Edward (formerly King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom), the Duke of Windsor and Governor of the Bahamas, and Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, arriving in Miami where the Duchess will undergo dental surgery. A bay and palm trees as seen from a veranda of building in Miami, United States. Railings in foreground. Exteriors of a building. A ship enters the bay and harbor pulled by a tugboat and is backed to a dock. United States Coast guardsman on dock. The Duke of Windsor talks with men aboard ship. Passengers embark on ship. Crowd wave from behind fences on dock. Duke and Duchess of Windsor at microphones. Local policemen and ship's crew in background. Edward VIII makes a statement. Crowd breaks up and leaves the pier. The ship moves away from the dock.
The unveiling of the "Avenue John F. Kennedy" sign in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg. Crowds of Luxembourgish guests gathered in Avenue John F. Kennedy. People view the "Avenue John F. Kennedy" sign on the street. Flags of Luxembourg hanging on a building. United States and Luxembourgish officials standing, some of them saluting at the same time. A military band plays music. A conductor leads the band. Band musicians play the trombone. Women and elderly men watch the band on the street. Children standing on the street. Military officials lower their hands after saluting. Various guests socializing. Two women, Helen Enid Hammerman Rivkin and her daughter (Laura or Julie), get inside a Diplomatic Corps 1963 Oldsmobile 98 sedan. United States Ambassador to Luxembourg, William R. Rivkin, looks on before joining his wife and daughter inside the Diplomatic Corps car. The Diplomatic Corps 1963 Oldsmobile 98 sedan drives away.
Beautiful models dressed in haute-contours walk on ramp during night fashion show at Biltmore Pool in Miami. Models catwalk and display their attire and high heels as judges and spectators watch in delight. Shows model's sandal being measured. Crowned winner poses with a big smile. January 1938.
A film titled, 'Fast record set in outboard motor race by six-time winner' shows participants speeding their motor boats at Biscayne Bay in Miami to win Colonel Green Trophy. Six Times Winner Walter Everett from Tulsa, Oklahoma wins the trophy with a record timing of 44.93 miles per hour. Everett is seen with the Colonel Green Trophy.
A U.S. Department of Commerce film entitled "Voyage to America." Opening scenes depict ordinary life during rush hour in major city in the United States in 1963. People walking in what appears to be a large railroad station and then riding escalators to lower floors. People stepping from a subway door to a platform and others leaving a crowded train station. An official cutting a ribbon to open some place or event. Young women cheer leading for a political candidate. People attending a concert and others at an outdoor sports event. Crowds filling sidewalks to watch foreign dignitaries in two white cars. Republicans fill the Cow Palace near San Francisco in the 1956 political convention where President Dwight D. Eisenhower is supported for a 2nd term as President. Some "Stick with Ike" banners are seen in the crowd. Scene transitions to views of clouds and beautiful coastal images of America.
James Baldwin speaks in United States. Scenes of strife and struggle during civil rights movement. Policemen beat a African American man. Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation, sits in a chair during an interview. He speaks on the position of African Americans and America's Promise. Other scenes: Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a small gathering of African Americans. They are standing at the scene of a bombed out or destroyed church. He speaks about what happened there alluding that they know the truth of the racist hate crime. He speaks about remaining strong in striving for freedom for African American citizens. People around him sing and clap. Martin Luther King Jr. looks into a bible. Ebenezer Baptist Church and its interiors are seen, where Martin Luther King Jr. preaches. Exterior view of a Woolworths store where African Americans in protest sit at a segregated lunch counter at Woolworth store and wait to be served, in a non-violent demonstration. People pass through doors. Men moving on a road are stopped by a policeman. He stands with other policemen. The civil rights demonstrators stop and pray together. They are then directed to a waiting police paddy wagon van for arrest. Policeman hits a African American man. African Americans are put in police paddy wagons. Policemen detain African American demonstrators during a march and use dogs in rounding up demonstrators. Fire truck arrives during a protest and firemen spray fire hoses at African American demonstrators on May 7, 1963 in Birmingham Alabama during the Birmingham Campaign or movement. High powered fire hoses spraying water at demonstrators. Police chasing and detaining demonstrators in a crowd during a black civil rights demonstration. Martin Luther King Jr. leaving a courthouse, his wife by his side. He walks down the steps where a reporter asks him, "Dr. King how long do you expect to stay in jail". King replies "I'm under orders to keep walking."
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