Algeria attains independence and Ben Bella becomes the President. Head of the provisional government Benyoucef Ben Khedda addresses the press as he informs them about the end of provisional rule and attainment of independence. Ben Bella the new President of free Algeria arrives after seven years of confinement. He gets off the plane and is given a warm welcome. People celebrate their independence. People loaded in trucks. Ben Bella with important statesmen.
Funeral of Marilyn Monroe. Close friends and former husband Joe DiMaggio attend the private funeral of Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe. A casket carrying Monroe's body is placed on a trolley and is taken to Westwood village memorial park cemetery. Joe DiMaggio Jr., son of Joe DiMaggio, attends the funeral. Photographers take pictures. Lutheran priest A.J. Soldan conducts a prayer service. Joe DiMaggio leaves after the funeral.
8th International Diving Competition in Germany. German divers practice ahead of the diving competition on a trampoline. At the five nations diving meet men and women divers exhibit beautiful formations as they take to the pool. A German diving star puts up a good show. A slow motion of a man diver as he displays a beautiful formation.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivers a speech in Washington D.C., United States. The President, while addressing a conference, speaks about the food and drug laws of the country, and references issues with the drug Thalidomide. He informs about the decision to increase the staffing at the food and drug administration (FDA). He also talks about a bill that has been introduced in the Congress to allow rapid removal of drugs from the market that prove hazardous to public health and should potentially be illegal.
Oswald Mosley, head of British Union of Fascists, at a rally in Manchester, England. Hecklers object to him and his Union Movement message. Policemen try to control the situation. Many people receive injuries. A man with a bleeding head injury. A woman thrown to the ground. Oswald holds another rally on Ridley Road, Dalston, London. A large number of people protest in the street against Oswald and his movement. He speaks into a microphone but is drowned out by the protesting crowd as policemen hold people behind a human chain. When Oswald cannot be heard over the disturbance he stops the speech as riots break out. Men engage in fisticuffs. 54 men are arrested in connection with the fist fighting and photographers take pictures as Oswald leaves.
A railroad excursion in Quebec, Canada. Nearly 1200 railroad enthusiast passengers aboard railroad trains pulled by Northern 4-8-4 and Pacific 4-6-2 steam locomotives. View of steam locomotive CN 6153 (from the Canadian National Railway, or CNR) pulling train cars, and view of the passengers inside as they enjoy a 200 mile long excursion trip. People look out from the train window. Many railroad hobbyists are wearing conductor's caps. They click pictures of the steam locomotives pulling the trains. A man laying on the railroad track as he clicks a picture of a distant approaching train. View of steam locomotive passing by a train station platform at high speed.
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