Skaters perform Ice Capades in Atlantic City, New Jersey. German ice skater Helga Neff and American figure skater, Ronald Robertson, perform on ice. A large crowd of spectators applauds. Skaters dressed as a shaggy dog skates.
Princess Beatrix visits New York. Princess Beatrix of Netherlands travels to New York by sea. Dignitaries greet and receive the Princess at a harbor. The Princess visits New York to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Henry Hudson's Exploration. Civilians greet the Princess during a ticker tape parade. The Princess enters the City Hall.
1960 Miss America Contest at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A large crowd of spectators gather to see the contest. The contestants pose in evening gowns and bathing suits. A panel of judges watch their performances. The winner, Miss Mississippi Lynda Lee Mead, is awarded the crown. Miss America 1959 Mary Ann Mobley crowns Lynda Lee Mead. Lynda Lee Mead waves at the crowd after winning the crown.
The National Tennis Finals at Forest Hills, New York. Brazil's player Maria Ester Bueno wins the women's title against England's Christine Truman by a score 6-1 and 6-4. A large crowd of spectators cheer the players. In the men's championship Australian Neale Fraser wins against America's Alex Olmedo. Fraser serving again and there is a superb rally.
The first hydrofoil boat in Long Island, New York. The hydrofoil boat aboard a truck on the highway. Cars pass by. A workman on the land route raises a power line using a pole to permit the passage the truck. Other workman cuts branches of a tree. The boat arrives at Oyster Bay Shipyard.
Preparations for an underground nuclear test in New Mexico. At the Carlsbad Caverns National Park engineers prepare for the underground nuclear test during Project Gnome. The engineers board an elevator and go underground. They inspect instruments and a tunnel. Some engineers transfer cargo via a trailer. A man emerges from a narrow tunnel.
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