U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower at a press conference in the White House, Washington DC. Eisenhower addresses journalists. The journalists take notes. The President comments on the current defense debate and denounces personal criticism of his intentions as despicable. Photographers click photos.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower visits Bonn, Germany. President Eisenhower arrives at Cologne Bonn Airport during his European Tour. Flags of the United States and Germany. German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and other dignitaries welcome Eisenhower as he disembarks from a United States Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft. Eisenhower greets Chancellor Adenauer and the officers in Cologne Bonn Airport (Cologne Bonn Airport Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). Secretary of State Christian Herter hears Eisenhower’s speech. During his speech, Eisenhower declares that the United States will stand by West Berlin. 315,000 civilians wave and greet Eisenhower as his motorcade passes through a street. “We like Ike and Conny” banner (pertaining to Eisenhower and Adenauer).
Astronaut Walter Marty Schirra Junior being honored at the White House in Washington D.C. President of the United States, John F. Kennedy receives astronaut Walter Marty Schirra Junior and his family. They discuss the 9 hours long space flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 8. Walter Marty Schirra addresses the reporters. His wife and children accompanied him. After the speech Walter and his wife proceed to Pentagon. United States Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth presents Astronaut Wings to Walter M Schirra for his six orbit space flight. Schirra's children wait outside the Pentagon as their father receives new honors from the U.S. Navy.
Hollywood actor Rock Hudson presents and receives an award in Washington D.C. The award ceremony at the 71st convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The screen star Rock Hudson presents a certificate of merit from the Motion Picture Association to the President of the federation for their work in previewing films over last 20 years. United States Secretary of the Treasury,Clarence Douglas Dillon presents a Liberty Bell to Rock Hudson for his success as a salesman of the Savings Bonds and making a Savings Bond Trailer on the set of the film "The Spiral Road".
Two astronauts of the "Space Race," Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov and U.S. astronaut John Hershel Glenn Junior meet for the first time in Washington D.C. Russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov and American astronaut John Hershel Glenn Junior attend a seminar on space being conducted by the International Council of the Scientific Union. Glenn and Titov register for the seminar inside the National Academy of Sciences (2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418, United States). The two astronauts visit Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) and Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). Other officers accompany them.
The President's E Award in Washington D.C. United States Secretary of Commerce, Luther Hartwell Lodges, presents the President's E Award to the President of the Motion Picture Association of America Eric Allen Johnston. The award is given for significant contributions in increasing the foreign exchange of the United States
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