A basketball match between UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and Long Island University in New York. A huge crowd in the spectator area watches the match. The spectators cheer the players. The match ends in a deadlock. The UCLA Cagers then score twice and win, 66 to 64 of Long Island University team.
An Italian journalist speaks in his office in New York City. A map of Manhattan on the wall in the background. Documents lay in front of him on the table. View of streets in San Francisco, California. The Golden Gate Bridge and The Presidio. Buses and street cars on road. Pedestrians cross the streets. People board Washington & Jackson Street tram of Municipal Railway of San Francisco, as it swings in circle to reverse course. Crabs being cooked in Italian market. Italian-American fisherman repairs nets at harbor in San Francisco. Statue of Paul Revere near the North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Fishing boats of Italian-American fishermen at the dock. Fishermen unloading their catches. Sea birds snatch pieces of fish on the wharf. Views of small fishing boats named "Salvatore" and "St. Angelo". Fishermen work on their nets. Cluster of fishing boats at the pier.
Presidential election of November 8, 1960. Voting for the 1960 Presidential election underway in United States. President Eisenhower arrives at a firehouse in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania via helicopter to cast his vote. His wife, Mamie Eisenhower, also casts her vote. Senator John F. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline cast their votes at the Boston Public Library. Republican candidate Richard Nixon and wife Pat Nixon cast their votes in California. Republican Vice Presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. votes. Senator Lyndon Johnson is also seen voting. Ballots are fed into a ballot box marked 'Town of Barnstable' Kenned Kennedy with his wife and daughter appear before the press at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port Massachusetts as he leads the race for the White House. News that Kennedy is pulling ahead in the race is seen on a scrolling text marquee aka 'The Zipper' mounted on New York Times building at One Times Square in New York City. A reported watches wire reports printing from Associated Press machines. Richard Nixon at a public meeting accepts his defeat and assures his support for Kennedy. Votes being counted and Kennedy wins the election. A man at a newsstand views the front page of the New York Mirror newspaper with headline, 'EXTRA KENNEDY!' 'John F. Kennedy after winning the election. He addresses a public meeting at Hyannis, Massachusetts with his wife by his side, and other Kennedy family members present on stage, including Joseph P. Kennedy Sr, Rose Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Edward Kennedy with Joan Bennett Kennedy, and the President-elect's sisters Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Jean Kennedy Smith, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. John F. Kennedy accepts Nixon's greetings and talks about making a supreme effort to take America out of difficult times.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is met by General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, as he arrives by airplane in Manila, Philippines. Japanese diplomats and military officers board the U.S. Battleship, Missouri, to sign surrender documents. Admiral Nimitz is one of the signatories. Nimitz is given a hero's welcome, in Washington, DC, replete with a military parade. He addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Admiral Richard Byrd briefs Admiral Nimitz (now Chief of Naval Operations) about the 1947 expedition to Antarctica. Admiral Nimitz receiving an honorary degree from Columbia University, in New York. (Others present during this event include General Dwight Eisenhower and General George Marshall.) Nimitz, appointed as UN Plebiscite Administrator for Kashmir. He is visited by members of the Japanese Diet and signs autographs for them. Nimitz standing with President Truman, who appoints him to a special commission on internal security. Retired Admiral Nimitz at home in his garden at Berkeley Hills, California. Weather vane at his house contains 5 stars and replica of a submarine.
World oceans map with red dots marking areas of scientific interest for Glomar Challenger Expeditions. Scientists study ocean chart and mark a line on it. Offices on board the ship. Teletype is received and logged. Crew member monitors instruments on board. Crew lowers large circular device on which is painted: "Built for Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, by Research Equipment, Inc., Plymouth, Massachusetts." Animated diagram shows the ship monitoring acoustics in a circular area above the generating device. A large antenna-like frame is lowered into the ocean. Inside the ship, several expedition members monitor a sonar screen as it paints acoustic returns.
Animated sequences illustrating relationship of core samples from deep ocean floor to tectonic plate movements. Diagram showing core samples at various locations and relationship to time, going back to the super continent (Pangea). Outline of Pangea segments superimposed on current world map. Highlighting of areas where tectonic plates collide. Illustration of one plate sliding beneath and adjacent plate; two plates sliding beside one another; and upwelling causing two plates to retreat from each other. Relief map of ocean floor in Pacific showing dramatic features near Japan and lesser features off the coast of California and Mexico related to earthquake propensity.