An American football match between Oklahoma Sooners and Colorado Buffaloes in the United States. The spectators seated in a stand. Players on the ground and the match starts. The spectators cheer the teams. Buffaloes win the match against Sooners by 22-14.
Mrs. Madeleine Edison Sloane, second daughter of renowned American inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, christens the Polaris Submarine, USS Thomas Alva Edison (SSBN-610), at the yard of Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, in Groton, Connecticut. Mrs. Sloane with other officials on a platform. She is briefed by an official and then breaks a bottle of champagne to launch the boat, which moves smoothly down the ways into the water. Spectators cheer. The crew of the new US Navy Polaris submarine seen on her deck, following the launch.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy congratulates the first American to orbit the earth Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr at the White House in Washington D.C., United States The President stands at a podium and speaks over a microphone. Glenn and other officials stand at a platform. A U.S. flag in the background. Kennedy congratulates Glenn and presents him a medal. Colonel Glenn with his wife Annie Glenn and children.
First American to orbit the earth Colonel John Glenn in the United States. He is seated in NASA Mercury capsule Friendship 7 in the United States. Glenn wearing a helmet and space suit. A technician closes the door of the capsule cockpit.
The launch of Atlas missile with mercury capsule Friendship 7 in the United States. Technicians in a blockhouse seated behind panel boards. The technicians wearing headphones. A top of mercury space capsule as the Atlas missile is launched. The missile passes through a frame.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy's speech on Alabama in Washington DC. The White House. United States President John Kennedy seated at a desk and speaks over a microphone. The President speaks about the discrimination of blacks by whites in the United States. He talks about the University of Alabama not giving admission to two clearly qualified young Alabama residents (James Hood and Vivian Malone) who happened to have been born African Americans. President Kennedy says that the nation is founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. The President says that it is possible for the American consumers of any color to receive equal service in places of public accommodation, to register and to vote in a free election without interference or fear of reprisal. President Kennedy talks about respecting African Americans and all Americans and urges people not to discriminate and to uphold civil rights. He says that no city or State or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them.
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