Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. A sign reads 'Shooter'. Seattle fair closes. A poster regarding the sale of elephants. A girl walks with a baby elephant. U.S. President John F. Kennedy resumes pre-election touring. He boards an aircraft. President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko talk to each other. President Kennedy in the back of a limousine with advisors. Reconnaissance photographs showing Russian Beagle bombers and missiles in Cuba. A map depicts the range of Russian missiles.
Events in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 16, 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction over Soviet missile positions in Cuba. A sign reads 'Fallout Shelter'. Supermarket food store shelves stripped by people eager to stock rations in case of nuclear war. Queues and lines at grocery checkouts as shoppers stock up.
Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. Lorries and trucks on a road carrying supplies to community fallout shelters. A sign on a truck reads 'City in action through Civil Defense'.
Cheering Cuban crowds seen celebrating Fidel Castro's successful overthrow of Batista, in 1959, in Havana, Cuba. Fidel Castro with Nikita Khrushchev outside Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York City, before meetings at the United Nations building in New York City, during the opening of the 15th General Assembly (September 19, 1960). View of Castro walking in front of UN building entrance. View of Soviet Navy ships carrying missiles from Cuba, back to the Soviet Union, in 1962. Nikita Khrushchev gesturing and talking outside a building. Newspaper photograph of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko conversing with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who is seated in his rocking chair at the White House.
Brief scene shows former President of Mexico, General Victoriano Huerta (entitled "Dictator of Mexico" on film slate) looking through binoculars with other officers in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Scene shifts to the new President of Mexico, General Venustiano Carranza, seen walking with several other men along a railroad track on a harbor pier.
Contestants compete at the 1962 Miss Universe at the Miami Beach Auditorium (Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States) in Miami, Florida. Contestants such as Miss Colombia Olga Lucía Botero Orozco, Miss Finland Anja Aulikki Järvinen, and Miss Haiti Evelyn Miot, are seen on stage. Photographers click photos. Outgoing titleholder Marlene Schmidt of Germany crowns Miss Argentina (Miss Argentine) Norma Beatriz Nolan with the Miss Universe 10th Annivrsary Crown (also known as the Rhinestone Crown). Closer view of Miss Universe 1962 Norma Nolan after receiving award and seated on winners' throne. 1st Runner-up Miss Iceland Anna Geirsdóttir, 2nd Runner-Up Miss Finland Anja Aulikki Järvinen, and 3rd Runner-Up Miss Republic of China Helen Liu Shiu-Man, stand beside the Miss Universe throne.