FEMALE PILOT JERRIE MOCK CIRCLES GLOBE SOLO Ohio mother of three Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock sets out to finish what Amelia Earhart started and completes the first solo around-the-world flight by a woman pilot, and in a record 29 days too. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING. 1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
BASEBALL SEASON OPENS IN SHEA STADIUM The opening of baseball season brings added excitement in New York as 50,000 fans pour into the new Shea Stadium. Unfortunately the Mets are defeated by Pittsburgh 4 to 3, but the great surroundings take away some of the pain. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING. 1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
AUSTRALIAN JET PACK TESTED Australia demonstrates its troop-carrying jet pack. The contraption looks like something straight out of a Buck Rogers movie as it carries its pilot through the air 120 feet before touching down. Let's see that in instant rewind. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
MOUNT ETNA VOLCANO ERUPTS Mount Etna in Sicily erupts yet again as it explodes hurling gases, smoke and molten lava in the worst eruption in 50 years. The volcano is one of the most active in the world with 300 blowups to date. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
SCULPTURE & MUSIC COME TOGETHER French brothers Francois and Bernard Baschet have created an art form combining music and sculpture. A piano wheelbarrow and resonating instruments made from steel sheets and metal and glass tubes creates a truly unusual symphony enhanced by modern dancers. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
EUROPEAN SPEED RACES ON TWO WHEELS Two-wheeled races are popular in Europe. Germany takes first place in a grueling 150-mile bicycle race, while motorcycles race over a grueling dirt track in Barcelona, Spain. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING. 1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
NEW YORK SHEA STADIUM GRAND OPENING New York's Shea Stadium sports center opens to the public. The new home to the Mets and Jets is naned after William A. Shea on hand for the ceremonies. Also attending are NYC Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Mets Manager Casey Stengel and the upcoming World Fair's President Robert Moses. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
PRESIDENT LYNDON OPENS BASEBALL SEASON U.S. President Lyndon Johnson helps welcome the opening of baseball season by throwing out the first ball, then autographing it. After that it's time to play ball as the Washington Senators are defeated by the Los Angeles Angels 4 to 0. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE & TUNNEL OPENS Great aerials and driver POVs of the great Chesapeake Bay Bridge and tunnel complex as the 18-mile crossing that is the last link in the Eastern Coastal Highway opens. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
36TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS SHOW Hollywood celebrates the 36th Academy Awards. Gregory Peck presents the Oscar to Patricia Neal's stand-in Annabella for Best Actress, Frank Sinatra announces "Tom Jones" as best picture and Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING. 1964 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: BetaSP
