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.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members rally at a ceremony in Stone Mountain Georgia, USA. Members of the KKK group walk. Men, presumably new inductees, walk in a line, each with one hand on the shoulder of the person walking in front of him, and each with a partial mask covering their eyes. They all sit. New members raise one of their hand to take an oath for membership in the group. A KKK member wearing a mask holds the flag of the U.S. A new inductee kneels and the KKK official in mask puts his hand on his head. The man then kisses the American flag. Hooded KKK members clap as new members are recognized. KKK members hold a cross. They gather around a fire. Ku Klux Klan members stand beside a burning cross.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, USA. Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) lined up as President Roosevelt arrives in a car. CCC men clap and cheer upon President Roosevelt’s arrival. The president exits the car and inspects CCC men at a camp during the construction of Shenandoah National Park in the Great Depression. The president eats lunch with the men outdoors. A waiter serves the president with lunch. President Roosevelt expresses his gladness on visiting the camp during lunch. He also lauds the efficiency of the camp.
Statues in New Orleans, Louisiana. Boats, dredges, piers, and buildings along Bayou St. John. An equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson at Jackson Square (Andrew Jackson Equestrian Statue, Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States). Metairie Cemetery (5100 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA). A statue of General Albert Sidney Johnson of the Confederate Army. A streetcar on St. Charles Street and a residential area. An equestrian statue of General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard.
Various types of neon lights and signs at Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Neon signs read as 'Slater Motel, Drive in Here', 'Fox Market', 'Sav-on Self Service Drug Store' and '3 Min'. Neon lights and signs on entrance of building. Neon lights and signs for Overland Hotel Las Vegas (20 E Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV 89101, USA) and the Las Vegas Club Casino at Fremont Street, Las Vegas. Luck Strike Club neon sign is also seen.
Launching of a Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A sign reads: "Atlantic Missile Range, Pershing Launch Area No. 30, Army Ballistic Missile Agency". A missile hangar. Views of a gantry and a blockhouse. Signs read "Cape Canaveral". " Patrick AFB", "Welcome to Cocoa Beach, Space Capital USA", "Atlantic Missile Range, Station No. 1, Air Force Missile Test Center".
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