U.S. President John Kennedy attends the first ballgame played at the new $20 million District of Columbia Stadium, or DC Stadium, in April 1962. 45,000 spectators in stands for the opening of the stadium and the Major League Baseball season. Glimpse of the new DC Stadium in Washington, DC, filled with baseball fans. President John F. Kennedy enters the ballpark, accompanied by David Francis Powers, and proceeds toward seats bearing the Presidential seal. Spectators in nearby seats stand to greet the President, and several shake his hand. Scene shifts to players and newsmen on the field all focused on President Kennedy. News photographers are busy photographing him. Camera shifts to President Kennedy making a long throw followed by the ballplayers scrambling for it on the ballfield. View of the President smiling after his throw, with Illinois Republican Senator Everett Dirksen standing to his left, and slightly behind him, and David Powers to his right. Senator George Smathers of Florida is laughing behind them. The President bends down momentarily revealing Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, directly behind him and Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, at Mansfield's right. Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher, wearing sun glasses is behind and to left of Dirksen. Closeup of Home plate umpire Charlie Berry shouting "Play Ball!" after brief rain delay. Lights are on during daytime as game is played. Washington Senators player hits single to left field. Senators go on to beat the visiting Detroit Tigers 4-1. (Note: The stadium was later renamed Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, or RFK Stadium, in 1969).
Kremlin at night in Moscow. Premier Nikita S Khrushchev speaks. Headlines in Newspaper 'Khrushchev Orders Removal of Missiles'. Photographs of Russian missile sites in Cuba. Russian ships at sea with missiles on their decks.
Athletes running on road in Boston Marathon, crowd cheering runners around the road. Eino Oksanen, a Finnish Marathon runner, dominates the field of 181 entrants to win the 26-mile run. Views of runners running on roads.
Horses running in Wood Memorial horse race. Race starts at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Crowd cheering the participants. View of race on the track. Race ends in a dead heat between 'Admiral's Voyage' and 'Sunrise County'. Sunrise County is disqualified for bumping and is placed second.
Soldiers search private cars entering University of Mississippi, or Ole Miss, college campus during the Mississippi riots of segregationists against education integration during the civil rights movement. A military truck passing. A soldier talks. Civilian in a car. Board reads 'US Army'.
Military jeeps and trucks. Helicopters in ground during Mississippi riots in Oxford, Mississippi. General Frederick W Gibbs arrives in riot drill at airfield. General Gibbs enters car. (During time of riots by segregationists against education integration during the civil rights movement.)