Major events of the year 1959. United States Vice President Richard Nixon with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev where they engaged in the so-called "Kitchen debate" at United States Trade and Cultural Fair in Moscow, Soviet Union. Nixon talks to Khrushchev leading to the former's visit to United States. Khrushchev arrives in United States and President Dwight D Eisenhower welcomes him at the airport. Soldiers march as the Presidential motorcade follows them. President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev after a meeting at Camp David in Maryland.
Opening scene is an animated map showing Coast Guard Stations on Long Island, New York and on New Jersey coasts. Aerial view of Coast Guard Station Number 75. Narrator says manual life boats are launched into the surf from this Station. Camera pans closeup over the station, showing its buildings. Aerial view of inlet on South shore of Long Island from which powered life boats can launch into calm waters. Aerial view of the Fire Island (Long Island) Coast Guard Station with launching runway for power boats. Ground level closeup of the Fire Island Station. A power lifeboat being launched down its runway. Water level view of the power lifeboat speeding along the inlet towards the open sea. View from a height of the path the power lifeboat will follow to the sea. Change of scene shows map of life guard stations along Eastern shore of Maryland, the coast of Virginia and area around the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, with focus on cities of Norfolk and Newport News. It also extends South to outer islands of North Carolina. Battered hulk of a ship in surf in this area.
Congressman Richard Nixon and Chief Investigator Robert E. Stripling of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) examine evidence found at the Maryland farm of Whittaker Chambers. The microfilms, intended for delivery to a Soviet spy network, were hidden in pumpkins at the farm and later became known as the "Pumpkin Papers." View of pumpkin patch at the farm and the farm house. View of Whittaker Chambers testifying before the committee. Stripling and Nixon seated together at a table. Nixon holds a magnifying glass that he is using the view the film strip.
News report about President Nixon's departure from White House following his resignation. The presidential helicopter Marine One lands at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland behind the 'Spirit of 76' airplane, after having departed the White House lawn for the last time during Nixon's presidency. The helicopter taxis on runway. Secret Service men and security guard descend from the helicopter. Mrs Patricia Nixon and Richard Nixon disembark from the helicopter and walk towards the Spirit of 76. The presidential family boards the plane. A large crowd at the terminal building greets President Nixon. The pilots in cockpit prepare for take off. The plane pulls away for take off and becomes airborne.
The American flag flutters, along with several foreign national flags, at the Laurel Park race course in Maryland. Horses run along the track. Highlights of the Washington DC International Stakes. 1960 winner, Bald Eagle, was the only repeat winner of the race, and was Champion Handicap Horse that year.
United States sailors visit Washington DC area. View of the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland (Slate the precedes this shot incorrectly states that it is the U.S. Capitol). View of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, as seen from the U.S. Treasury Building. Traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue. View of exterior of U.S. Treasury Buildings, with sailors descending steps. View of the South entrance of the White House. A sailor standing next to Tidal Basin views the Washington Monument in the distance. Exterior of the side of the Lincoln Memorial, with two U.S. Navy sailors walking toward the building. Sailors descend the steps of building. The south entrance of the White House. A sailor looks at the Washington Monument from Tidal Basin. The sailors in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
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