The annual Miss Chinatown USA Beauty Contest in San Francisco, California. A large crowd of Chinese American spectators gathered at the contest. Chinese American contestants modeling in silk cheongsam dresses. Contestant 5 walks on a ramp in a white butterfly cheongsam dress. Another contestant poses in an elegant cheongsam with floral motifs. Chinese photographers taking pictures. Leona Lee, the previous year winner, awards the crown to 19-year-old Carole Ng of San Francisco. Carole Ng sits on an elaborate Chinese-style throne.
Testing of a supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule in Lake Erie in the United States. Men move the supersonic jet bomber's escape capsule to lake shore. A crane pulls the capsule from the lake. The men open the cramped chamber of the capsule. A United States Air Force volunteer, Bruce Barwise, who was in capsule for 72 hours comes out of the chamber.
United States Navy bathyscaphe "Trieste", which is a sumbersible deep diving research boat, seen underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Guam. It reaches a record breaking depth of about 37,000 feet in the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust.
National Speed Skating Championship in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The girls' National Speed Skating event begins. The girls fall one by one. Spectators cheer the skaters. The boys' National Speed Skating event begins. Ken Bartholomew wins the 14th title of the championship.
A compact car race in Daytona Beach, Florida. A large crowd of spectators gathered to watch the compact car race. The race begins at a sports car infield track. Spectators cheer the racers. The winner is awarded a trophy.
Millrose Games indoor track and field meet at Madison Square Garden in New York City. A large crowd of spectators gathered at Madison Square Garden. The indoor track and field meet begins. Hayes Wendell Jones, an American athlete, wins the 60 yard hurdle race. American track and field athlete Don Bragg wins the men's pole vault event and John Thomas wins the high jump event.
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