An El Al airlines Lockheed Constellation passenger plane lands at U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport (2401 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Access Rd, Arlington, VA 22202, United States) in Arlington Virginia. From the airplane descends the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, and his wife Paula Ben-Gurion. Security guards keep a vigil. Crowd cheers for him at the terminal building. Ben-Gurion and other dignitaries greeted and welcomed by officials. He shakes hands with officials and moves towards the terminal building.
A U.S. Army VH-3A helicopter lands on the lawn of the Hotel General von Steuben, in Wiesbaden, Germany. A crowd of spectators stands across the drive from the hotel lawn, constrained by German policemen. U.S. Air Force Military policemen stand guard on the nearer side of the drive. Soon the Presidential VH-3 helicopter, Marine One, lands on the lawn. It displays the Presidential seal and that of the Military District of Washington, DC. Next, President John F. Kennedy is seen walking past the Army helicopter and into the U.S. Military's Hotel General von Steuben. He is accompanied by German Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard, U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk and U.S. Army Aide, Brigadier General Chester V. Clifton, along with a phalanx of Secret Service Agents. Other officials look out from a dining room window of the hotel as the Presidential party arrives. (Note: In the 1950s, the U.S. built three large military hotels in Wiesbaden. In 1951,a star-shaped Hotel [the American Arms] was built on Frankfurter Strasse. In 1955, the 9-story Amelia Earhart Hotel was opened. It was a utilitarian structure, with row after row of windows. President Nixon once stayed there. It closed in 1995. The General von Steuben Hotel, depicted in this film, was the newest, built in 1956, on Auguste Viktoria Strasse, near the train station. It is now a commercial hotel, "the Dorint Hotel Pallas Wiesbaden.")
United States Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Washington D.C., United States. USAF Chief General Vandenberg gets off a car at the Washington National Airport. General Vandenberg being greeted by officers. General Vandenberg and an officer pose for cameraman with a U.S. Air Force C-121 aircraft in the background. The General boards a flight. General Vandenberg with an officer aboard the aircraft. Propellers of the aircraft rotate as the engine starts. The aircraft taxis along and the cameramen record the event. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. Its address is One First Street, and it is bounded by East Capitol Street, Second Street, and Maryland Avenue. Seen are the 16 marble columns at the front entrance. Above them are an elaborately carved pediment., and below it, the architrave inscribed with the words: "Equal Justice Under Law." Two statues, by sculptor James Earle Fraser, flank the main steps. One is a female figure called "Contemplation of Justice." The other is a male figure: "Guardian of Law." An American flag flies from tall flag pole in front of the Supreme Court Building. The end of the clip shows the National Archives Building in Washington DC
A college football game between the University of Illinois and the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. A large crowd gathers in a stadium to watch the game. The game in progress. The crowd cheers and applauds. The Fighting Illini win the game over the Huskies 27-20.
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion arrives in Washington DC, United States for a visit. An Israeli airplane taxis in front of the U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport in Arlington Virginia. David Ben-Gurion is on a visit to the U.S. during which he will enlist American aid for Israel bond drive. Citizens stand behind railings guarded by security guards. The Prime Minister disembarks from the airplane. He is greeted by U.S. officials.
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