U.S. Air Force band prepares for arrival of NASA astronaut Major Gordon Cooper, soon after his successful Mercury flight in Faith 7. A view of the airport with planes standing. View of VC-137C taxi left at Andrews Air force base. People getting out of the plane.
View of Andrews Air force base Elev 279. Major Gordon Cooper on visit to Washington DC. VC-137C taxis left of Andrews Air force base. Truck ramp moves up to aircraft.
View of wedge formation of police motorcycles leading the parade followed by Major Gordon Cooper in a open car. American crowds watch the procession celebrating the astronaut. Dignitaries climb up steps of building.
United States President John F Kennedy speaks on the Cold War nuclear test ban at the American University (4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016) in Washington DC. Graduates of the American University sit and clap. Professors sit on podium. President announces that the U.S. and Britain will send high level negotiators to Moscow in July for conference on a nuclear test ban. He says that the U.S. will discontinue nuclear tests unless some other country resumes them. “Confident and unafraid, we must labor on, not towards a strategy of annihilation, but towards a strategy of peace. Thanks.” President Kennedy concluded his speech.
Mile Run at Compton, California. Audience watching the competition. Six runners stand on start line, including Jim Beatty, Dyrol Burleson, Jim Grelle, Cary Weisiger, and Bob Seaman. Starting gun is fired. Morgan Growth sets the pace. The runners take off running. New Zealand's Peter Snell wins the race. People clap for him. Snell stands and poses on tracks. Pole vaulter and world record holder Brian Sternberg breaks his old record in pole vaulting.
Christmas time in United States. People walk on road, decorated shops in the United States. Crowd on road. A man stands with children in front of a shop's window and watches. A wreath hung on wall. Shops decorated with lights and flowers. People watch special Christmas decorations and presentations. Christmas tree made up of lights. Wreaths and holy statues decorated at shops. Christmas trees in front of Wall of Shame. Shops in Germany. U.S. workers prepare toys for German orphans. Mask of Santa Claus on wall. Children watch toys and teddy bears.
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