A crowd waiting for Chaim Weizmann,first President of Irael. Men, women and children wave flags of State of Israel and several American flags. President and Mrs. Weizmann emerging from Union Station in Washington, accompanied by crowd of well wishers. A large American flag and a District of Columbia flag are carried in the crowd. A crowd of photographers await them on the sidewalk. District of Columbia representative formally welcomes the Weizmanns.They enter a 1948 Cadillac limousine, and drive away from Union Station, with a Secret Service agent riding on the right running board. Another car and motorcycle policeman move in front of them. Spectators wave Israeli flags. President Weizmann of Israel being assisted as he leaves White House and enters automobile. President Weizmann seated in a garden, conducts a news conference, surrounded by reporters and photographers.
A spokesman wearing suit and tie sits at a CBS News microphone and silently reads script before broadcasting..
Delegates to the United Nations Security Council are seated in horseshoe pattern around a table at Lake Success, New York. Delegates of United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and Canada are seen.
Buildings in densely populated tenement area in Cannon and Delancey Streets in New York City's lower East Side. Trash trucks in the area. Pedestrians crossing the street in New York City. Shops and vehicular traffic on the street. Bedding being aired and and laundry drying on the fire escapes of the tenements.
Views of construction sites and workers in New York City, under aegis of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) (formerly the Works Progress Administration) during the Great Depression. Several views of work underway with men using shovels at Front Street and Montgomery Street, at East River Drive. Signs at the site read: "USA, Work Program, WPA." Seven story residential apartment building next to work site. Other apartment houses in background. Pedestrians and vehicles passing the work site.
Group of French and American military men, along with a few civilians, at railway station in Montana. Several stand in the doorway of the railroad cars. Military decorations are seen on some of their uniforms. French General Ferdinand Foch stands near a grove of trees with his French and American entourage. Two women school teachers bring a group of children by to see and greet the General. Two Crow tribe Native American Indians greet the General and make gifts of their feather headdress and other regalia items. A group of Crow Indians is assembled to welcome the General. Crow Indian Chief Plenty Coups poses for a photograph next to General Foch. A Crow Indian woman shows her baby in a papoose on her back. General Foch and his party re-board their train and proceed on their way, again. A view of the railway track. Snow on the ground.
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