President Eisenhower in a press conference at White House in Washington D.C. The President voices his firm conviction that forces should not be employed in the Suez Canal crisis.
An amphibious truck in France designed by French Army engineers. The amphibious truck used for crossing rivers. The truck carries a huge number of men. The amphibious truck can carry 200 men or tanks on it. It can also serve as a pontoon, linked with others to form a bridge.
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco arrive at the New York City International Airport (Queens, NY 11430, United States). The royal couple is greeted by a huge crowd. A man assists Grace Kelly as she climbs an air stair. Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier waving. Grace Kelly, pregnant with her first child, is wearing a maternity suit of black and white checked wool by Christian Dior. The couple arrives for a six-week visit. Cameramen take photographs. Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier smile in front of cameramen.
During a break at a ceremony honoring wing commander Colonel Peyton Gibson, a morale building session for the436th Reserve Troop Carrier Wing is held at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. The 436th Reserve Troop Carrier Wing selects it's beauty queen who will compete nationwide for the Miss Air Force title. Planes in the background. 'U.S. Air Force Reserve' written on the building at the air field. The dog mascot of the Wing is seen. Female beauty queen contest participants model for the competition, dressed in bathing suits.
World wide series of experiments carried out at French Alps during the Geo-physical Year. Mountain ranges in the background. Scientists set off huge blasts to study shock waves. Observers watch the effect of explosion. Water rise high due to explosions. equipment measure the shock waves. Recording instruments in a stone house are used.
Northwestern Indians gather at their traditional salmon netting grounds at the Celilo Falls in Oregon. The Native Americans do traditional dipnet fishing at the fishing sites at the Celilo Falls. The Chief of the tribe along with other people of the tribe have a last look at the traditional salmon netting grounds. View of the new Dalles Dam constructed which will submerge the area. White citizens gather and take pictures and photograph the Indians' final visit fishing for salmon fish at the site. Narrator describes a cash payment agreement between the tribes and the U.S. government for the tribes to relinquish the fishing rights. Narrator declares "Once again red man bows before white man's march of progress."
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