World War2, the Pacific Theater. United States battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in rough seas. Heavy sea breaks over the bow of the ship. Ship submerges in sea up to the deck at bow. Seamen in a small boat Raft in rough seas as men rescued in whaleboat. Whaleboat picks up men in rough sea. Two rubber life rafts in water. Men rescued in life rafts. Whaleboat in rough seas. Six life rafts come alongside a ship. U.S. sailors and Marines being rescued. Navy TBM airborne in flight and drops smoke flare. Men in rubber life rafts. Three life rafts with men in them in open seas.
1963 Miss America pageant at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Participants of the 'Miss America -1963' beauty contest pose and walk on the ramp. An audience watch the beauty contest. A panel of judges give remarks. Miss Ohio Lass, Jacquelyn Mayer receives the title of 'Miss America -1963'. Jacquelyn Mayer is crowned. Photographers take photos. On the next day, Jacquelyn Mayer smiles and waves.
A film about missile launches in the United States. A Saturn rocket on a pad. The launch of the rocket. Cameramen in action. Arrival of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in a United States Air Force Boeing VC-137C and tour of Cape on November 16, 1963. President Kennedy in a car with Major General Leighton I. Davis Commander Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) and James Webb, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator, together with Launch Operations Center Director Kurt Debus. Astronauts Major Leroy Gordon Cooper and Major Virgil Grissom in civilian clothes brief Kennedy on the Gemini program. The President with Senator George A. Smathers and Werner Von Braun at the base of the Saturn rocket. President Kennedy boards a United States Marine Corps (USMC) VH-3A helicopter. The helicopter takes off and lands on USNS ( United States Navy Ship ) Observation Island (T-AGM-23). President Kennedy wearing a sailor jacket meets the commander of the ship. He observes the Polaris missile launch from USS Andrew Jackson submarine on 16th November, 1963. President Kennedy talks to Major General Davis and Dr. Kurt Debus at the launch operations division of the NASA. He boards a Boeing VC-137C aircraft at Cape Canvaeral and bids farewell.
As the population recovers from a tragic, deadly flood, American and State flags are flown at half mast outside Pennington County Courthouse in Rapid City, South Dakota. Traffic passes on street.
African American life and education in rural South Carolina, United States in the 1930s. Group of young African American women, possibly students, stand under a tree posing for the camera, and then they turn and head into a building. Two African American children clean the exteriors of a house with brooms. Disabled African American man sits on a wheel chair. Man greets the disabled man. View of a grave yard or cemetery. Child climbs into school bus. African American boy stands by the side of a car. View of building (possibly school building) and farm land in southern U.S state of South Carolina.
"To keep the peace" about need for peace, during Cold War. Expansive farm field of wheat waving in breeze under a sunny to partly cloudy sky in the United States. Wide shot of ocean waters and sun breaking through low clouds near dawn or dusk. President John F Kennedy delivering a speech on peace and nuclear testing, on July 2, 1963, in Naples Italy at NATO headquarters. Kennedy says, "The purpose of our military strength is peace. The purpose of our partnership is peace. So our negotiations for an end to nuclear tests and our opposition to nuclear dispersal are fully consistent with our attention to defense--these are all complementary parts of a single strategy for peace." Shortly after President Kennedy's death, President Lyndon B Johnson addresses a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963. Shows segment of speech where President Johnson says, "We have proved that we are a good and reliable friend to those who seek peace and freedom. We have shown that we can also be a formidable foe to those who reject the path of peace and those who seek to impose upon us or our allies the yoke of tyranny."
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