Athletes starts the hurdles race and spectators enjoy at Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois. A spectator clicks photos. Athletes from Coast Conference wins against Big Ten by a score of 101 to 35 as new meet records are set.
British racing ace George Eyston prior to the race as his car 'Thunderbolt' is painted black. The track prepared at Bonneville, Utah salt flats. Eyston in car and man writing inscriptions on inner part of car. Car goes on high speed and Eyston breaks his last speed record with a new one of 345 mph. Eyston wears racing goggles on head with fans.
Ramfis Trujillo, son of the assassinated Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, seated, and surrounded by dignitaries and the Press in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Among those with him is playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa, whom he assigns as an envoy to seek support from the United States. Reporters take notes and photographers click his pictures. Cathedral in San Cristobal, the scene of Trujillo's funeral. People cry as car with Rafael Trujillo's body passes by on street. Change of scene as next newsreel shows sweeping wide view of buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, and then scenes of a parade in Pretoria during holiday declared to mark its withdrawal from the British Commonwealth of Nations and establishment as an independent Republic. The parade includes Soldiers on horses. The new Coat of Arms of the South African Republic is shown. Former Governor General, now shifting to his role as the first President of South Africa, Charles Swart, addresses the public. Narrator indicates that Swart's comment include support for continued apartheid racial segregation in South Africa.
Germans stock essentials during the Berlin Crisis tensions of 1961. Boats docked in the River Spree in West Berlin, Germany. A pile of sacks carried on a wooden board. A man takes beef on a trolly. A man pile boxes in a store. Coal stored in massive quantities to support West Berlin if it is cut off by the Communists. Heaps of grains stored. Boxes of unsalted New Zealand butter piled up and warehoused. A man takes wheat in his hand and checks.
Swimmers wear their dresses during 200 m Butterfly event in AAU Women's Championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All the players dive in swimming pool as the event starts. Becky Collins from indianapolis set new world record for 200m Butterfly swim in2:32.8. Becky Collins with her lucky toy bear. Women players dive in pool during 10m platform diving event and Barbara McAliister wins.
Military trucks move on streets of West Berlin. Soldiers on the streets. Soldiers stand under Friedrichstraße sign. Soldiers on United States and British army tanks. Construction of Berlin Wall in process as East German workers lay fresh cinder blocks with mortar. Military tanks escort 12-year-old British boy to school through narrow area after threats from East Berlin police. View of the famous St Hedwig Cathedral (Hinter der Katholischen Kirche 3 10117 Berlin) walled off by the new Berlin Wall. Soldiers on the East side. A newly wed bride on the East side. Her mother watches from the West.
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