Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile in Mexico City, Mexico. Leon Trotsky in the hospital bed after an attempt was made on his life. A nurse arrives close to the bed. Men carry the casket of Trotsky out of the hospital. A huge motorcade accompanies the casket of Trotsky during his funeral procession. A crowd of people stands on the sides of road and watches the procession.
Russian revolutionist Leon Trotsky in Mexico. An aircraft lands on a runway in Mexico. Leon Trotsky disembarks from the aircraft and is welcomed by officials. His wife Natalia Sedova hugs and greets him. A group around them as they walk includes Frida Kahlo, wife of Diego Rivera. They converse with Mexican officials dignitaries, including Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (possibly while Kahlo and Rivera were hosting Trotsky for a time while he was in exile).
A Bell Aerosystems Rocket belt is flown by pilot Bob Courter in Mexico as a demonstration for the Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The jet pack demonstration takes place in Mexico City. The clip begins with a shot of a man holding balloons as he walks off. People and a helicopter in the foreground. Two technicians wearing Bell Aerosystems uniforms help pilot Bob Courter adjust the Bell Rocketbelt before he takes off in front of the assembled crowd, and flies over a field for the gathered crowd while wearing the jetpack.
Cuban Colonel Fulgencio Batista in Mexico. President of Mexico Lazaro Cardenas with Fulgencio Batista and his family and other Cuban officials who are on a goodwill trip. The officials standing and talking on a gangway at a port. The officials walk up the gangway to a vessel. Colonel Batista with his family members and other government officials inside the vessel. The vessel underway at sea
People walking on a street, some carrying straw bags for shopping, in a town in Mexico. The women are wearing shawls and the men are wearing white, wide-brimmed hats. View of a crowded open-air market in Mexico. Mexicans shop for produce such as potatoes. Mexican peddlers selling cloth, earrings and baskets. A farmer walks beside a road in the Mexican countryside. Beside the farmer is his donkey carrying baskets. The farmer’s dog walks on the road. Farmer walks behind donkey as dog trails behind them after they crossed the road. View of Mexican city with hills. A traditional Catholic procession with children wearing white on a Mexican street. The children carry a sign that reads, "Jardín de niños Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" and are thus likely children from a kinder school by that name that is located at San Miguel #19, 08600 Iztacalco (the neighborhood of the Asunción in Iztacalco). A jeep adorned with floral garlands trail behind the children. The jeep pulls a decorated cart carrying two women and a pair of banana trees.
Loading activities aboard the United States escort carrier Bairoko in San Diego, California United States Marines assemble on quay wall before embarking aboard the United States escort carrier Bairoko. United States Air Force F-84 aircraft being hoisted aboard the Bairoko.
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