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Carol Morris of United States wins the Miss Universe title in Long Beach, California.

Beauty pageants of 1956 and 1957. Contestants of Miss America 1957 pageant walk the ramp in Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, United States), Atlantic City, New Jersey. Miss America contestants in white ballgown dresses holding flags in the ramp. Marian McKnight of South Carolina is crowned Miss America. Miss America 1956 Sharon Ritchie puts a crown on Marian McKnight. Carol Morris of Iowa wins the Miss Universe contest in Long Beach, California.

Date: 1956, December 24
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049135
Young girls parade their dolls in a prize contest in Long Beach

A doll contest in Long Beach, California. A line of little girls carrying their dolls in prams with numbers. One of the prams has a design inspired by the Red Cross and carries a doll with the United States flag. Girls pushing their prams to parade their dolls. A girl pushes her Red Cross-inspired pram with a patriotic boy doll. Two little girls cradle their dolls. A girl snuggles her doll. A child leads a small dog with a carriage carrying a doll attached to it. A boy carries his doll from its leg.

Date: 1930, March 12
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041971
People gather to watch the summer Olympic games held in Los Angeles, California.

The Games of the X Olympiad held in Los Angeles, California. Women participate in the springboard diving contest during the summer olympics of 1932. A large crowd gathers to watch the games and cheer. Georgia Coleman does a layout back somersault dive into the water, then three other dives. Closeup view of a smiling Georgia Coleman, springboard diver. Next diver shown is Dorothy Poynton on the high dive, followed by closeup shots of Dorothy after her dives. Swimmers participate in the swimming championships, including American Eleanor Holm in competition with Bonnie Mealing from Australia in the Women's 100 meter backstroke. Closeup shot of Eleanor Holm outside the pool. Americans take the lead in the games. Men participate in the 2000 meter 8 oar she crew shell boat race. American team is made up of team from the University of California. The crew shell race underway on Alamitos Bay in Long Beach California. The University of California team surges at the end to beat the team from Italy. Oil rigs and oil derricks seen in the background on shore behind the cheering crowd watching the race. The men's crew team from the University of California Bears pose for cameras on shore after their victory.

Date: 1932, August 15
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063358
Jones Beach on Long Island, New York, and its Coast Guard Station

Aerial view of Jones Beach on Long Island, New York, and its modern access highway. Spectators with in high stadium seating on both sides of a Jones Beach swimming pool to watch swimmers race. Closeup of the swimmers in their respective lanes competing. Closeup of one swimmer. View of crowd in the stands. Change of scene shows a woman from the back, poised, and then executing a swan dive from a high platform. The beach and seashore are in the background. Scene shifts to below the platform as a man dives from it into the water. The Jones Beach water tower is seen in the background. A sailing regatta is seen. a triple funnel steam ship underway in waters off Jones Beach. A sign identifies the United States Coast Guard Jones Beach Station. Views of that station build of brick and stone consistent with Jones Beach architecture. Closeup of the station. A lifeboat being taken from the boathouse be a tractor that takes it down to the beach for launching. Responding to call from a further point on the beach, a lifeboat and 6 crew members are transported by a small pickup truck that carries the crew in its open cargo space and trailers the boat. View of them driving along the highway. Next, they drive onto the beach near the water's edge.

Date: 1935
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049572
Story of Cuban missile crisis in the month of October.

Documentary "One Week in October." Aerial views of Russian missiles in Cuba. Columbus day parade with marching bands, Boy Scouts, troops. Brief excerpt from 1962 World Series Baseball game with New York Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry delivering to Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants, who hits a ball to the deep left corner that is caught. March of Dimes annual poster girl. Jackie Kennedy with children of foreign diplomats. Fireworks in Uganda celebrating its independence. View of Vatican Palace and a candlelight vigil. President John Kennedy with Ahmed Ben Bella, Premier of Algeria. Ben Bella is then seen with Cuban leader Castro who receives him in Cuba. U.S. moon rocket launch. Scientists in America reviewing designs for fallout shelters during Cold War, and visiting banks, stores, and municipal buildings and garages to assess them for worthiness as bomb fallout shelters. Views of various types of fallout shelters. Food, water drums, medical and sanitation supplies bound for civic fallout shelters are seen rolling off of assembly lines and being boxed. Radiological monitoring equipment on an assembly line. A woman packages a geiger counter into a box. Then the fallout shelter supplies are seen transported by rail to defense department warehouses for distribution by local authorities to Community Fallout Shelters. View of moving train seen from above and from sideview. View of new fallout shelter signs being mounted at fallout shelters. Forklifts working at Naval Supply Center Oakland in California to arrange supplies for shelters. View of American Legion meeting where former President Harry Truman makes a speech. Former President Eisenhower gives a speech in Connecticut endorsing some candidates. Air Force helicopter flies overhead and then seen landing on White House lawn. Beaches of Cuba. Marches in Cuba. Historic view of soldiers marching beside monument to Battleship Maine in Havana. Crane atop monument as a wing is cut off; scenes of destruction of monument to Battleship Maine in Havana. Fidel Castro and Che Guevara marching into Havana in 1959 with cheering throngs after succeeding in revolt against Batista. Fidel Castro and Soviet leader Khrushchev greeting one another at United Nations in 1961. Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyin greeted by Castro and crowd at Havana airport in 1960. Trade agreement between Cuba and Havana signed. Soviet Russian cargo ships on way to Havana. Cuban refugees in small boats being rescued by U.S. Coast Guard. Views of military specialists examining films of aerial views of suspected missile installations in Cuba. U.S. military mobilization for possible war. Strategic Air Command begins dispersing aircraft to possible needed locations. B-52 Stratofortress aircraft takes off. Badge on plane: "Anywhere. Anytime." Destroyer USS Strong, DD-758, making way in heavy seas. An American Aircraft Carrier underway in the distance. Polaris submarine on surface. Officers of STRAC or Strategic Army Corps seen meeting after being assigned to the new command of U.S. Forces Atlantic. Alerted U.S Army units on training exercise to maintain combat readiness. American Army troops load into rear of transport plane . C-124 Globemaster taking off. Then a C-119 shortly after takeoff flying overhead. Then a MATS C-124 again is seen overhead. 1st Armored division tanks being loaded onto rail for transport from Fort Hood Texas to Fort Stewart Georgia.

Date: 1962
Duration: 11 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038963
Various American activities, lifestyle, and industries as seen in the early 1970s.

Children at school cafeteria lunchroom in a school. A boy selects food from the lunch line offerings and puts it on his tray. Building of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. A few buildings and homes of a small town along a rural road, as seen from a moving car or vehicle. A small power plant. Sign announcing future home of Loudoun County campus of the Northern Virginia Community College. A Childrens Hospital under construction. A new campus under construction for the Mercer County Community College. A mother and baby. A newborn baby being brought to car from hospital, by a nurse. Area of heavy industry. Contaminated beach in Mendocino County California. A working cowboy with rope lariat. A golfer on golf links. A farmer plowing behind a mule. A large piece of farm equipment in operation. A small ferry moving several cars across a river. Low aerial view of late 1960s and early 1970s cars on a network of highways.

Date: 1974
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070331