After signing atom test ban, United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk meets with Chairman Nikita Khrushchev at the Russian leader's villa on the Black Sea. Rusk and Khrushchev with other dignitaries sitting around table holding a conference. Rusk and Khrushchev playing badminton in a recreation room after conference. Rusk in Bonn where he meets West German leaders and convinces them that they should sign the Treaty. Rusk with Western German leaders discussing. Cameramen taking pictures. Rusk before Senate Committee in USA to testify in favor of U.S. ratification.
American flags flying at half-mast at base of Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, USA). United States flags flying at half-mast from the US Marine Corps War Memorial and various government buildings.
Gymnasts compete at West Point to qualify for the United States team in the 1959 Pan-American Games in Chicago, USA. Garland O’Quinn of the United States Military Academy at West Point Gymnast Team shown in semi-slow motion on the parallel bars. Brilliant performances on horizontal bars, trampoline, and parallel bars. Los Angeles schoolteacher John Beckner demonstrates in the finale. Group of people assembled to watch their performances.
Traffic comes across the Arlington Memorial Bridge (2912 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20418, United States). Trees in the background. Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, USA) in Washington DC in the background. The streets are wet. Cars have their lights on and windshield wipers due to rain. Cars and buses on the streets.
Animated save food public service campaign in the United States during World War 1, promoting food rationing and conservation. A man and a woman at a table. The man, who is very overweight, eats a meal. A sign in the background reads ' Eat less food this means you '. His wife, who is slender, berates him, but he ignores her. The mans walks on sidewalk, past posters reading such things as:' Hooverize food for USA ' , ' Eat less food' . He sleeps and has stomach trouble and dreams of being hit by a bull. The man in a hospital being treated with less food. A vision of Uncle Sam berates him. Later, recovered, healthy and trim, the man discards his medicines.
John Lomax holds an aluminum disc recording that he and his son, Allan, made of music by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter). He discusses the recording before placing it on a victrola phonograph to play. Exterior view of Library of Congress (101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA) in Washington, DC. Interior view, sign points toward Music Division. View of file cabinet, with label: " American Folk-song collection. “They enter the music division of the library and place the record in the collection. Lomax and Library staff person replace recording in files. Interior view of library with balconies, clock, and statuary. People walking along the top balcony area.
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