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Brief interview with Milwaukee Braves shortstop, Johnny Logan. Logan was a guest of honor at the Norfolk Sports Club. Sports reporter Blair Eubanks is seen interviewing Logan. 0:00:59

Mildred Alexander interviews fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, in which he discusses nudity in fashion that frees expression for the wearer, and the changing state of fashion. Gernreich is famous for the "monokini" (topless bathing suit for women). 0:18:29

Footage of the 1961 Azalea Festival, featuring U. S. Navy chorus members singing "Anchors Away" and Azalea Queen Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of United States Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Footage is not spliced in exact order. Footage abruptly stops at 1:05. 0:01:05

Footage of Virginia Governor J. Lindsay Almond visiting an United States Army base, location unknown. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:18

Footage of an exhibit regarding Project Mercury, headed by the United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The exhibit features one of the space capsules used in one of the missions, equipment used, and model rockets. Mercury astronauts John Glenn and M. Scott Carpenter. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:36

Footage of the open-casket viewing of General Douglas MacArthur at the old Norfolk City Hall in Downtown Norfolk. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:07:48

Footage of Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy campaigning in Norfolk, Virginia and making a speech at the Granby High School athletic field. This version has footage that is not in sequence. Compilation of B-roll/outtake footage. Footage is not in sequence. Sound goes in and out through entire footage. 0:28:21

Footage of Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy campaigning in Norfolk, Virginia and making a speech at the Granby High School athletic field. This version has footage that is in sequence. Compilation of B-roll/outtake footage. Sound goes in and out through entire footage. 0:28:44

Footage of the Norfolk City Council discussing and watching a documentary film about General Douglas MacArthur, presented by Bob Lambe, general manager of WTAR Radio and Television. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:11

National footage of John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. The footage features mission control at Cape Canaveral, Glenn inside his spacecraft, the launch of the rocket carrying his spacecraft, and the Earth itself in which the spacecraft is orbiting. The footage was filmed on February 20, 1962 and was later included in the WTAR news special "The New Look in Education." Sound cuts off at 0:45. 0:01:12

Interview with unidentified political official in regard to Senator Strom Thurmond's visit to the Hampton Roads Area, as part of campaigning for Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Thurmond, a United States senator from South Carolina, was a member of the States Rights Democratic Party, then later a member of the Republican party. Interview abruptly cuts off at 1:07. 0:01:07

Footage of Richard M. Nixon, speaking at a meeting of the Tidewater Republicans. Linwood Holton is seen in the footage sitting at Nixon's left. No sound until 0:14. No sound from 0:45-0:51 and sound cuts off at 1:31. 0:01:32

Footage of the Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy, visiting SACLANT (Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic) headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. During his visit, Mountbatten talks about the powering of the Royal Naval fleet, and the Royal Navy's first guided missile system. 0:05:00

Footage from a homecoming of several United States Navy ships at Naval Station Norfolk, including the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59), aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CV-15), destroyer USS DuPont (DD-941), and destroyer USS Henley (DD-762). Featured in the footage is WTAR variety show host and weatherman Andy Roberts, CBS television host Ed Sullivan, and CBS radio personality Galen Drake. Sound is present at 0:46-1:03; 1;23-3;30; 3;40--3:46. Screen goes blank from 1:21-1:23. Footage consists of outtakes. 0:04:51

Footage of CBS television host Ed Sullivan visiting the WTAR studio in Norfolk, Virginia. Footage features an audience of United States Navy officers, young women wearing historical period costumes, and a jazz band performing. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:51

Press conference interview with George H.W. Bush, a member of the United States House of Representatives and a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means. Congressman Bush is in Hampton, Virginia to campaign for Richard M. Nixon. No sound until 0:50 0:02:10

Footage from the grand opening of the First National Bank in the Wards Corner area. The grand opening celebration featured appearances by actress Joan Fontaine and Miss Virginia 1968, Cherie Davis, as well as a chance to win a fall wardrobe worth $500 from Rices-Nachmans department store. The bank itself has gone through many ownership and name changes over the years, and is currently now a Wells Fargo bank. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:15

The Duckworth Years-a WTAR Public Affairs and News presentation on Fred W. Duckworth's twelve years as mayor of Norfolk, Virginia. 0:29:35

Interview with "Buffalo Bob" Smith, host of the famous children's television show Howdy Doody. Smith recently made an appearance at Old Dominion University. No sound until 0:43. 0:01:34