Hollywood Derby at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. 50,000 fans gather to witness the horse race. Tempestuous takes the lead and goes on to win the Hollywood Derby.
Flying flivvers in flight in United States in 1935. A man works on a small, light Flivver aircraft. View of a Weick W-1 "everyman" aircraft operating its controls on an airfield. It was the winner of Department of Commerce competition for a "foolproof airplane." It is seen moving quickly around other parked aircraft on an airfield using its tricycle landing gear. Narrator says it was priced at $700 to be "everyman's airplane." The Weick W-1 takes off and is seen in flight. From a 25 year retrospective newsreel released July 14, 1960.
Flexible glass (plexiglass) and its varied uses being tested soon after its invention. A man works on a flexible glass. Flexible glass used at various places. A glass at a diving platform as a diver dives into the pool. A car moves over a flexible glass embedded in a wooden frame. From a 25 year retrospective in a newsreel dated July 14, 1960.
Works Progress Administration in United States during the Great Depression. First batch of 15,000 workers who were employed under the Works Progress Administration at a construction site in Birmingham, Alabama. Workers line up as their names are entered in a roll register. A worker wears a pair of tattered shoes. A man drinks from a mug. Workers construct houses. Houses after their completion. From a 25 year retrospective in a newsreel dated July 14, 1960.
Senator Kennedy and Richard Nixon as Presidential candidates for 1960 elections. Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy addresses the press after conferring with Adlai Stevenson in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. He also meets Vice Presidential candidate Lyndon Johnson and they discuss about the election campaign. Republican candidate Richard Nixon and his running mate Henry Cabot Lodge discuss the campaigning strategy in Washington D.C. Nixon and Lodge sit as photographers take pictures.
Presidential election of 1960. Candidates for Presidential election race, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Kennedy being welcomed during his campaign. Confetti being poured as people cheer the Kennedy couple (then Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy) in a parade in New York City on October 19, 1960 during the Presidential campaign. Voters putting on Kennedy campaign buttons and showing Kennedy signs. Kennedy at the Democratic Convention in Los Angles along with his sister and mother after being declared the Presidential candidate. Kennedy as Senator as he attends Senate committee meetings, including one with Robert Kennedy speaking by his side. Kennedy with his running mate for Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson. Democratic Party's election campaign in Berlin, West Germany. Kennedy with wife Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Caroline Kennedy, seated on a couch together. Republican party candidate Richard Nixon at Republican convention after being declared the party's Presidential candidate. Nixon with his running mate Henry Cabot Lodge, with both men talking to President Dwight Eisenhower. Nixon being welcomed in Poland by cheering crowds and he visits the Warsaw ghetto. He is seen climbing in and out of a window of the ghetto. Vice President Richard Nixon with Russian premier Khrushchev preparing for the so-called Kitchen Debates. View of the kitchen debate set. Nixon campaigns extensively and receive enthusiastic crowds in various cities. Both the candidates sum up giving reasons for choosing them as the next President. Kennedy says that he aims at making America a stronger country. Whereas Nixon speaks about the experience gained by him under President Eisenhower. He emphasizes maintaining peace without surrendering. Nixon and Kennedy after giving the reasons for their election. They shake hands as photographers take pictures.
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