During Civil Rights movement in America. Press corp taking notes. A reporter asks President Eisenhower to comment on aspects of State-Federal responsibility in the segregation disputes relating to incident just a day before in Texarkana when the town did not allow two African American students into the school where they had registered. The reporter asks if the President thinks that is a case where the federal government would become involved. President says that Federal District Court can call in Justice Department to bring evidence, review the case, and determine if a party is in contempt of a federal circuit court order regarding integration. The President also decries the violence that occurred in Texarkana in the case. He implores the states to ensure the laws are followed and to follow rulings of the courts. He praises the integration work by school Superintendent Omer Carmichael in Louisville, Kentucky, over two years. Close up view of hand of a reporter writing notes in a notebook during press conference. A reporter from National African American Press asks question to President regarding segregation and regarding the President's statement that changing of traditions and the hearts of men will unfortunately take a long time, is not the solution of the present disorder in many parts of the south over desegregation, that citizens must be restrained from expressing their prejudices in public actions when such public actions are in violation of the law. President Eisenhower says that the local court must determine if someone is in contempt of that court.
View of crowd at a airport near San Jose in Costa Rica. President John Kennedy emerges from a helicopter and receives a tumultuous welcome from crowd in San Jose and is greeted by Costa Rican President Francisco Orlich. Nearly everybody in San Jose turn out to cheer President Kennedy. President making a speech. President Kennedy enters National Theatre with other dignitaries where first session of the conference with Heads of six Central American Nations is held. New measures to meet subversive aggression from Cuba are decided. President Kennedy at University of Costa Rica cheered by huge crowd and pledges new aid for economic development in both Central and South America.
Signboard of Saint Xavier Church (347 South St, Hyannis, MA 02601, United States) in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Massachusetts. President John F. Kennedy with his sister Patricia Kennedy Lawford to attend Baptism Ceremony of Christopher Kennedy, infant son of Robert Kennedy. Patricia Kennedy Lawford is holding the child. View of children at the ceremony. Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston baptizes the infant, Christopher George Kennedy, as John Kennedy's sister becomes the Godmother, and a friend becomes the Godfather of the infant. Richard Cardinal Cushing and others come out and photographers take pictures.
Film begins with picture of famous Soviet statue of Worker and Kolkhoz Woman holding hammer and sickle, respectively, over their heads. The title,"View of the World Soviet," is superimposed. A slate gives a title in English: "The Commanders in Chief." Commander in Chief of North-West Forces, Marshal Kliment Voroshilov is seen meeting and exchanging handshakes and salutes with several Soviet soldiers in a wide open field during World War 2. Russian tanks drive past, raising lots of dust. and Commander in Chief of Western Front, Semyon Timoshenko at the front with troops. Commander in Chief of South-West Forces, Marshal Semyon Mikhaylovich Budenny, watches with several officers and soldiers, from behind a Soviet armored vehicle, as a BT-7 tank passes them. Next, Chief of Western Front, Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, visits troops at the front. Accompanied by officers of his staff, he bends down to observe something with soldiers at the front. Closeup of two Soviet troops in a defensive position. Timoshenko next to a soldier in a trench, pulls some foliage in front of himself, as camouflage. Marshal Budenny is seen again, this time, consulting with officers at the front. They converse and point at something of interest in the distance. Soviet infantry are seen advancing across a wide area in the distance.
United States Lines flagship, the S.S. Leviathan on its way to Cherbourg and South Hampton from New York City pier. Recreational pursuits aboard the ship. People seated on chairs circled, play with cage ball. Men and women play golf and shuffleboard. People eat at pie eating contest.
United States Lines flagship, the S.S. Leviathan on its way to Cherbourg and South Hampton from New York City, USA. Recreational pursuits aboard the ship. A man plays violin and people dance aboard SS. Leviathan. Couples of men and women dance on ship deck. A stylish young 1920s woman in with flapper style dances the Charleston or something similar on the ship deck, with enthusiasm.
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