Traffic moves along on Grand Central Parkway through Kew Gardens Interchange. Cars move on parkway with stone arch bridges and wooden highway light poles. Views from westbound Union Turnpike Bridge, on parkway median looking west near 78th Avenue and on embankment near Park Drive East.
As part of the cleanup, a week after the Carnival, workmen destroy floats used during pre-lenten festivities in Germany. The floats represent all manner of things from a person needing first aid, to caricatures of political figures. A sign reads "wohlstand fur alles" (Prosperity for everyone). Caricatures of Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard are among the floats being destroyed. One float depicts a gymnast, smoking a cigar, as he exercises on parallel bars.
Golden Gloves Boxing match between Jerome Allemby and Lawrence Price in New York City at Madison Square Garden. Lawrence Price wins by a TKO. Ray Patterson wins Golden Gloves title in the Heavyweight Open Class defeating Jim Howard. View of Patterson's brother, famous boxer Floyd Patterson, seated ring side cheering for his brother, and congratulating his brother at the end of the match won by Patterson on points. Gene Tunney sits among spectators.
1936: A fashion show at Stork Club, in New York City. Models on the ramp. Spectators sitting on side of the ramp see the show.
President Charles de Gaulle of France is firm during the army revolt in Algeria. French Generals with the aid of the army and Foreign Legion seize the city. Insurrection flares and the civilians on the streets. Trams and trucks on the streets. Paratroops invade Paris. Airports are closed and put under heavy guard. Bomb damage seen. Charles de Gaulle assumes dictatorial power and appeals for unity.
In Miami, Florida, relatives of Cuban invaders gather at the Revolutionary Democratic Front Headquarters to seek news of their husbands, sons and brothers who were captured in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba. Women weep as they await news of their relatives who may face death in Cuba. Fidel Castro, a Cuban revolutionary leader, threatens a firing squad for all the captured insurgents. Fidel Castro makes his first public appearance on television since invasion, and speaks for four and a half hours denouncing the United States.
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