Major sports events of the year 1958. Tommy Bolt and Gary Player, a South African, battle it out in Tulsa, Oklahoma during Golfdom's National Open. A large crowd gathers to witness the game. Tommy Bolt wins the tournament.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants at an all star mile race in Dublin, Ireland. Australian athlete Herb Elliot sets a new mile record of 3 minutes, 54 and 1/2 seconds, as he crosses the finish line.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Boats underway at sea during America's cup, a yachting event that resumes after 21 years. President Eisenhower looks at the boats through a pair of binoculars. Columbia team representing United States beats British challenger Sceptre in four races off New Port, Rhode Island.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants dive into a pool at the Women's National AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Diving Championship in Topeka, Kansas. Paul Jean Meyers wins the championship after beating Tahiea Sparling.
Revolutionaries moving through the mountains during Cuban revolution. Buildings bombed and burned by Batista forces. Armed soldiers in defensive positions atop the Presidential Palace in Havana. President Fulgenci Batista with others. Cuban General Staff Chief, Francisco Tabernilla Dolz and a Lieutenant General discussing defense matters. Cuban soldiers on tanks. Castro addresses guerrillas. Che Guevera working with rebels in the mountains. They assemble and test rifle-launched grenades. Fire fights between revolutionaries and the Batista forces. The Cuban Army Air Force (FAEC--Fuerza Aérea Ejército de Cuba) attacks using P-47 aircraft, seen firing at revolutionaries on the ground. Rebels firing heavy machine guns, rifles, and rifle grenades. Castro's revolutionaries, under the leadership of Ernesto “Ché” Guevara, engage Federal troops at Santa Clara. They are seen taking prisoners and in the city itself. A building sign reads: "Seccion Policia Nacional Vigilante Hidalgo." An FAEC B-26 bomber is seen low overhead. Rebels fire at it with small arms from a truck moving along the street. FAEC B-26s engaged in nighttime support missions with Batista forces (commencing November 10, 1958). B-26s dropping bombs. P-47 aircraft are also seen. Bombs exploding. Civilian women and children seeking escape from the bombing. Wounded revolutionaries being treated in a hospital. Armed women revolutionaries. Rebel forces eating a meal. Che Guevara being greeted as he walks amongst civilians in the city. Revolutionaries stand atop a building waving their flag. A woman holds an injured child. A cross is erected in a cemetery. Fidel Castro with some of his followers talking to a captured Federal officer
American pavilion being constructed and dedicated in Brussels, Belgium for World's fair. Baron Robert Silvercruys, Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and othre officials arrive at the dedication ceremony. Model of the Pavillion. American flag at the ceremony. Baron Moens de Fernig, Commissioner of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair speaks at a microphone as audiences listen carefully. Pillars erected at the construction site of the American pavilion. Workers stand near a truck. A man at the dedication ceremony explains about a nuclear clock with the help of a chart. He holds an instrument in his hand as he speaks into a microphone. Dignitaries on the podium. Workers laying bricks at the construction site of the American pavilion. A sign on the ground reads ' Welcome ' A huge crane at the site. Officials get down the stairs at the site of construction.