American pavilion being constructed and dedicated in Brussels, Belgium for World's fair. Baron Robert Silvercruys, Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and othre officials arrive at the dedication ceremony. Model of the Pavillion. American flag at the ceremony. Baron Moens de Fernig, Commissioner of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair speaks at a microphone as audiences listen carefully. Pillars erected at the construction site of the American pavilion. Workers stand near a truck. A man at the dedication ceremony explains about a nuclear clock with the help of a chart. He holds an instrument in his hand as he speaks into a microphone. Dignitaries on the podium. Workers laying bricks at the construction site of the American pavilion. A sign on the ground reads ' Welcome ' A huge crane at the site. Officials get down the stairs at the site of construction.
U.S. General Curtis LeMay in the United States. U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft in flight during its nonstop flight to South America piloted by General LeMay. Aerial views of the harbor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A statue of Christ the Redeemer at Rio de Janeiro. The KC-135 aircraft lands at the Andrews Air Force base and General LeMay debarks from the aircraft and speaks to the press after a successful nonstop flight from Honolulu, Hawaii in April 1958.
An American Trust Company bank branch building branch in northern California (likely Palo Alto or elsewhere in Santa Clara County). Sign on building reads "American Trust Company." A man comes out of the bank. A 1958 Ford Thunderbird convertible car, light blue and white, pulls up via the drive-in window. Bank teller seen at the window processing their transaction. The car drives away.
Lions Clubs International parade in Chicago, Illinois. Large crowd gathered during the official opening of the Lions International 1958 Convention. People participate in the gala rally. They march holding various nations flags. Women walk holding Lions International flag. Men walk on stilts during the parade. Women seated in decorative floats as they wave at the crowd.
French soldiers patrol grain fields in the Meskiana Commune, Algeria. A group of farmers operate combine harvesting machines, to cut and bag the grain, under the protection of the French military. French tank, armored vehicle and observation aircraft seen. A French soldier operates controls on a combine harvester, watched by the farmer and several other soldiers riding on it. View of farmer in cab of the combine harvester. A soldier releases a sack of harvested grain marked: "S.A.P. Region de la Meskiana 1958."
Scenes of oil exploration and production operation by Compagnie Française des Pétroles in the Hassi Messaoud oil field at edge of Sahara Desert in Algeria. Drilling operation in desert. drill turning in hole. Derrick in background with dromedary camels standing by sand dunes and being watered from a well by their Algerian Berber owner. Two men pile stones to make a marker in the desert. A 1958 British land rover vehicle driving across the desert. View of drilling derrick. Sections of pipe on the ground. Oil being pumped from a producing well into pipeline. French oil drilling worker empties bag of Boue forage (drilling mud) into hole. French worker, with hose, washes down base areas of drilling rig.Oil storage tanks connected by pipes. Local Algerian Berber workmen lift and carry bags of forage. Footprints in sand. Network of piping next to drill rig.