The 1966 University of Texas tower shooting. 24-year-old student Charles Whitman kills 16 and injures 33 persons at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Policemen and security guards take position and try to reach the sniper at the top of the University of Texas Main Building tower (110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78705, United States). Students hide and run away from the tower. A large crowd of students and other people gathered following the aftermath of the mass shooting. Shot guns, rifles, revolvers, and other weapons recovered from the sniper who was killed by policemen.
People gather to mourne victims, including 116 children, killed when Half a million tons of coal mining waste (a "tip") collapsed and crashed down a hillside onto Pantglas Junior School, burying both the school and 20 nearby houses in the village of Aberfan, Wales, UK, on October 21, 1966. View of the village, as three British sailors walk downhill on the sidewalk, past mourners walking uphill, on October 27th, to participate in a mass funeral for children who perished. A line of caskets is seen surrounded by flowers. Mourners gather on the side of the hill for the funeral service. Mourners place tributes on a huge cross of flowers laid out on the hillside
Pro Bowl football game of 1966 between the teams of East and West in Los Angeles, California. A large crowd of football fans gather at a stadium to watch the game. Football game in progress. Crowd cheers and applauds. East wins the game with a score of 36-7.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign in grassy area reads 'Camp Carroll'. The Camp Carroll dedication sign reads ' Camp J. J. Carrolls Dedicated November 1966 in Honor of Captain James Joseph Carroll, USMC, Company "K" 3rd BN 4th Marines". The grassy and dirt fields, dirt road , large tents and sandbag psns at Camp Carroll. A USA 175mm gun in psn. The hardback buildings, sandbags psns and marine stand and walk at Camp Carroll.
Salvage operations in the Mediterranean Sea by a U.S. ARS (Salvage Ship) after 1966 Palomares B-52 crash incident. An ARS underway. A large group of civilians and USAF (United States Air Force) personnel in the hold of an LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized). Cameramen and reporters tour the search area with U.S. Deputy-Commander Strike Force South Rear Admiral William A Guest on board LCM. Rear Admiral Guest talk to the reporters. Rear Admiral Guest in a long, leather coat points out matter to the reporters. USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30) in the background. Photographers take pictures of USS Fort Snelling.
Salvage operations off the coast of Palomares, Spain by the United States after the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash. A small boat in water. Line handlers aboard an LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) tending lines attached to divers, being towed through water during salvage operations. A man on the stern of the LCM holds a tow line attached to divers underwater in the far background. A small boat patrols in the background. Men on stern of the LCM grouped around. A diver swims towards the stern of the LCM. A piece of gear is brought aboard by the men on the stern. The man on the stern of the LCM holding onto the line extended out into water. Four men on the stern of the LCM tend lines which are extended out into the wake of a boat.