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American Carol Morris wins the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in Long Beach, California.
Miss Universe Contest in Long Beach, California. 17 Contestants pose in the stage. They walk on the stage waiving at the crowd. Miss Argentina Ileana Carré smiles on stage. Marina Orschel of Germany waves to the audience. Miss USA Carol Morris chosen as Miss Universe comes up on stage to receive the crown. Crowd cheers as she walks on the ramp with the crown. Miss Universe 1955 Hillevi Rombin of Sweden crowns Carol Morris.
Eisenhower is greeted by a crowd after his recovery and Paul Dudley White addresses a press conference in Washington DC.
U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower in Washington DC after his recovery from his 1955 heart attack. The President followed by officials waves to people. The President enters a car. Paul Dudley White, American physician and cardiologist, addresses a press conference stating that the condition of the President is fit for another 5 to 10 years. The President and the First Lady of the United States Mamie Doud Eisenhower disembark from an aircraft at an airport. A crowd waves to the president. The car is driven on a road with the crowd gathered on either side to greet the President.
Glimpses of Big game hunting in Africa during Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy expedition in 1927
Film opens showing George Eastman and Osa Johnson with a native guide in Africa. Olsa is looking through binoculars and pointing at something. She passes the binoculars to Eastman, who also looks. Next a male lion is seen racing through deep grassland toward the camera. As he gets quite close he is shot and falls. Views of Eastman and Osa Johnson examining the fallen lion while surrounded by seated native tribesmen with with spears and shields. The tribesmen rhythmically raise and lower their spears in unison. A rhinoceros is also seen shot down as it charges. The hunting party stands around the fallen animal.
The Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy Expedition along the Nile in 1927
View of safari camels coming toward the camera. George Eastman in foreground taking pictures with hand held camera. Eastman, and other Safari members examine a camel rigged for riding and carrying supplies.Other camels similarly set up walk past in the background. Natives trying to constrain a camel that objects to being burdened and bucks to throw his load. Closeup of the camel when he settles down.
Majority leader in Senate Lyndon Johnson gives an interview while recovering from a heart attack in Texas
United States Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson in an interview admires former President Roosevelt. The majority leader in Senate reveals that he strongly believes in a philosophy that "I am a free man first,an American second,a senator third and then a Democrat." He talks about placing national interests much above personal and party interests. He also speaks about his heart attack and an unsigned letter from President Eisenhower.
International Longshoreman's Union President, Harry Bridges, is released from prison to appear before the U.S. District Court in San Francisco
Final attempts by Department of Justice, to deport International Longshoreman Union President Harry Bridges for labor organizing and alleged subversive activities. Film begins showing sign reading: "Department of Corrections,California State Prison, San Quentin." An automobile is seen driving toward the camera, out the gate of the prison. Guards open and close iron gates of the prison twice, as if for benefit of the camera. Distant view of front gates closed. Scene shifts to co-counsel of Harry Bridges legal defense team parking his car and stepping out carrying some legal papers. He walks to office at the entrance of San Quentin prison and speaks with guards. Scene shifts abruptly to Harry Bridges' lead defense attorney, Carol Weiss King, surrounded by reporters and others in the hall of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Francisco. Next a car is seen driving down a ramp to enter the court building parking garage. Harry Bridges steps from the car and is escorted by two uniformed guards and other persons. They all enter an elevator. Camera focuses on a room identified as "Number 203, U.S. Marshal, Criminal Dep't." Two men come out and join others escorting Harry Bridgers in the Court building hall. Closeup of Bridgers as he passes the camera. Photographers are busy taking pictures. Officials thoroughly search Bridgers, and then they all enter a room.
