To promote better relations with Latin America through his "Alliance For Progress," President and Mrs. Kennedy visited Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia. Starting at Puerto Rico,on December 15, 1961, a sign is seen bearing the President's image and reading 'Welcome" in Spanich. Next in a motorcade through a crowded street, a man stands in an open car throwing confetti, while President John F. Kennedy (JFK) follows in another open car, accompanied by Governor Munoz Marin of Puerto Rico. In change of scene (and country) on December 16th, JFK stands at a microphone in Venezuela, next to an interpreter making notes. He introduces his wife, as a Kennedy who doesn't need an interpreter, and asks her to say a few words. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy leaves her seat next to President Romulo Betancourt, and steps to the microphone, where she briefly addresses the gathering in Spanish. (Mrs. Betancourt occupies the seat next to JFK's empty one.) After Mrs. Kennedy's brief remarks, those in the gathering applaud, and President Kennedy appears delighted.
A beach in California. Cars moving on highway - 101 Camino Real. Old Mission buildings and monuments in San Diego, California. Monks moving about one of the missions. A monk feeds white pigeons. Adobe home of General Jose Castro before restoration, at San Juan Batista. View in Los Angeles of Avila Adobe - Stockton's American headquarters during the Mexican-American war. People visiting the museum. La Casa de Estudillo in San Diego, also known as Ramona's Marriage Place after the reference in the popular Helen Hunt Jackson novel. A Mexican musician plays guitar outside the house. Agua Caliente resort in Mexico, over the border. Restaurant there with dancers and a band. Olvera Street market in Los Angeles for Mexican arts and crafts. A man and two women make Mexican foods.
Little League Baseball Series in Williamsport Pennsylvania. Crowd in the stand cheers. Season's round-robin finale in progress. The Monterrey Mexico team wins over the La Mesa California team as Monterrey pitcher Angel Macias has a good game.
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.
Masahiko Harada and Jose Medal of Mexico participate in a boxing match, Nagoya, Japan. They fight for the World Bantamweight Title in the boxing ring. Medal sustains pounding for most of the 15 rounds and Masahiko Harada wins the Title. Huge crowd cheers during the match.
A professional wrestling match between Cyclon Anaya and Don Eagle from Quebec Canada in Cleveland, Ohio. Cyclon Anaya, a wrestler from Mexico and Don Eagle, a North American Indian brave, enter the wrestling ring. They fight and wrestle in the ring. Don Eagle throws Anaya out of the ring. Spectators watch the wrestling match. A referee enforces the rules of the ring during the boxing match. Don Eagle wins the match.
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