Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and alumni of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President Conant speaks. On behalf of the President, and fellows, the Board of overseers, faculty members, and those assembled, he pays tribute to Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Paris from which Harvard University has descended. Representatives of those institutions stand in a group as their respective universities are extolled. The crowd applauds. President Conant presents mementos to the representatives of Cambridge, Oxford, and Paris. The choir sings.
Blind Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota fires a revolver at a target in Berwyn Heights, Maryland. He is guided by the sound of a wand tapped on the bulls-eye by his youngest son Richard. (Note: This newsreel was released December 23, 1935. Senator Schall was killed by a hit and run driver on December 19, 1935 while he was walking across the Baltimore-Washington Parkway within days of this footage being shot, earlier in December 1935 ).
Planes and equipment at airfield during Ole Miss student segregationist riots in Oxford, Mississippi at University of Mississippi. A pilot in a helicopter. Aerial view of land in the area. The riots were by segregationists against education integration during the civil rights movement.
President John F Kennedy during a television interview at the President's office in the White House, Washington DC. William H Lawrence and Sander Vanocur ask questions about the education act and effect of events in Oxford, Mississippi on it. President Kennedy answers the questions.
Elephant race in Columbus, Ohio. Elephants move across the race track. People gather along the race track to watch the race. Trees in the area.
People clean the Winnie Mae, a Lockheed Vega aircraft of Wiley Post in Cleveland, Ohio. Men polishing what looks like black residue off of plan fuselage. The ice grounded Wiley Post in his second attempt to span the continent through the sub stratosphere in seven hours. An insignia on aircraft reads "Winnie Mae". Aircraft crew slide the airplane on a skid into a hangar. Wiley Post (with eye patch) walks toward a waiting car and gets in the car.
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