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Vice-President R Nixon and his wife Thelma Nixon during their visit mingles with crowd in Guatemala.

Vice-President Richard Nixon and his wife arrive at the Presidential Palace in a car. They mingle with the crowd shaking hands and talking to people.Mr. Nixon talks with a small boy and shakes his hand. Mrs. Nixon picks up a small boy, and holds him up. Inside the Palace, they are greeted by a large number of leaders including President Carlos Castillo Armas. Vice-President Richard Nixon seated next to President Armas, who then rises and reads a proclamation of welcome, broadcast on WRUL and other radio stations.

Location: Guatemala
Date: 1955
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024194
New prisoners are interviewed about alleged atrocities under the former government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman

Scenes of new prisoners, in striped garb, being interviewed during investigations of alleged atrocities by the government of former President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. Interviewer takes notes as he questions Muguel Angel Duque, former Chief of the Guatemala City Civil Guard. Guatemalan Civil Guard soldiers are seen throughout the compound.

Location: Guatemala
Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024243
Dignitaries visit U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver, Colorado after his recovery.

U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver, Colorado after his recovery from a heart attack. Exteriors of the hospital building. The First Lady of the United States Mamie Doud Eisenhower, the President of Guatemala Carlos Castillo Armas and his wife visit President Dwight David Eisenhower. All four dignitaries pose for a picture. President Carlos Castillo Armas presents Dwight D. Eisenhower with a Presidential Seal.

Location: Denver Colorado USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067499
Protective measures taken by Americans in Hawaii, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack. People in Oahu, Hawaii, prepare to deal with more air attacks by Japanese. Armed U.S. soldier in sandbagged position, in Hawaii. The territorial governor of Hawaii, Joseph Poindexter, signing a declaration of Martial Law. Four thousand members of Oahu's Civil Defense Committee, dressed in dark bottoms and white tops, wearing steel helmets with "W" on them, standing at attention in formation on grounds of a stadium. Windows in all downtown shops taped to prevent flying glass. Sand bags surrounding a power substation. Huge quantities of barbed wire in a storage yard and strung along the beaches, along highways, around schools, and public buildings of Oahu. A man pushing a lawn mower between sandbagged defense positions in a residential neighborhood. Construction machinery digging defensive trenches. Bomb shelters being constructed of precast concrete. Air raid sirens installed and school children leaving their building and sheltering in deep trenches during a test. Very small children taking shelter in zig-zag trenches and donning gas masks. Huge assemblies of children, and of grownups, all donning gas masks. Little children being dressed in capsule-like "bunny mask" protective gear.One of them crying inside the covering. Crowds of women and children lined up on a veranda waiting to receive these "bunny masks." Military personnel, civilians, and school children, all carrying personal gas masks with them at all times. Innumerable old rubber tires saved in an open yard. Japanese-Americans donating blood to the American Red Cross and lined up to buy war bonds. Soldiers arresting a Japanese resident known to be an enemy agent. Boarded up shops of Japanese-Americans, who had been interned. Japanese-Americans removing all Japanese language signs from their areas. Language school buildings with closed signs. An empty and boarded-up Shinto temple. One Japanese-American replacing his cafe sign with one reading: "Keep 'Em Flying Cafe." U.S. Army troops posted on roadways. The Aloha Tower in camouflage paint. A Lurline steamship leaving port, and being replaced by warships. Prewar view of people enjoying Waikakee beach, and current view of two boys playing in sand near barbed wire barriers. City streets deserted at twilight, as blackout procedures take effect at dusk. Views of darkened homes and palm trees silhouetted against sky at dusk. The "ghost" of a sailor killed in World War II, stands in front of Arlington cemetery, Washington, DC, and converses with the ghost of a soldier killed in World War I. They discuss idealistic notions about ending wars for good. Displays of flags is seen, including: Australia; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; China; Costa Rica; Cuba; Czechoslovakia; Dominican Republic; England; Ethopia; Greece; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; India; Yugoslavia; Luxembourg; Mexico; The Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Norway; Panama; The Philippines; Poland; Russia; El Salvador; South Africa; and the U.S.A. "V" created in the sky by a skywriting airplane.

Location: Oahu Hawaii USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 11 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049608
Castro, Raul Castro, Jose Miro Cardona and former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Revolution in Havana, Cuba.

The Cuban Revolution in Havana, Cuba. Peasants at work in sugar cane field. Clusters of huts in city slums. Poor people in the slums. Small huts along the slums. A girl bathing a child in front of a hut. Fidel Castro, a revolutionary leader, with other guerrillas in a hilly area. Castro, who supports the middle class people, in a crowd. People on streets applaud. Castro with Cuban people. His brother Raul Castro and his associate Che Guevara during a revolution in Guatemala. Castro speaking in a microphone. Other officials beside him. A large crowd listens to him and applauds. Fidel Castro with Cuban Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona, former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and other officials after the overthrow of the Batista government. A Cuban firing squad executing a prisoner.

Location: Havana Cuba
Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066496
Destruction in Guatemala from political strife. President Carlos Castillo Armas with others in Guatemala.

Three women walk through rubble left from civil strife in Guatemala. Broken blocks, bags and other articles lie on ground. Large number of people outside a building. Carlos Castillo Armas stands with others. He sits on a sofa with another man. A microphone in front of him.

Location: Guatemala
Date: 1954
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024251
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