United States Vice President Richard Nixon arrives at the Dinh Gia Long Palace (now known as the Ho Chi Minh City Museum 65 Lý Tự Trọng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Flags of the United States and Vietnam fly atop the palace. Soldiers dressed in white stand for an honor guard. Vice President Nixon, American Ambassador to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam) Donald R. Heath, along with other officials from Vietnam enter the palace where they have a meeting. After the meeting they come out of the palace.
United States Vice President Richard Nixon visits a military training camp in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers stand in as honor guards to welcome Vice President Nixon. Vice President Nixon watches South Vietnamese soldiers as they jump over wooden obstacles during a training session. Vice President Nixon speaks with South Vietnamese officials. South Vietnamese soldiers practice firing as the Vice President with other officers looks on. South Vietnamese soldiers in prone position while firing. Vietnamese soldier conveys a message over a wireless field telephone as Richard Nixon and other officials stand next to him.
An honor guard salutes as United States Vice President Richard Nixon arrives in Vietnam. A row of Vietnamese honor guards saluting. United States Vice President Nixon and Vietnamese officials stand as soldiers are introduced. Close view of a Vietnamese soldier saluting to Vice President Nixon. Vietnamese official introduces soldiers to Vice President Nixon as camera flashes from photographers taking pictures.
Senator Joseph McCarthy attacks the former President, Harry S. Truman, for using the term "McCarthyism." In a press briefing, “Reply to Harry S. Truman on ABC Radio” in New York City, Senator McCarthy decries the harm done to America because of Truman's failure to fight Communism and for putting interests of the Democratic Party above those of the Country, which he calls “Trumanism”.
Senator Joseph McCarthy attacks the former President, Harry S. Truman, for using the term "McCarthyism." In a press briefing, “Reply to Harry S. Truman on ABC Radio” in New York City, Senator McCarthy decries the harm done to America because of Truman's failure to fight Communism and for putting interests of the Democratic Party above those of the Country, which he calls “Trumanism”.
The Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The British Royal Family moves out of the Buckingham palace. Honor guards in horses during the royal procession to the Westminster Abbey. The golden coach carrying Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip (the Duke of Edinburgh) takes the queen to her coronation in Westminster Abbey. A large procession accompanies the Royal family to the Abbey as people throng by the roadside to cheer the family. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Canadian Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, also form part of the procession. At the Westminster Abbey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, administer a solemn oath to Elizabeth II. Dressed in a white garment she sits into a chair under a gold and silk canopy for benediction as she is anointed with holy oil. Elizabeth's four-year-old son, Prince Charles, watches the ceremony as his grandmother Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, explains him the proceedings. Archbishop Fisher places the St. Edwards crown onto Elizabeth's head. Elizabeth II is enthroned as the Queen of Great Britain. Royal Peers vow to the Queen and first among them is her husband and Duke of Edinburgh, Phillip. After the ceremony, the new Queen along with her family moves back to the Buckingham palace. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police escort the royal family back to the Buckingham Palace. A large crowd throng outside the Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Phillip along with their two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, appear in a Palace gallery.