King Mohammed V of Morocco visit to the United States. King disembarks from the President's plane. Chief Executive and high government officials greet and receive the King. Troops give a gun salute. Troops hold flags. His 3 days United States visit is to confer with Secretary of State, Dallas on the Algerian questions and retention of American bases in Morocco. He gets into the car and leaves for the White House.
Welcome of the astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Junior after his space victory in the United States. The Redstone missile on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew help Shepard to board the Mercury capsule atop the Redstone missile. View as the missile is launched. The missile separates and the astronaut feels weightlessness in space. He contacts the ground base via communications systems and speaks to mission control. The capsule is released at sea. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain CV-39 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. A helicopter rescues astronaut Shepard and the Mercury capsule. Astronaut Shepard climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes astronaut Shepard on the carrier U.S. Navy ship USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) after his successful trip. Following a medical checkup, Shepard and his family is received by the President of the United States John F Kennedy at the White House. Shepard addresses the dignitaries present on the White House grounds, and the assembled clap when he finishes speaking. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy can be seen saying and then repeating to the President, "Pin the medal on him" (perhaps the President had forgotten but was reminded by Mrs. Kennedy). President Kennedy then pins the NASA Distinguished Service Medal on the jacket of astronaut Shepard. Civilians greet astronaut Shepard as he passes in a parade to the Pennsylvania Avenue.
Rural life in the Southern Mountains in the United States. Men load straw on a cart. A building in the background. Women walk out from a building. Trees in the background. A man points at a map placed on a wall, and points out the area of the Southern Mountains, in the United states.
Provisions of the Social Security Act, 1935 in the United States. The Capitol of the United States, in Washington, DC. Scenes of Americans suffering during the Great Depression. Industrial plants closing putting people out of work. Unemployed, disabled and needy Americans lined up for a meal at the Missionary Soup Kitchen. A volunteer distribute soup to men inside a private charity soup kitchen. A man pours soup to a bowl. The Social Security Act,1935 its provisions provide immediate aid to the needy, aged, blind and dependent children. A diagrammatic presentation depicts: the procedure by which the jobless and needy will receive monthly income through cooperation of the Federal and the State Governments. A postman hands over monthly income to a blind man and a dependent child at their house. A dependent child opens envelope. Other provision of the act is the Old Age Benefits. A diagrammatic presentation depicts: the procedure by which the worker will receive benefits at the age of 65 years. To apply for a Social Security Account Number, one must fill out an application and deposit it at any labor organization or post office. Animation shows how one fills out an application. At a post office, officers assist a man in filling out his application. Workers receiving their social security cards from their employers: a soda jerk at a soda fountain receives his social security card and shows it. A man and a woman show theirs. A boss gives a factory worker his new social security card, along with his pay envelope. A man working at a bench receives his from his employer. A projectionist in a movie theater projection booth receives his card from his employer. Several of the cards is shown. An older retired man and woman are shown relaxing at home by their fireplace.
Applications for social security accounts under the Social Security Act,1935 in the United States. Display of a calendar. After the enactment of the Social Security Act, 1935 on 24 November, 1936, workers sign applications to apply for Old Age Retirement Benefits for the first time. A United States Post Office building. A man fills out an application for a social security card, at the post office. Five ways to return filled applications include handing them to a shop foreman, secretary of labor union, letter carrier or depositing them directly at a post office or dropping in local mail box. After returning the application the workers receive Social Security Account Numbers from the Social Security Board. They receive monthly income for life when they retire at the age of 65 years.
Swearing in of John Fitzgerald Kennedy as 35th President of United States and his subsequent tour to various European nations, United States. Kennedy swearing in as President during a ceremony and a large crowd gathers. Crowd applauds as he takes oath. Other dignitaries stand near him. Kennedy shakes hands with the former Prime Minister Dwight D Eisenhower. Kennedy during his visit to France meets with President Charles de Gaulle. Kennedy during meeting with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. President Kennedy disembarks from Air Force One plane in Britain greeted and escorted by British Chiefs of Military Staff.
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