Democratic Party primary contest activity in Wisconsin. A building in Wisconsin, identified as local headquarters for John F. Kennedy Presidential campaign. Next is a billboard advertising Hubert Humphrey for President. Views of several Kennedy and Humphrey political campaign posters. Cars in parking plade at a olling place. Inside, Wisconsin Democratic voters cast ballots in the primary election. Several views of voters coming and going at the polling place. Next, Republicans are seem gathered at the Republican Womens' National Conference in Washington, DC. Republican notables eating from box lunches, include H. Ross Perot; Senator Barry Goldwater; President and Mrs (Mamie) Eisenhower; Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat. Next, President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon are seen onstage, together, as Ike prepares to speak, indorsing Nixon for President.
The college football Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The Syracuse Orangemen win against the Texas Longhorns 23-14. Wide shot of crowd of spectators and fans in cowboy hats standing and cheering. Gerhard Schwedes passes to Ernie Davis for an 87 yard touchdown. Banner seen in crowd reads, Elmira, NY . Fist fight interrupts the game. View of Longhorns fans wearing cowboy hats and ringing cowbells. (College Football)
A man enters the Citizen’s Trust Company bank, the first African American-owned bank to join the Federal Reserve Bank, Westside Office (Westside Branch 965 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA 30314). An elderly black man crosses Mitchell St. SW. A Wilson Truck Company truck drives past. A black woman carrying an infant crosses the road with her three young children. Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta as seen from a moving car. Rich’s Department Store (61 Forsyth St SW, Atlanta, GA) and its “Crystal Bridge” over Forsyth Street connecting the 1924 "Store for Fashion" building to the 1946/1948 "Store for Homes" building. Store signs for Fleetwood Coffee and Postal Café. A revolving sign reads “Park”. The Fulton National Bank building (55 Marietta Street NW Atlanta, Georgia), now known as 55 Marietta Street building, as seen from a moving vehicle. Pedestrians cross a street near a Walgreens. Two black men smoking cigarettes pass by a parked John Ruskin Cigar van on a busy street. The Walter R. Thomas Jewelers shop at 28 Broad St is seen nearby. View of the Georgia State Capitol (Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334, United States).
Film opens with still portrait of U.S. Strategic Air (SAC) Commander in Chief, General Thomas S. Power., who is heard saying "Peace is Our Profession." Signs outside SAC headquarters, bearing the same message. Glimpse of entry gate to the headquarters. View of Atlas missile displayed on the headquarters grounds. Closeups of the missile, at top and bottom. Air Force personnel manning phones in SAC Control Center, underground,at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Others are seen walking near extremely large wall displays. View of the main Control Center with officers at their respective stations. View of person entering past guards into the underground facility. A briefing officer climbs onto a moving platform that elevates him so he can brief the center personnel, while referring to one of the large wall displays. View of teletype machines receiving messages in the Center. Digital clocks show times in places like Guam and Alaska. The famous "Red Telephone" from which it is possible to launch the entire SAC strike force, all over the world, within seconds after warning of an enemy attack has been received at SAC Headquarters. B-47 bombers taxiing on a base. Closeups of some taxiing. A B-47 bomber taking off and flying high above the camera. Extreme closeup from outside of crew members in cockpit of B-47 in flight. Flight of three B-47s flying in formation.
The annual world barrel-jumping championship in Grossingers, New York. United States and Canadian flags in Grossingers, New York. A referee waves flag. Titleholder Leo Lebel performs a barrel jump speed skating. A Canadian contends in Grossingers but slips on the 14th barrel. Another contestant slips after performing barrel jump. A contestant’s barrel jump in the final round. Spectators clapping. Leo Lebel performs a leap of 15 barrels, 26 ft. 1 ½ inches. Leo Lebel kisses his wife and receives a trophy.
Fire fighters and rescue workers at work at the crash site of flights United Airlines flight 826 and Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight 266 in New York. The accident became known as the Park Slope plane crash or the Miller Field crash after the crash sites. United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation collided mid-air over New York. Rescue workers gather around at the venue and try to extinguish fire on the planes. New York's largest disaster force is called out to fight fire on the super-carrier Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation. Fire fighters fight to put down the flames. Smoke and fire all around in the area.
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