United States congressional Leaders, including Senators Carl Hayden, Lyndon Johnson, William F. Knowland and other Senators as well as House leaders John McCormick and Carl Albert, assemble at the White House. American senators chatting on the street in Washington DC. They enter the door to the White House together. Senators pose for photographers. Lyndon B. Johnson exits his car after arriving in front of the White House. Lyndon B. Johnson and another senator speaks to the press.
Contestants compete at the 1962 Miss Universe at the Miami Beach Auditorium (Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States) in Miami, Florida. Contestants such as Miss Colombia Olga Lucía Botero Orozco, Miss Finland Anja Aulikki Järvinen, and Miss Haiti Evelyn Miot, are seen on stage. Photographers click photos. Outgoing titleholder Marlene Schmidt of Germany crowns Miss Argentina (Miss Argentine) Norma Beatriz Nolan with the Miss Universe 10th Annivrsary Crown (also known as the Rhinestone Crown). Closer view of Miss Universe 1962 Norma Nolan after receiving award and seated on winners' throne. 1st Runner-up Miss Iceland Anna Geirsdóttir, 2nd Runner-Up Miss Finland Anja Aulikki Järvinen, and 3rd Runner-Up Miss Republic of China Helen Liu Shiu-Man, stand beside the Miss Universe throne.
City view of Tokyo. Large crowd gathers as 18th modern Olympic Games opening ceremony goes on in Tokyo, Japan. United States players hold their national flag. Russian players come after the American players. Japanese players hold their flag. Emperor Hirohito declares the games open. Olympic flag hoisted. Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic torch. Pigeons fly in sky.
Opening scene shows injured soldiers in World War 1 being transferred to a field hospital. Next scene, in the United States, shows disabled and injured veterans of World War 1, and recovering soldier veterans, as they exit railroad hospital trains at a train station, and are met by medical staff of Fort Sheridan, in Lake County, Illinois. Women offer the soldiers donuts from baskets. Veterans get into waiting ambulances. Civil war cannon in a snowy field, and view of Fort Sheridan grounds, including the Fort Sheridan water tower and barracks complex. Disabled veterans get out of ambulance and enter hospital facility at Lake Sheridan. Nurses caring for injured patients in hospital ward. A patient in a bed draws a picture. Nurses massage patient's hands and arms. Therapists and nurses using various therapy machines for patients, including one that appears to connect wires to a patient's arm.
Night scenes in Harlem, New York City. A cross marquee reads "Mount Olivet Church" (201 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027, United States) in Harlem, an African American neighborhood. Neon lights and marquees read "Hollywood Cafe", "Kelly Hotel" and "Bolivar Bar". Meat items and their rates on display at butcher’s shop storefront. Different parts of meat on display. Marquees of bar and hotels glitter in night. Wines and liquors shop. Man enters a liquor store. A sign reads "Eshad Ali". The Bombay India Restaurant.
From film "Toward the Horizon" depicting life of African American population in the United States post World War II. The statue of Abraham Lincoln at Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002), Washington DC. African American farmers work in a field, plowing it with mule and plow. African American women till the soil by hand.
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