Crowd gathered at Soldier Field, Chicago, for the 27th playing of the annual professional-amateur football game between the National Football League champions and a team of star college seniors from the previous season. Colts quarterback,Johnny Unitas,is seen completing a number of passes, including three resulting in touchdowns. However, all-star quarterback Don Meredith, of Southern Methodist University, who completed 8 of 20 passes for 156 yards, is seen throwing a pass to Prentice Gautt of Oklahoma, resulting in a 60 yard run for their only touchdown.
Celebration of the 98th birthday of American football player Amos Alonzo Stagg in Stockton, California. Men seated at a table and eating food. Stagg seated at a table. Men stand near a large birthday cake to celebrate Stagg's birthday. Stagg meets and shakes hands with people. Men applaud.
A modern replica of Philadelphia's Liberty bell arrives in Houston, Texas. It is en route to Liberty. It will serve as the symbol for the fight of the Liberty Muscular Dystrophy Foundation for freedom from the dreaded disease. People gather at the ceremony. Some children and people affected by the disease are seated in wheel chairs, including the sisters responsible for the bell effort, Nadine Woods and Sallie Woods.
The assassination of United States Senator Huey Long from Louisiana in 1935. A past event shows Huey Long speaking; standing with a woman outside a building. People gather in a large number for the funeral of Huey Long. Soldiers march. From a 1960 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Aviation thrills during the Thompson Trophy Race of National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Aircraft take off from an air base. Colonel Roscoe Turner is forced out because of a burning engine. Harold Neuman wins the race. The aircraft land. People gather at the air base to greet the pilots. Pilot Harold Neumann seen smiling. From a 1960 newsreel describing the event 25 years prior.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft on high altitude sampling missions code named Crow Flight during Project Hasp at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas, United States. The U-2 taxis on the runway. The aircraft in flight.
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