Skiers practice alpine slalom skiing in Switzerland. One hundred top skiers from 14 countries prepare for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. Athlete skiing on heavy snow. A skier tackling 72 gates in a 200-foot drop on a savagely difficult slalom course. Spectators watch the slalom skiing. More athletes tackle gates on slalom course. An athlete slips on slalom course. Snow is falling as a skier glides down the slalom slope and hairpin turns.
Preparations made for participants and visitors to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Aerial view of a large passenger aircraft in flight. Congested highway traffic scenes: Aerial view of automobile, truck, and bus traffic on 101 freeway east of downtown Los Angeles. Skyscrapers of Los Angeles. A crowded sidewalk. Cars parked in a parking lot. The stewardess or flight attendant announces to people aboard a passenger aircraft. Sketches of the famous personalities of Los Angeles. A trailer truck being driven off in the foreground. Traffic on fly overs and overpass bridges. Houses in the city. Palm trees on a beach area. Cars parked in front of shops. People at a marketplace. A teenage boy dancing in a toprock breakdancing style. People watch the boy perform his break dance. People dance wearing skates. A woman dances. A man plays piano in an open ocean front market. A man performs a stunt and weightlifters workout lifting heavy weights at Venice Beach. Boys play racket sports. People ride bicycles and skate on a beach. An aircraft in flight and the airplane preparing to land at Los Angeles International Airport. People gathered at the 1932 Olympics watching runners leap hurdles in a race. Seats in stadium at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Entrance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (3911 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90037). Views of the Santa Anita Racetrack facility (285 W Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91007, United States). A man plays a bugle on the racetrack at the start of an event. People in the stadium watch the horse race. Exteriors of the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). A sign for "UCLA".
The annual contest of motorcycle race at Stinson Beach, California, United States. A man flags off a motorcycle race on the Stinson Beach in California. The motorcyclists begin the annual contest of motorcycle race on the beach. The racers wearing goggles ride on a sandy course on the beach. The motorcyclists on the motorcycles racing in high speed.
A fashion show at Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. Models display the latest 1937 autumn collections by Los Angeles and Hollywood designers. The models display elegant, off shoulder evening gowns and dresses. A model showing off a metallic evening gown. A model displays a fur overcoat. Another model in tweed dress lifts her skirt to show her long boots.
Scenes from the Democratic National Convention of 1960. People gathered outside the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. Delegates inside the convention hall carry banners in support of Lyndon Johnson. Others carry banners for John F. Kennedy. Governor Orville L. Freeman speaks at the podium and proposes Senator John F. Kennedy as the nominee, then Senator Eugene McCarthy puts forward Adlai Stevenson II for nominee. Eleanor Roosevelt also appears at the podium in support of Adlai Stevenson. The voting results are announced, and John F. Kennedy wins in a landslide. Kennedy delivers a speech thanking the delegates for their support and expressing hope that he will live up to their expectations as the Presidential election nears.
Staff train two 400-pound lions trained to tow a cart at a zoo of the California Zoological Society in Los Angeles, California. Lions seen towing the cart, carrying a driver and some boxes of food. They stop in front of the cage of black bear while a staff member throws food to a bear in the cage. Lions roar while towing. The lions run away, wrecking the cart. Three men wielding sticks try to get control of the running lions. View of the lions laying down relaxing beside the crashed cart. From UN newsreel 25-year retrospective, dated October 27, 1960.
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