Ship collusion in Bosporus,Turkey. Two tankers collide in Bosporus. Fire and explosion arises. Turkish passenger vessel anchored nearby catch flames and oil spreads and explodes. Civilians watch the firemen douse fire. Massive marine traffic jam occurs. Large cloud of smoke and gases arise.
Seventeen of the world's best ice skating barrel jumpers compete in the 11th annual competition at Grossinger's Catskill Resort in the Catskill Mountains of New York near the village of Liberty. Skaters are seen circling the ice rink to gain speed, and jumping over lines of barrels. Scenes of jumpers failing to clear all the barrels in their attempts. Only 3 contenders manage to clear 15 barrels. Only one, Jim Waldo, of Portland, Oregon, is seen successfully clearing 16 barrels to win the event. He receives his trophy from New York Yankees Baseball team's star catcher, Yogi Berra.
Tokle Memorial Ski Jump at Bear Mountain,New York. Ski jumpers jump.. Actor Jean Stanback jumps. Art Tokle wins the championship and poses with the trophy. Spectators cheer the winner.
The trial of Karl Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi German leader, in Jerusalem. The trial begins at the House of the People. Eichmann sits inside a bulletproof glass cabin. Three judges sit on a dais. Eichmann's defense lawyer, Dr. Robert Servatius, speaks and suggests that Eichmann should be tried by either Neutral or International Trial.
National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals in Boston. A basketball match between the Boston Celtics and the St. Louis Hawks. A large crowd of spectators cheer their teams. Bill Russell of the Celtics plays very well. The Celtics wins the match against the St. Louis Hawks by a score of 121-112. They win the first States medal.
Leaders of the United States and the United Kingdom meet in Washington DC. At the White House U.S. President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meet to affirm the Anglo-American Amity. They are accompanied by the Foreign Affairs advisers. The leaders and the advisers pose for the photographers.
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