Film opens showing a U.S. Air Transport Command C-54 aircraft taxiing in to park at the Washington National airport, Washington, DC. Next, U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, leaves the aircraft and descends steps, followed by a Congressional delegation, including Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. The airport ramp is crowded with Army Air Forces personnel, photographers, and news reporters. Other Air Forces members watch from in front of the Army Air Forces Transport Command Terminal in the background. Closeup of Byrnes greeting several men in the crowd. Part of the sequence repeats again.
A wedding held at the foot of famous cataract in the Niagara Falls in New York. A couple aboard a steamer during the Maid of the Mist. A minister solemnizes the marriage. The Niagara Falls in the background. A close up of the minister. The groom places a ring on the bride's finger. They kiss each other. Their relatives stand near them. The couple and the relatives climb up a ladder on the steamer. A close up of the married couple.
The 42nd National Automobile Show at the New York Coliseum (present day site of Time Warner Center. 10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, United States), December 8-16, 1956. A sign above an escalator at the entrance reads 'National Automobile Show'. A model wearing a swimsuit seated on the hood of a 1957 Desoto convertible. Two women seated in a 1957 Chrysler 300C. Aerial view of the Buick exhibit, with the 1957 Buick Roadmaster Convertible prominently displayed. An executive version of the 1957 Cadillac features a typewriter in the back seat and a record player in the front dash. Auto executives gathered at a display featuring a row of steering wheels. President of Chrysler Lester Lum Colbert hails the future in a statement.
Professional football game between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium in New York. Spectators seated in the stands. The football game underway. Frank Gifford running the ball. The fans watching the game in hats and coats. Players covered in mud from the wet field. Scoreboard with Longines sponsorship seen through falling snow, which the rain had changed to. Cleveland Browns beat the New York Giants by 24-7.
Iron Curtain refugees arrive in New York. The refugees disembark an airplane chartered by the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration. Families with little children, nuns and other refugees disembarking the airplane. The families with children along with luggage leave the airport. A man with his son. A woman holds her little child. Cars and a bus in the background. A close up of the face of the sleeping child. The little Iron Curtain refugees.
Premiere of a British movie Genevieve at the Sutton Theater, 205 East 57th Street, in New York City. People crowd outside the theater to watch the premiere. Some of the stars arrive in a vintage car. Actress Eva Gabor and her mother emerge from a car. Conrad Neagle and his wife arrive for the premiere. Opera diva Mimi Benzil arrives with her husband. Maggie McNellis speaks into a microphone along with Hollywood celebrity Gloria Swanson.
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