Centennial of Saint Bernadette in Washington D.C., United States. A large crowd of civilians and foreign dignitaries gathered to commiserate at the Centennial of Saint Bernadette. Pope Pius XII addresses the crowd.
U.S. Naval officer William Anderson is conferred the Legion of Merit in Washington DC, United States. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower present at a ceremony in the White House in honor of William Anderson completed a submerged transit across the North Pole aboard U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus . President Eisenhower and Anderson with military personnel and government officials. Photographers taking pictures. Several officials seated. President Eisenhower presents the Legion of Merit to William Anderson. The President shakes hands with him. William Anderson shows the course of his voyage on a map. 'Cruise of the Nautilus' written on the map. Anderson smiles. The submarine in water. Water splashing against the submarine.
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's 130th press conference in Washington DC, United States. Newsmen from different nations arrive for President Eisenhower's 130th press conference. Men seated in a hall inside a building. President Eisenhower arrives with officials. The President speaks during the conference. Press and media representatives take notes. Chalmers M. Roberts, a pressman, asks the President that with the summit issues in the impasse between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, does the President see any initiative to break it or would the arms race go on indefinitely. President Eisenhower says that they should seek some common ground where there is a beginning made towards agreement in which they can work better co-operatively. The men gathered in the hall take down notes. View of the President speaking. Photographers taking pictures. The President unfolds a document and says that it is the list of subjects that the United States has proposed unilaterally with respect to the Allies. He cites the Baruch Plan - '46, the preparation of inspection and control measures, the Open Skies proposal, the peaceful use of outer space, the transfer of nuclear weapon stocks to peaceful use such as for power, freedom of travel and the limitation of the UN Veto. The President further says that he does not think he is being negative just by being firm and believing in what is right for the welfare of the United States.
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower during his 130th press conference in Washington DC, United States. Donald J. Gonzales, a newsman, says that when the President said he was unaware of the possibility of a Soviet statement on ending nuclear weapon tests, the U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said just on the previous day that this has been discussed in the previous days. The pressman asks the President for his reaction to the Soviet announcement. The President replies that he did not say that he was unaware of anything about it but did not have any proof that it was going to occur. He says that he cannot say anything more than what the Secretary said after complete discussions. The President further says that they had discussed this as a possibility on their own side, that is unilateral abandonment of tests and decided that it was not good for the United States at that time. Pressmen seated during the conference. Another pressman, Henry N. Taylor, gets up and puts forward a query to the President. He asks that last week the President had told them that he was convinced any nuclear test could be detected if there was a test ban. Yet the President, in the response to Russia, says test bans could be evaded in secrecy. The pressman asks the President if he could clear it. President Eisenhower says that the U.S. Secretary of State Dulles might have said that they are not certain there have not been tests, particularly underground tests or so small and in remote regions where there would not be debris and instruments would not be sensitive enough to pick them up. The President says he does not believe that explosions can happen in huge megaton character and not have evidence of it. Cameramen taking pictures. The President shakes hands with the officials and meets the pressmen.
Arrival of Lord Mountbatten at Naval Air Station (NAS) at Anacostia, Washington D.C. A color bearer; Navy honor guard and color guard in the background prior to arrival of the Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff of Great Britain. Lord Mountbatten walks down the ramp and passes through the side boys. He is followed by Royal Navy Naval Assistant Captain L. D. Empson. U.S. Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke greets Lord Mountbatten. Lord Mountbatten stands next to an aircraft. He salutes during a 17 gun salute. Admiral Burke; Admiral Sir Michael Denny, United Kingdom Representative to NATO, Military Committee in Permanent Session, Member NATO Standing Group; Vice Admiral Jeffrey Thistleton Smith, RN, Admiral British Joint Services Mission; and Commodore D. G. Goodwin, RN Naval Attache, stand in ranks at attention. Lord Mountbatten inspects Marine honor guard. He and Rear Admiral H. D. Baker, USN, Commandant, PRNC, walk back to receiving line. Admiral Burke and Lord Mountbatten converse. Long line of flag bearers stand behind Marine honor guard. Color guard marches past aircraft.
Arrival of Lord Mountbatten at Naval Air Station (NAS) at Anacostia, Washington D.C. Navy band on the field prior to the arrival of the Earl. Color guard (Marine) at attention. Naval honor guard at attention. British sedan parked on the edge of field. British MP stands. Plane director motions the plane to parking area. R4Y taxis to parking area. U.S. Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Rear Admiral Baker, stand by waiting for disembarkation of Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff of Great Britain, Lord Mountbatten and party. Ramp of plane being lowered. Lord Mountbatten leaves the ramp, stops momentarily by the side boys. He is greeted by Adm. Burke. He goes through the receiving line. Admiral Burke and two British Officers stand at attention during rendering of honors. Marine honor guard in front of operations at NAS. Naval honor guards. Lord Mountbatten speaks to Admiral Burke. He gets into the sedan. Admiral Burke and Rear Admiral Baker walk. Admiral Burke gets into a sedan. Personnel on top of operations platform looking on. Four star Admiral's flag. Long line of Naval personnel holding state flags.