Medical examination being conducted in United States. A man measures the height of a deep sea diver. Men lined up to undergo medical examination. A doctor examines the ear of a diver.
Deep sea divers go underwater in United States. Men aboard a ship. Pressure gauges. A deep sea diver in his diving gear goes over side of a boat. The diver underwater as he measures the side of a ship. He dives to the bottom among rocks and moss. Bow of the ship on side with diving boat along side. Another diver goes over side of the boat. The diver goes under water and lands at the bottom of the ocean. He uses a hammer on the side of a sunken ship. He falls and gets up.
Deep sea divers in United States. Waves break on the beach. A man sets a helmet onto a diver in his diving gear.
Brief view of Mussolini in Italy wearing a top hat. Clip proceeds on theme of lifestyle of people in United States in the 1920s, also referred to as the "Roaring 20s". Pedestrians and various people on busy streets of New York City as cars and truck move past them. A woman gets her make up done in a makeup studio. A woman in flapper fashions smokes a cigarette. View of a line of women's legs all wearing silk stockings and shorter skirts than in prior times. Women in swimming suits at a beauty pageant. Federal agents smash liquor bottles and break up wooden barrels draining liquor to enforce prohibition. Gangsters killed in an encounter in the street. Gangsters, possibly mafia, being arrested and led away by police at gun point. Men and women perform Charleston dance. A bartender is seen mixing a drink. Men and women enjoy ballroom dancing at a night club. Closeup of a street sign for Wall Street. Brief view of crowds outside New York Stock Exchange building around time of stock market crash of 1929.
Flying flivvers in flight in United States in 1935. A man works on a small, light Flivver aircraft. View of a Weick W-1 "everyman" aircraft operating its controls on an airfield. It was the winner of Department of Commerce competition for a "foolproof airplane." It is seen moving quickly around other parked aircraft on an airfield using its tricycle landing gear. Narrator says it was priced at $700 to be "everyman's airplane." The Weick W-1 takes off and is seen in flight. From a 25 year retrospective newsreel released July 14, 1960.
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. 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.
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