John F. Kennedy wins election in the United States. View of the Out-of-Town Newspapers news stand at the base of the New York Times building at One Times Square. Newspaper headlines on newsstand read 'President Elect Kennedy', 'Kennedy New President' and 'Kennedy Wins Presidency'. The Daily News headlines reads 'Elected' with a photograph of John F. Kennedy. A man holding a 'New York Mirror' newspaper on which the headline reads 'Extra Kennedy!'. President-elect John F. Kennedy at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Photographers take pictures. Kennedy picks up his daughter Caroline and poses with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy. President-elect Kennedy with his wife, his parents and brothers and sisters at a meeting in Hyannis Port. Kennedy, during his speech, says that the next four years are going to be difficult and challenging. He requests the citizens for a national effort in moving the country through the 1960s. Kennedy also promises that all the decrees he possesses will be utilized for the cause of the country. Crowd applauds. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy smiling.
Motion Picture postage stamps printed in the United States during World War II. Chairman of the War Activities Committee George J. Schaefer and Assistant Postmaster General Ramsey Black looking at postage stamps rolling off presses. The postage stamps printed at the Bureau of Engraving in Washington to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Motion Picture Industry. The men looking at the stamps. Close view of a stamp which depicts a group of U.S. Soldiers in the South Pacific watching a movie. Men standing in a line outside a counter at the New York Post Office collect the stamps. A stamp with 'United States of America' written across the top and '3c, postage' and '50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures' written across the base of the stamp. The first letters bearing New York cachet are stamped. Men stamping the letters. An envelope with a stamp. A signboard behind men at a counter reads 'New York, N.Y., Cachet Applied Here'. Schaefer holding a framed sheet of stamps is flanked by New York Post Master General Goldman and Post Master General Frank Walker. The Chairman expresses his thanks to the Post Master General during his speech at a function in New York. Hollywood stars gathered at a post office to express their thanks. Maria Montez, a motion picture actress, autographs on a giant envelope addressed to the Postmaster General Frank Walker expressing their thanks for his appreciation. A group of stars holding the envelope. Maria Montez with the envelope.
A U.S. Army helicopter in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. A U.S. Army Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw helicopter hovering over an airfield. Two airmen on the airfield. The helicopter above a load of ammunition. An airman hooks the load of ammunition on a pallet to the underside of the helicopter. The helicopter lifts and the pallet from the base of the ammunition load comes loose. The helicopter comes down, the airman hooks the load again and signals to the pilot.
Installations and equipment at Sasebo Harbor in Japan after World War II. Buildings at the harbor. Mountains in the background. Docks and a crane at Sasebo seaplane base. A Japanese seaplane on a ramp. Buildings along a waterfront.
Sasebo Harbor in Japan after World War II. USS Gloucester in the harbor. Freed American, British and Canadian prisoners in the hangar bay of USS Gloucester. A damaged Japanese submarine in water. A boat underway. Sasebo naval base in the background.
Sasebo Harbor in Japan after World War II. Installations along the dock of a repair base loading tresses and coaling docks. USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) at anchor in the harbor with deck full of parked aircraft. . A crane at the dock. Small Japanese craft in the harbor including sampans and fishing craft.
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