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Space and aeronautics events in 1957 including Sputnik 2 launch with dog Laika, U.S. Vanguard rocket, and NATO missile diplomacy

Major "space race" and defense events of the year 1957. Laika, Soviet space dog prepared for the space flight. Laika takes off in Sputnik 2 in Soviet Union. An animation shows the spacecraft in outer space. In United States, Space Race efforts to launch a small "grapefruit" satellite on Vanguard TV-3 test rocket meet in failure as the rocket explodes at take off on December 6, 1957. View of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. President Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in Paris, France to talk about the development of missiles with other NATO leaders. The French Prime Minister Felix Gaillard with President Eisenhower. View of Atlas missile SM-65A Serial 12A launched successfully from Cape Canaveral pad LC-14 in Florida, United States, on December 17, 1957.

Date: 1957, December 23
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049172
King Saud of Saudi Arabia lays wreath on the tomb of unknown soldier. Prince Faud Ibn Saud lays wreath on George Washington's tomb.

King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia visits Washington DC during a royal state visit to the United States. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument (1 Wilson Ave, Fort Myer, VA 22211, United States) in Arlington Cemetery, is visited by His Majesty, in the rain. Soldiers hold a flag of the United States. King Saud is escorted by U.S. officials. King Saud places a wreath bearing the emblem of Saudi Arabia is placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A soldier assists the Arabian king in placing the wreath. American military buglers sound taps. Assisted by officials carrying umbrellas, Prince Faud Ibn Saud, Saudi Minister of Defense, pays tribute to President George Washington, at the George Washington Mount Vernon Memorial (3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121, United States). He lays a wreath on the tomb of the First President of the United States. Traffic on a road. A flag of Saudi Arabia on the Blair House. U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrives by car at the Blair House for a discussion with King Saud. The weather is cold and rainy during the royal visit.

Date: 1957, January 31
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033766
Diplomats from many nations at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia meet King Saud in Washington DC.

King Saud during a visit to Washington DC. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon hosts a luncheon for the King, at the Washington Hay- Adams hotel (800 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States). United States Under Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. is in the receiving line. Reception in the Saudi Arabia Embassy. Vice President Nixon and Mrs. Pat Nixon meet the king. Diplomats also meet King Saud at the Saudi Arabian embassy. Photographers take pictures. An Arab staff member holds a sword. Mrs. Janet Dulles, wife of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, shakes hand with the King. United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, George Wadsworth talks to the King. A friend from the United States Air Force shakes hands with him. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, shakes hands with the king. Children of Saudi Ambassador, Sheik Abdullah al-Khayyal, are brought in to meet their monarch. The King holds a child.

Date: 1957, February
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033767
United States officials welcome King Saud of Saudi Arabia and royal party to Blair House in Washington DC

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower accompanies King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia during the Saudi royal’s state visit to the United States. President Eisenhower and King Saud review an honor guard at Washington National Airport. King Saud and President Eisenhower proceeds by motorcade along Washington DC streets lined with thousands of cheering spectators. Banner stretched across Constitution Avenue reads: "Welcome King Saud" and displays the Saudi flag. King Saud and the President leave the car to enter Blair House. Prince Mashour bin Saud, son of King Saud, is carried by Deputy Chief of Protocol Victor Purse. Men take pictures. President Eisenhower escorts King to the Blair House (1651 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20503, United States). A flag of the Unites States and Saudi Arabia.

Date: 1957, January 30
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033764
Pilots do preflight checking and get into cockpits of F-86A Sabre aircraft after donning flying gear in the United States.

Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot wearing a 1957 U.S. Air Force uniform gets into the cockpit of United States Air Force F-86A Sabre aircraft. He puts on his helmet and connects an oxygen pipe. The pilot makes communication connections and closes the canopy. A pilot wearing a 1957 U.S. Air Force uniform does a preflight checking of a F-86A Sabre aircraft. He puts on a parachute and climbs into the cockpit.

Date: 1957, May 27
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068586
Carol Morris of United States wins the Miss Universe title in Long Beach, California.

Beauty pageants of 1956 and 1957. Contestants of Miss America 1957 pageant walk the ramp in Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, United States), Atlantic City, New Jersey. Miss America contestants in white ballgown dresses holding flags in the ramp. Marian McKnight of South Carolina is crowned Miss America. Miss America 1956 Sharon Ritchie puts a crown on Marian McKnight. Carol Morris of Iowa wins the Miss Universe contest in Long Beach, California.

Date: 1956, December 24
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049135