This newsreel depicts the closing day of Alcatraz in San Francisco. Journalists board a boat to the island. Medium shots of the different cell blocks and passageways. The last 27 inmates are shackled and taken off the island. Maintenance guards walk around the grounds with guns. The second newsreel shows John F. Kennedy arriving at the Chicago O'hare airport to pay tribute to H. O'hare's memorial. John F. Kennedy is then taken in a motorcade through crowds of cheering people. CU of JFK in the convertible. The third newsreels shows a new submarine that is set out to sea. After, a year it is used for sea trials. Medium shots of the submarine as it enters the water and when it is roped to a dock.