Anti-Castro Cuban refugees picket the meeting of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization at the University of Florida. The pickets claim the United Nation money spent for politics in Cuba. Men and women hold banners written with 'Cuba hungry because of Castro', 'Cuba Food Hungry', 'Castro sold country to Communists'.
Change of command ceremony at Naval Headquarters in Virginia. Admiral Robert gives a brief speech. Naval officers seated on chairs with their wives. Admiral Smith gives a speech on stage during the ceremony. Naval staff fires artillery.
Dirigible USS Macon at the coast in California. Aerial view of airship Macon in flight over Point Sur. View of USS Macon control room showing pilots and officers. Aerial view airship USS Macon over San Jose.
Sir Malcom Campbell putting on goggles before driving his six-ton Bluebird Car at 301 miles per hour on the Salt Flats in Utah. Aerial view from airplane of Bluebird as it streaks across salt flats. Views of smoking tires on car as they are removed by technicians.
A would be Invasion Army headed to take over Haiti, arrested in Florida. Exiled Cubans, Haitians and Americans part of the makeshift group. An old fishing boat converted to a troop ship. Machine guns and other weapons confiscated from the boat. A man stands with a flag in hand.
Governor Huey Long nicknamed 'Kingfish' lashes out at critics in Louisiana. He still reigns strong in Louisiana. From a February 11, 1960 Newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
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