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President Dwight D Eisenhower converses with Clare Booth Luce. President pardons a Thanksgiving turkey
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower at the White House in Washington DC. President Eisenhower shakes hands with Clare Booth Luce, U.S. Ambassador to Italy. He looks at a Thanksgiving turkey presented to the White House for pardoning. A group of photographers takes pictures. The President strokes the turkey. View of the White House North elevation, with dry trees in foreground. Clare Booth Luce leaving the White House. She speaks to the media.
VIP's board Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter and it takes off at the Washington National Airport in United States.
VIP's walk towards a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw Helicopter (Sikorsky model number S-55) parked at National Airport, just outside of Washington DC, United States. They board the helicopter, bearing identification number 3915. Other airplanes in the background. The helicopter takes off.
Service men and civilians compete during NRA shooting events at Camp Perry, Ohio, and at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States.
A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Camp Perry in Ohio. Military Trophies and civilian National Rifle Association (NRA) trophies for world series in marksmanship placed on a table. Service personnel and civilians at Camp Perry. Insignia on the back of the shirt of a participant. A 5th Infantry Division insignia on the back of a man. National Small Arms School instructors brief civilians and personnel in operation and firing of M-1 rifles. Participants fire rifles at a range during a competition. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Matthew B. Ridgway presents trophies to winners of the competition at a ceremony in Washington DC. Scene changes to show a group of boys, all members of the Fairlington Junior Rifle Club in Arlington County, Virginia. The boys (and one girl also seen) wear shooting jackets with various patches commemorating NRA and other events. Boys seated on the ground. The boys and girls take prone position and fire rifles at a range at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, during an outing, supported by the U.S. Army. One boy wears a confederate soldier kepi style hat. Some of the children use their own rifles, modified for lighter weight. They cross the range together to look at targets. An instructor helps a boy. A boy loads a rifle and fires it. He looks through binoculars to check the accuracy of his shot. Sergent Stuart Queen at a desk as he speaks.
Sandra Gloss becomes the new National Spelling champ.
Audience and crowd at National Spelling Championship. Young boys and girls in spelling bee spell out words given by a man at a microphone. Sandra Gloss of St Louis, Missouri becomes the new champion after Jean Copeland of Phoenix, Arizona misspells a word, and Ms. Gloss spells her final word correctly.
John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, returns from European trip to Washington National Airport on a C-121 USAF aircraft
U.S. Air Force C-121(Lockheed Constellation) aircraft taxis to ramp after landing at Washington National Airport. U.S. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, descends steps from aircraft and is met by officials and well wishers. He stops to greet woman with small children. Dulles makes a few brief remarks to a large gathering of reporters and photographers. He is in a hurry because he must get to the White House to report to the President. He also notes that the next day he must report to the U.S. House of Representatives and to the U.S. Senate. Secretary Dulles comments about diplomatic events of the trip related to entry of Germany into NATO; movement toward formation of a European Union; signing of the Austrian State Treaty; and invitation from the Soviet Union for 4-power talks.