The 66th Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Don "Tarzan" Bragg in the pole vault, clears the bar at 15 feet. Three top contenders including Ray Norton , Dave Simon and Bobby Morrow run during the 200 meter race. Ray Norton wins the race. In the high jump, John Thomas clears the barrier at seven feet one and a half inches.
Valentin Gubitchev guilty of conspiring with Judith Coplon to commit espionage comes out of a building as photographers take his pictures. After the suspension of his 15 year sentence Gubitchev deported to Russia. He embarks a ship named ' Batory' and it sails away from the port in New York, United States.
A demonstration shows bar charges being placed and exploded against a wall in the United States. Soldiers place bar charges on a Japanese stump wall. 24 packs of bar charges are placed on the wall for detonation. An explosion takes place and smoke rises. The explosion results in a 12 feet wide gap in the wall and tanks pass through the gap. The bar charges are placed on a five feet high Japanese log wall. An explosion occurs and a 15 feet and 3 inches wide gap is created. A U.S. Army tank passes through the gap. 24 packs of bar charges are placed on a Japanese wall and an explosion occurs. Smoke rises due to the explosion. A U.S. Army tank passes through the 16 feet wide gap created in the wall. The soldiers near the bar charges. They place the charges under water for a detonation. A steel obstacle. The bar charges are placed at the joint of a member of a steel fence for a detonation. (World War II period).
Amphibious assault training during World War II. A crewman operates the controls of a winch aboard USS Callaway (APA-35) in the Pacific off Camp Pendleton, California. Two MZ radio jeeps are lowered into a hold. A Higgins Boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) number PA35-15 is seen leaving the ship loaded with U.S. Marines. Marines climb down landing nets over the side of the ship and board more Higgins boats. Boats number PA35-12 and PA35-11 are seen filled with Marines heading towards the beach.
USS Gamble, destroyer / mine layer, DD-123/DM-15, being scuttled off Guam, after decommissioning, due to extreme damage from Japanese bombs off Iwo Jima. Witnessed by Admiral Chester Nimitz and staff.
Peace activists and pacifist demonstrators amassed in Washington DC during a moratorium to end the Vietnam War. Anti-war demonstrators move down a street. Peace seeking people hold hands as they walk down a street in protest of the war. A man on a motorcycle ride down the street. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). People march during the rally. A man carries a large wooden cross down the middle of Constitution Avenue. People form a human chain and march in a line down the street at the rally. A banner reads "Clergy Layman concerned about Vietnam." Another banner reads ' No deals in Vietnam U.S. get out now'. People milling about at the Washington Monument. A man carrying a megaphone walk among a large crowd.