After the riots in Chicago, Illinois. Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 46th Armor patrol the streets. Soldiers move on the road as they carry rifles. African American girls on the street. Soldiers and policemen on guard in streets following the assassination of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Washington Naval Conference, also called World Disarmament Conference in Washington DC, United States. Cars parked outside Union Station in Washington DC, United States. Two policemen inside a car. Delegates of Disarmament Conference arrive and get into cars and ride to Pan American building.
Bomb damage in Bucharest, Romania due to Allied bombings during World War II. View of the equestrian statue of King Carol I, with the Royal Palace (Calea Victoriei 49-53, București 010063, Romania) wrecked by Allied bombings, in the background. People move past damaged foundation of King Carol statue and Royal Palace. The Romanian Athaeneum (1, Strada Benjamin Franklin 1-3, București 030167, Romania). The Royal Palace. A costumed guard outside the Palace. Damage caused to the Throne Room. King's throne. Painting of King Carol II. Rubble littered on the road. Destroyed and burnt buildings. Policemen outside a wrecked building. Men and women remove rubble from the streets. Women carrying fresh cement. Men clean the floor inside a building. Wrecked offices of 'Soc. Romano-Americana de Petrol', the Romanian American Oil Company.
President John F Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot dead during a jail transfer at Dallas police headquarters. Jack Ruby shoots at Oswald during the transfer. Oswald rushed to Parkland Memorial hospital and taken out of a vehicle as he lies on a stretcher.
Major events of 1956. A bomb blast in Cali, Colombia killed 1200 people. People and policemen search for dead bodies in the rubble. Men pull out dead from the rubble. Dead bodies piled up.
Major events of 1956. Ships underway in Suez Canal, Egypt. President, Abdul Nasser announces the seizure of the canal. Soldiers move up in Egypt and dead Egyptian soldiers as a result of Anglo French attack. Anglo French planes bomb the canal area. Airborne troops land in the canal area. Debris due to aerial bombings spread on the street. Matter discussed at the United Nations meeting leading to a cease fire in the area. The Secretary General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold arrives in Egypt for negotiations. The United Nations Emergency Police forces enter a city in Egypt. People give a warm welcome to the forces.
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