A documentary depicting Algerians celebrating their independence and developments in Algeria thereafter. Vehicles carrying jubilant people drive past on the roads in different parts of the country. A helicopter in flight. A crowd gathers to watch as dignitaries and deputies arrive to attend the first session of the National Assembly. The session in progress. Ferhat Abbas is elected as the President of the National Assembly. Mohamed Ahmed Ben Bella casts his vote along with other members for the election of the prime minister. The crowd cheers as Mohamed Ahmed Ben Bella is declared the newly appointed Algerian Prime Minister. The Algerian flags are waved. A military procession in the streets. Soldiers parade as the people watch. Helicopters in flight. United States Air Force aircraft fly to aid with medical supplies. Dignitaries get off aircraft and are greeted by Algerian dignitaries. Men carry boxes. Volunteer medical personnel disembark aircraft. The Kabili Mountains (or Kabylie or Kabylia). Men work in fields and water crops. Algerian boys in Constantine for a forestry course. People work in a tent area. A man cooks bread. Sacks of food supplies sent in by other countries. Trees are felled. The United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Algerian Prime Minister addresses the UN General Assembly. Ben Bella in Washington DC. U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Ben Bella review honor guards. President Kennedy congratulates Algerian people on attaining independence. Heavy crowd on the streets of Algeria.
Final honors for Pope John XXIII. A large number of people in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City. People gather to pay their last respects to Pope John XXIII. The body of Pope John XXIII is borne from the the Papal apartments to St. Peter's Basilica. People and photographers try to capture photographs of the ceremony. A procession follows as pall bearers carry the body of the Pope on a bier. A nun joins her hands in prayer. The body is carried into the Basilica head first. The body is put on a catafalque on the main altar. People pass by the catafalque. Lit candles near the catafalque.
Indian President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on a state visit to England. A railroad train pulls into Victoria Station in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip at the station to welcome President Radhakrishnan. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan exits a Pullman car of the train and shakes hands with the Queen. President Radhakrishnan is greeted by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and other dignitaries. An honor guard at the station to give a royal welcome. A royal carriage carries the President, the Queen and the Duke. The carriage comes to a halt and the royal party gets off. The President, the Queen and the Duke.
The Soviet controlled East German government opens a new Berlin Wall crossing. A fenced area in Berlin, Germany. A watch tower near the fenced area. The "Wall of Shame" in Berlin has been breached by the East German Red Regime. The new Berlin Wall opening is designed to provide a shorter route to the East Berlin Airport. Military officials in the area. A mason at the construction of a structure. Papers are checked by military officials and a barricade is raised to allow vehicles to pass through.
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini is elected as the new pope in the Vatican City. A huge crowd in St. Peter's Square. White smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signifying the successful election of a new pope. People cheer. Bells toll. Inside the Sistine Chapel one seat that was occupied by Cardinal Montini is vacant. The newly appointed pope, who has taken the pontifical name Pope Paul VI, seated at the Papal Throne. He receives cardinals one by one. Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, in his capacity as the senior Cardinal Deacon, announced Montini's election. People cheer as the announcement is made The newly appointed Pope Paul VI during his first public appearance.
United States President John F. Kennedy visits West Germany. Men rolling out the red carpet in Cologne Bonn Airport (Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). President Kennedy disembarks from the Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000, Boeing 707-353B). German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer welcomes President Kennedy. Kennedy and Adenauer review the honor guard. Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard greets Kennedy. They board in a car. People on the sides of streets in Cologne as the President's motorcade passes. A large crowd cheers and waves U.S. flags. President Kennedy attends a Catholic mass at Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). Police try to control the people. German men and women running to meet President Kennedy. A banner read ' Welcome President Kennedy'. Another one reads 'common struggle for peace and freedom'. President Kennedy addresses people in front of Bonn City Hall (Markt 2, 53111 Bonn, Germany). People wave small United States flags.
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