Dinner for U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn in Washington DC. Dignitaries seated on table. Speaker Rayburn of Texas with former U.S. President Harry S Truman and Adlai Stevenson. Rayburn seated on a table. William Averell Harriman attends the dinner. Speaker Rayburn talks to dignitaries. Flags in the background. Dignitaries seated around a table applaud. Sam Rayburn waves at them. A flag of United States on the wall. Speaker Rayburn starts his dinner.
Golf match at Babe Zaharias Golf Course in Beaumont, Texas. People stand at the Babe Zaharias Golf Course. A woman takes her first stroke. Cars parked in the background. Babe Zaharias walks in with other people for the match. Children at the golf course watch the play. Babe Zaharias takes her first stoke. Berry Jameson takes her stroke. People look and applaud. Betty Jameison wins by eight strokes. Babe and Jameison stand near a speaker. People stand in the background.
A message by actress Judy Holliday regarding American Cancer Society in the United States. A poster reads 'Give to the American Cancer Society'. Actress Judy Holliday holds an insignia of the American Cancer Society. Children play on a swing. A woman looks at papers. An old man works with a pipe. Judy Holliday holds a poster with the address of the Cancer Society.
Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine in Washington DC. Dr. Jonas Salk and U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower with other delegates on stage. Men take pictures. President Eisenhower speaks over the microphone and tells Dr. Salk, among other things, that he has no words adequate, to express the thanks of Americans and others throughout the world, who will benefit from Dr. Salk's contribution to the eradication of Poliomyelitis.
A 1955 cadillac sedan drives past the MEDINAH Shriner Temple at 600 N Wabash Avenue, Chicago. View of the Shriner Temple building, with a taxi (limousine) parked in front and several Montomery Ward stockholders gathered under the marquee. Scene shifts to lobby of the building, where they are entering. Financier, Louis E. Wolfson, who seeks to take over the company, walks along the sidewalk with associates towards the building entrance. Sewell Lee Avery steps from a car and walks toward the building. Closeup of Mr. Avery. Company board members and executives seated on a stage inside the building, surrounded by audience of Montgomery Ward stockholders. Avery addressing the gathering. Ballots being passed to stockholders, who mark them and deposit them in ballot boxes. Sewell Avery standing with arms raised in a victory motion, having retained his position as Chairman of the Board.
U.S. General James Harold Doolittle arrives at Boeing Field in the United States. General Doolittle arrives in a B-17 Flying Fortress. Insignia of United States. An Air Force officer greets him. A man takes pictures. General Doolittle reviews the Honor Guard. General Doolittle's motorcade leaves the Boeing Field. B-29 parked in the background. The workers of B-19 crowd on the airport. General Doolittle on a platform address the B-29 workers.
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