Lake Success, New York. Second part of the first session of the UN General Assembly, chaired by President Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium. Warren R. Austin, U.S. representative to the UN Security Council, speaks about the role of United States in war and comments on words, the day prior, from the representative of the USSR. He is applauded by other members. Mr. Austin takes issue with positions and comments expressed by Soviet representative, Mr. Molotov.
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser arrives in Algeria to meet Algerian Premier Ben Bella. President Nasser arrived aboard ex-King Farouq's former yacht for a five days visit. He is greeted by huge crowd. A parade on the streets.
Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, visits the United States with her children. The aircraft lands at Idlewild Airport (Present day John F. Kennedy International Airport - Queens, NY 11430, USA). Princess Grace climbs down the air stair of their Pan Am (DC-8-32 “Clipper Caroline”) plane with her two children, Princess Caroline and Prince Albert. A lady-in-waiting, likely Madge Tivey-Faucon, accompanies Princess Grace and her children on the trip. A huge crowd including photographers and press greets her.
Opening scene is of ordinary day in teheran, Iran, during World War 2. A horse and wagon sits quietly in shade at edge of a traffic circle centered on monument topped with a statue of Reza Shah Pahlavi . A U.S. Army truck, displaying a white star, and a jeep, drive by on the nearby roadway. A horse-drawn wagon passes at edge of toad. A military truck drives around the road closest to the statue of Reza Shah Pahlavi . Closeups of the statue. Change of scene shows an official-looking modern building, with a guard at its open gate. A sculpture above the gate depicts a crown flanked by two lions. Several pedestrians pass by casually on the road and sidewalk. The pedestrian women include some in Western dress and ant least one with head modestly covered. View through the open gate shows a circular drive around a garden and a large building behind it. Two military officers walk out the gate. One wears a steel helmet. They pass the guard standing by his booth. Street scenes showing a modern building and light traffic, including another American jeep, a horse-drawn wagon, a car and a bus. Several multistory apartment buildings. View looking down on a horse-drawn cart moving along a tree-lined city street.
Papal legate Cardinal Mundelein arrives to preside at the 8th National Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans. 100,000 pilgrims from all over the world gathered. Three days long celebration gets underway with a parade.
A helicopter in flight over the submarine. Submarine USS Patrick Henry surfaces in the Atlantic Ocean, off Scotland, after setting a new underwater cruising record of 66 days and 22 hours. The submarine carries a full load of sixteen Polaris missiles. Crew seen aboard the nuclear submarine, as it makes its way into Holy Loch, Scotland. Some anti-nuclear protestors demonstrate against the ship from canoes. View of the Patrick Henry, tied up next to the Submarine Tender Proteus, where it is being resupplied.
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