People sit on chairs at a ceremony at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC. General John J Pershing cuts cake for Red Cross Fund drive, using a sword. Red Cross symbol represented on cake with candles. Elderly nurse woman wearing scarf on head which has embroidered Red Cross sign. The event was a fundraiser for a new memorial chapel. Scenes are from a May 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier.
Large crowd gathers in Baltimore for a horse race. Horses racing on the track as people watch. Bold Venture, the horse wins Preakness Stakes. From a 1961 newsreel showing events from 25 years earlier.
The baptism of John Clark Gable, son of Hollywood actor Clark Gable, at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church (15520 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, United States) in Encino, California. Sign reads “St. Cyril’s Catholic Church”. Hollywood stars Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopper, Jack Benny with his wife and Marilyn Monroe arrive at the church. Kay Williams Gable, holding John, arrives at the church. Baptism ceremony in the church. John with his mother comes out from the church.
President John F Kennedy takes stage during a question answer session in Washington DC. President advocates free elections in Berlin. He answers communists on Berlin.
Spectators sit during Hollywood Derby on hollywood Park in California. Horses race on track include Mr. America. A man on a stand in inner ground.
United States President John F. Kennedy addresses a press conference in Washington DC. President Kennedy outlines the West's reply to Nikita Khrushchev's threats to sign a peace treaty with East Germany. He calls on the Soviet government to reconsider its course. “A city does not become free merely by calling it a "free city." For a city or a people to be free requires that they be given the opportunity, without economic, political or police pressure, to make their own choice to live their own lives. The people of West Berlin today have that freedom. It is the objective of our policy that they will continue to enjoy it.” President Kennedy said in his speech.
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