Views of people from various countries of the world and of South America about the Cuban revolution and rule of Fidel Castro in Cuba. Fidel Castro alights from an airplane for the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York in September 1960. Officials receive him. An expert talks about Castro during his two visits to New York for General Assembly meetings. Fidel Castro meets with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York City. Castro addresses the UN General Assembly for five continues hours.
Lighting on the buildings, shops and streets of Manhattan. Montage mixes Times Square lights with scenes of people dancing, enjoying music in clubs. Door man hails taxi for couple at night. A musician puts his trombone into its case. The lights turn out exterior of apartment building. A police man twirls his night stick as he "walks the beat" at night. Lighted 'Port Authority of New York' sign. Trucks come off of ferry at night in New York City. Workers from country towns load fruits and vegetables in a truck. Truck carries milk cans before dawn. A milk tanker pulls up to dairy at night. An Esso fuel tanker truck pumping gasoline into gas station tanks at night. Bread is loaded into a bread truck at night. Flowers removed from green house loaded into truck at night. Commodities of daily requirement like newspaper, bread, building material transported by trucks in midnight. New cars transported on a car carrier truck at night. Man shoveling sand from dump truck at night.
Different models of cars, including the all-new Corvette, are displayed at General Motor's Motorama in New York, United States. A man and woman demonstrate the Corvette as it turns on a turntable. The man demonstrates the telescoping steering wheel. Automobiles shown at this event included the Buick Wildcat, Pontiac La Parisienne, Oldsmobile Starfire, Chevrolet Corvette, Cadillac Orleans and Le Mans. Men and women get into cars and take a closer look at the new models being displayed.
S.S.Queen Mary sets a new mark across Atlantic. British liner, S.S.Queen Mary moves across the Atlantic. S.S.Queen Mary ship reaches New York in a record time of four days, eight hours and thirty seven minutes, from Cherbourg water break, to the Ambrose Lightship. Biplane aircraft fly over the Queen Mary ocean liner as she nears the coast. The Statue of Liberty is also seen in harbor of New York City.
A film titled, 'International cars: Many lands exhibit new models' shows people looking at nearly 500 cars being displayed for the International Automobile Show at coliseum in New York, United States. Car parts, machinery and new safety devices in steering and braking also being displayed. Vintage cars are also displayed at the show.
The 48th International Flower Show in New York. People lining up outside New York's Coliseum (present day site of Time Warner Center. 10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, United States). Varieties of flowers are on display during the exhibit. Women view a waterfall inside the exhibit. A woman dressed as a bride holds white flowers. A little girl approaches the woman. Women posing near flowers. Old women buying flowers. Men buying flowerpots. A man shops for flowers. Young children dressed in Korean, Filipino, Indian and Bolivian traditional attires. A Filipino boy wearing a Salakot and Barong Tagalog smiling. A sign reads 'Friendship Garden'. A hand places packs of tomato seeds on display. Two Korean children look at seed pack donations. Sign reads “Seed Assortment 15 packets of vegetable seeds…”. The John F Kennedy Memorial Rose ( a hybrid White and White blend rose by Eugene S. "Gene" Boerner) was shown for the first time to public. The theme this year is 'Patios.... Natures Living Room'.
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