United Nations considers Katanga crisis in a meeting at its Headquarters in New York. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold calls for a resolution for speedy withdrawal of Belgium troops from Katanga in Congo. Officials from Congo seated during the meeting. General Dag Hammarskjold asks the Congo officials to settle the issues among themselves as UN will not interfere with the matter.
Stunt Flier Paul Mantz crashes while filming for a movie in Phoenix, Arizona. Paul Mantz seated in the cockpit of an aircraft. He flies an aircraft above a sandy area. The aircraft crashes on ground killing Paul Mantz while performing a stunt.
The second march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Many white clergymen are seen in the ranks of marchers. The marchers are confronted by armed and helmeted Alabama State Troopers, and a quiet standoff ensues. The marchers kneel to pray, en masse.
Led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin King, Jr., African Americans, joined by some white supporters, especially white clergymen, proceed on a second attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, to call attention to racial discrimination. Signs identify the Alabama River and the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The march is halted temporarily on the bridge. An older white man and woman, who seem to be known to local people, come forward and lead the march, without interference, allowing marchers to proceed to the end of the bridge.
After discontinuing the second attempted civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King speaks to the marchers and reporters on steps of Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal Church (410 Martin Luther King St, Selma, AL 36703, United States) in Selma, Alabama. Ralph Abernathy is directly behind King. The marchers were still under a judicial restraining order that they hoped would soon be lifted. King wanted marchers to stay in Selma until the march was approved by the Court.
Campaigning for Governor, Ronald Reagan and his wife, drive past a crowd of supporters in a stadium. Wife Nancy Davis Reagan waves at the crowd. Reagan cheer leaders seated on ground as they clap. Governor Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis wave at his California supporters.
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