President Dwight D Eisenhower is presented with 39 pound "Tom" turkey for Thanksgiving meal at White House table, Washington DC. Tom the turkey hails from Nebraska. President strokes the live turkey and then holds a basket of cranberries in hand.
First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Patricia Nixon receives thanksgiving turkeys from National Turkey Federation in the White House, Washington DC. Officials present Mrs Nixon with turkeys. White House officials view the turkeys and pet a live turkey. Packaged turkeys on a table with inscription on packaging, "Happy Holidays Mr. President." Mrs Nixon views the turkeys and talks to the officials.
Women preparing food for the 'Welcome home dinner' organized for the former President Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri. A woman carries a roast turkey. Woman puts the plates in a rack. Woman decorates table with flowers. A person sees the invitation card given to Mr. Truman. People welcome all the three guests, Mr. Truman, his wife Bess Truman, and daughter Margaret. Margaret Truman smiling. Harry Truman laughs.
Men lined on a bench turkey plucking competition at Ottman and Company building in New York. Plucked turkeys piled in front of them. The winner plucking 30 turkeys in 50 minutes is presented a turkey. The turkey flaps in his hands. A slow motion segment shows a man in the competition yawning while pulling off turkey feathers.
Man behind a rafter of turkeys in Sudbury, Massachusetts. A turkey with its wattle neck and fan shaped tails. View of roasted turkey. Chef slices the cooked turkey, and he along with two guests eats a slice of the roasted turkey.
Major events of the year 1953. The first atomic artillery test fired in United States on May 25, 1953. The M65 atomic cannon moving in the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat). A mushroom cloud rises after the M65 Atomic Cannon, sometimes called Atomic Annie, is fired and atomic bomb explodes. The M65 atomic cannon test is done as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. East German uprising of 1953 (“Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953”). Riots in East Germany against the increase in work quotas and withholding of American food. East German police escort a man away during a riot. People protest in streets as police try to crush the revolt. A stack of StarLac boxes bound for East Germany with sign in front. Sign reads “First Food Relief Shipment to East Germany by M.S.A. United States Lines S.S. American Inventor”. East Germans line up to receive food relief from the United States. An East German woman receives a food aid pack from the United States. The Trieste Crisis of 1953. Sign in front of a house reads “Trsta ne damo”. Officials inspect a car in the United Nations Security Council-controlled Free Territory of Trieste. Students riot in the streets of Trieste over the issue of Adriatic area between Italy and Yugoslavia.