Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The Chairman Joe Martin greets the arrivals. A cheering crowd on the street. Women hold signs reading 'I Like Ike' An overhead sign reads G.O.P. HEADQUARTERS HOTEL. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon, Governor Goodwin Knight and Senator William F. Knowland talk together in a room. Washington's Governor Arthur B. Langlie delivers a keynote address at the Cow Palace.
The use of walkie talkie hand held two way radios at a hospital in San Francisco, California. A man explains the functioning of the walkie talkie radios to the doctors and the nurses. Operator seated at the switch board. A doctor receives a reporting signal from the early model pager, via a beep, and can hear information from the switchboard operator and respond. A mother hears the wails of her new born baby through the walkie talkie as it serves the role of early baby monitor.
The Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California. Huge crowd greets President Dwight D Eisenhower and his wife as they arrive at their hotel. President Eisenhower gets nominated for standard bearer for the Republican Party in the Presidential Campaign. Demonstrations on the floor of the Cow Palace include a dancing Chinese dragon. Crowd with banners in hand. Former President Herbert Hoover speaks over the microphone. Former Governor Dewey also appears at the podium. Congressman announces the name of Dwight D Eisenhower as the Republican candidate for Presidential campaign.
The “Hiroshima Maidens”, a group of 25 Japanese women who were school age girls when they were seriously disfigured from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (victims are known as Hibakusha in Japan), depart San Francisco International Airport after receiving plastic surgery treatment in the United States. The Hiroshima Maidens boarding a passenger plane bound for Japan at San Francisco International Airport (San Francisco, CA 94128, United States). Japanese Americans wave at departing Hiroshima Maidens from Gates 32 and 33. Hiroshima Maidens waving at people from the tarmac. A Japanese woman waving. Hiroshima Maidens board a Pan American Airways (PAA) DC-7 “Clipper Fortuna” (N742PA) plane bound for Japan. The girls embark on the aircraft with their baggage.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown sails for a undisclosed mission in San Francisco, California. Aircraft carrier USS Yorktown at a dock. The U.S. fighter airplanes are towed and taken aboard USS Yorktown. The U.S. fighter airplanes on a deck. The food supplies on a conveyor belt are transferred on the carrier. The U.S. sailors at the dock. A family of a sailor wave.