View of U.S. Army Air Corps officers and cadets at Detroit City Hall. The air cadets being sworn in for service in the United States Army in World War 2. Hollywood stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello along with Dick Foran on hand for the swearing in to congratulate the new airmen. The comedy due Abbott and Costello also seen escorting actress Carol Bruce at the Premier of their new comedy movie. Views of large crowd and few several police officers restraining the crowd beneath the Fox Theater marquee and entrance as it shows premier of movie "Keep 'Em Flying."
Kittikachorn of Thailand, Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu and PM Nguyen Cao Ky of Republic of Vietnam and Lydon B. Johnson at the Manila Summit Conference. “We are going to Manila. To try to find the formula for peace, to try to review our military operations, to try to exchange views with the leaders of seven countries. We do not expect any magic wonders, we do not expect any miracles. But we do think that each nation who has man committed to die, their leaders opt to get around the table and get the best thinking of the best man those nations can send” said President Johnson. Cameramen taking pictures as the leaders of seven nations walk and followed by others. Participants of summit conference seated in a private meeting in palace. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos delivers welcome speech to SEATO members. “On behalf of my people, therefore, I extend warm and affectionate welcome to each and everyone of the heads of government and heads of state who are here. I greet President Park Chung Hee of the Republic of Korea. I greet Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn of Thailand. I greet Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu of the Republic of Vietnam. I greet Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of the Republic of Vietnam. I greet Prime Minister Harold Holt of Australia. I greet Prime Minister Keith Holyoake of New Zealand. And I greet President Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States of America.” Ferdinand Marcos said. “For there is a fresh new wind that sweeps over the face of Asia; its peoples are more perceptive, its leaders are more dedicated, passionately, to the interest of their people; and Asia can no longer accept western formulas without questioning or participation. Asia hopes that it shall be given participation in the determination of its own destiny.” says Ferdinand Marcos during his introductory speech. SEATO delegates and other dignitaries walking. Man prints briefings of the conference at the International Press Center of the conference. Women distribute press briefings to foreign newsmen. 2000 international newsmen covering the conference in Manila. First ladies of the states, such as Imelda Marcos, Lady Bird Johnson, and Yuk Young-soo, touring. Filipino women embroider traditional Piña textile. Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson speaks with Filipino women embroiders. View at the conference. Large number of photographers taking pictures. Leaders signing documents. Philippine President speaking and crowd watching the broadcast on television. Views of men typing. Men on their phones. A Filipino emcee reads from a paper. President Ferdinand Marcos concludes the Manila Summit Conference. A traditional Christmas Filipino “Parol” lantern and Christmas decorations (common in the Philippines as early as September), at the Congress Building in Manila (Padre Burgos Ave, Ermita 2004 Manila National Capital Region). Brass band plays the traditional Filipino song “Bahay Kubo” in the background. Filipinos carry Parol lanterns in a parade. President Lyndon B Johnson and other SEATO dignitaries watch the festivities. A woman and a man, dressed in formal Filipino “Reyna Elena” attire, during the festivities. A Filipino man dressed as a bishop (likely Saint Nicholas of Myra). People pull a Karosa or carriage of the Virgin Mary as the Immaculate Conception, who is considered as the Marian Patroness of the Philippines.
"The Eisenhower Story": A pre-election pro-Eisenhower propaganda film designed to highlight Eisenhower's qualifications for reelection as President in the 1956 election. Factory whistle blows and men entering a factory. Car chassis factory assembly line. Locomotive engineer blows train whistle and railroad locomotive with cultivators on a flat bed car. Cultivators harvesting grain. Woman carries groceries from shop to a 1950's sedan car parked on street. View of 1950's automobile highway traffic and aerial view of highways being built under his plans for highway construction and road expansion. View of Eisenhower at swearing in ceremony during his inauguration as President in 1952. In his speech, Eisenhower emphasizes that, "we stand ready to engage with any and all others in joint efforts to remove the causes of mutual fear and distrust among nations..." Newspaper headline 'Korean Truce Signed' at time of armistice during Korean War. American troops disembark ship and greet family. Secretary of State Dulles talking with German chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Secretary John Dulles seen also with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Eisenhower and Churchill at Geneva conference, along with Soviet leader Khrushchev and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. Eisenhower speaks before United Nations about efforts to form an "atom pool." He notes United States "determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma...." Newspaper headlines 'Eisenhower Signs Sea Way Bill'. Construction of Saint Lawrence Seaway. 'Budget' and 'tax cuts' news in newspapers, including headline, "White House ends all wage controls...." Farmer plows field with tractor. Construction of new buildings and highway construction through Eisenhower programs. Views of the newly established Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Workers filing cards in giant room of file drawers and cabinets. Nurse draws vaccine into syringe. Children are vaccinated (likely polio vaccine). President Eisenhower meets leaders from different countries at White House, including England's Queen Mother and King Paul, Queen Frederica of Greece, and Prime Minister St-Laurent of Canada. Eisenhower at press conference discussing disarmament notes importance of the "elimination of opportunity of surprise attack." View of shore towers and listening platforms and missiles rising on platforms to protect America from attacks. First nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571 ) launched on January 21, 1954 by Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower in Connecticut. Plane taking off from aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) while underway at sea. Formation of Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft in flight.
Vintage suburban American family and fashions in 1950s. Man by the fireplace in a room. His wife seated, wearing a white top and dark colored skirt. Man's sister chats. Woman wearing new dress lights up a cigarette. Husband shows a new jacket whose lining matches the wearer's tie. Mother plays with his baby. Family in the United States relaxes.
Members of the War Cabinet arrive at 10 Downing Street, and leave after a late session. Chief of General Staff, Sir Alan Brooks, enters 10 Downing Street. Brendan Bracken and Herbert Morrison leave. Sir Archibald Sinclair leaves followed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and his advisers leave Whitehall after Dominion Premier's Conference. New Zealand Prime Minister gets into a car. (World War II period)
U.S. Pacific Fleet maneuvers including Colorado, New Mexico and Tennessee class battleships during Fleet Problem XIX. Several battleships underway in a line. Two battleships with various classes of heavy cruisers in the background. Lines of warships proceeding at sunset and in daylight. Four battleships and a heavy cruiser.The aircraft carriers, USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3), behind a line of U.S. warships. Several U.S. battleships headed by a Colorado class battleship. View of triple 14 inch guns on a New Mexico or Tennessee class battleship.
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