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African American tennis star, Althea Gibson, wins Wimbledon, defeating Darlene Hard, 6-3, 6-2, on July 6, 1957.

Tennis star Althea Gibson, from New York City, USA, is seen in the final seconds of her contest with Darlene Hard, in the Ladies' singles final at Wimbledon, England,on July 6, 1957. She is the first African American to win at Wimbleton. After shaking hands with Hard, she is seen receiving the ladies' Wimbledon tropy "Rosewater Dish," from Queen Elizabeth, II. Althea Gibson displays the sterling silver salver, as she poses next to Darlene Hard.

Date: 1957, July 6
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069555
Reporter interviews U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, about civil rights

Reporter interviews U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who speaks about the steps the Federal government took in the field of Civil Rights after the racial segregation strife of 1957. He discusses actions under the administration of his brother, President John F. Kennedy.

Date: 1963
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029496
NCAA Track and Field events in Austin Texas, June, 1957

Gregory C. (Greg) Bell, a sophomore at Indiana University, is seen making his record-setting long jump of 26' 7", to win the national collegiate title on June 14, 1957, in Austin Texas. Bell sitting on the ground after his jump. Sequence shifts to the track where Don Bowden, of California, is running well ahead of favored Ron Delany, of Villanova, to win the 800 meter run in 1 minute and 47.2 seconds. (Note: Delany won the 1500 meter run in 4 minutes 6 and a half minutes.) The next day, on June 15, 1957, Bob Gutowski, of Occidental College,California, is seen breaking the World record in the pole vault at a height of 15 feet 9 3/4 inches. He poses momentarily afterwards.

Date: 1957, June 14
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069554
Montage of scenes related to Strategic Air Command operations in 1960s.

Strategic Air Command B-52 parked on ramp at airfield in the United States. A B-47 bomber in flight. A B-52 on takeoff with landing gear still extended. A B-58 Hustler bomber in flight. A KC-97 aerial tanker aircraft in flight. A B-52 refueling from a KC-135 tanker. AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missile being air-launched by a B-52. Ballistic missiles being launched from Strategic Air Command sites. Radar site. Control tower. A KC-135 taxiing for takeoff. Pilots moving controls in a cockpit. A B-52 taking off. Pilots in cockpit of a B-52. Tail of B-52 number 56-0581 "Spokane, City of Lilac." Airmen engaged in various duties, including avionics, weather, and air traffic control. B-52s taking off sequentially. Logo of the United States Air Force Strategic Air command.

Date: 1962
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037329
Great Depression era; westward migration; views of port area of the Columbia River and dust bowl dust storm in United States.

Trucks and cars on roads in America going west during the Great Depression. The vehicles are laden down with lots of gear and possessions as people migrate westward in search of work and better conditions during the Great Depression. One unusual view shows a car towing a covered wagon. Two men walking west on road with their baggage. Logging men or lumberjacks cutting a giant tree into logs of wood and floating the logs down a river to a sawmill. Two men working in the sawmill as the giant sawblade cuts the logs into lumber. Aerial view of little activity at the Portland Lumber Mills of Portland Oregon, as the Depression cut into business. Abandoned sawmills in disrepair. A man talking to a group of workers seeking jobs. Idle men who are unemployed on a street corner, standing in front of the Julian S Chybke Pharmacist and Chemist shop at the corner of East 13th Avenue and Spokane Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Unemployed men stand together looking dejected and talking. Views of dust storm underway during the Dust Bowl. Farm equipment covered in dust and dirt. A man crossing over dust dunes. A farmer looking at dust bowl devastation, and a woman with her child in a dust ravaged area.

Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032612
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip receive a warm welcome by President Eisenhower at the White House in Washington DC.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visits Washington DC and New York City, USA. United States President Dwight D Eisenhower and the First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower welcome Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip at the White House. Crowds gathered outside the White House during Queen Elizabeth’s visit. Mamie Eisenhower speaking to Prince Philip. The Queen visits the New York harbor. The motorcade moves down the street as large crowd gathers to welcome the Royal couple.

Date: 1957, December 23
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049166