Remains of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Buddhist monk and natives walk in a corridor of temple. Statue of the Hindu God Vishnu at the entrance. View of the elaborately carved top of a temple. Buddhist priests in saffron robes pose for the camera. Angkor Wat is seen in background. View of what seems to be a military post. Several uniformed men in pith helmets line up and then walk toward a large wood structure. Unidentified flag flies from very tall flagpole. Elephant being tended in a shaded area under a structure.
Cobra's venom is extracted at a snake farm in Bangkok, Thailand. Several hemispherical Cobra pits on the farm serve as shelter for the snakes. Man reaches down and picks up a Cobra. Man in apron removes poison from the cobra (snake milking). Several coiled Cobras. Cobras go back into their pits and some in water. Signs reading 'Cobra' and 'King Cobra' above individual facility.
Shellback initiation rites being held aboard USS Marblehead CL-12 off French Indo-China coast. U.S. Navy soldiers dressed in mythological greek clothing. Undressed man playing King Neptune, sits in his court. Captain of the vessel being initiated as shellback. Men dumped into a pool(vat) as part of shellback initiation.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower at his White House press conference addresses the nation. He states that Russia's success with the first earth satellite (Sputnik) during the Space Race doesn't indicate a lag in American satellite and ballistic missile research. President Eisenhower further adds that the Vanguard satellite program had not received the same amount of attention as American ballistic missile work, and that speed of progress in satellites cannot be interpreted as a measure of progress in ballistic missile work. He says that American satellite work has never been part of a race with any other nation, and rather has been scheduled as part of the IGY's (International Geophysical Year) scientific work. He praises the American satellite program for being well designed and properly scheduled to achieve the scientific purposes for which it was initiated.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower decorates the outgoing Secretary of State, Charles E. Wilson with Medal of Freedom at White House in Washington DC. Neil H. McElroy is sworn in as the 6th Secretary of Defense of United States. McElroy takes his seat in his new office. U.S. Department of Defense seal and US-flag can be seen in background .
The 18th National cotton picking contest being held in Arkansas,United States. Contestants ranging in age groups from 12 to 74 years compete in their respective categories. After picking cotton is spread out in sections. Judges measure the cotton and Roy Peterson of Saint Louis is declared as the winner. Peterson with his thousand dollar prize money poses for the camera.
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