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Demonstrators protest against Mohammad Reza Shah, the Shah of Iran, as he attends the West Berlin Opera House. A mob of 2,000 people denounce the Shah as a murderer and are struck by police. Forty-four people are injured and one student is killed. Police continue to chase the angry mob. In the next newsreel, top African American athletes, including Bill Russel, Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Jimmy Brown, gather to hear Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, speak about his anti-draft and religious stance. The next newsreel, shows results of race riots in Newark, New Jersey. Various shots of buildings caught on fire. Firefighters arrest rioters and lead victims to safety.