sail boat race from seashore.
The end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Russian ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean as they withdraw after the Cuban Missile Crisis. U.S. Navy aircraft in flight overhead. The ships with rockets aboard them withdraw.
The funeral of the former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at St. James Church (4526 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, New York, US). Former President Harry S. Truman, politician Adlai Stevenson and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson also arrive for the funeral services. Chief Justice Earl Warren also arrives. People enter the church. Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's grave. A casket carrying the body of Eleanor Roosevelt being buried near Franklin D. Roosevelt's grave.
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