The 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. A man addresses the convention from a podium. Delegates carry placards of different states at the convention. Another man speaks into the microphone. Senator John F. Kennedy at the podium as he addresses the delegates. Senator Estes Kefauver and his wife at the podium after he won the nomination for Vice President. Kefauver waves to the crowd. The delegates carry posters and placards. Former President Harry S. Truman speaks into the microphone. Senator Kefauver and his wife at the podium. Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson on the podium. Truman with Stevenson and Kefauver. Senator Kennedy on the podium with Democratic nominees. Photographers take pictures. Adlai Stevenson and his family on the podium.
Five MIG-19 fighters in V formation and AN-8 assault transport flying by during Russian Tushino air show in 1956. A TU-104 passenger airplane and a YAK-26 fighter flying. Views of Ye-2 and Ye-4 test jets from the MiG Design Bureau flying singly. Eight Mi-1 helicopters flying by. U.S. Air Force General Nathan F.Twining in conversation with other USAF (United States Air Force) officials. Views of Soviet flags.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. People on roads, views of burnt books. Citizens burning flags, Russian tanks moving. Hidden soldiers aiming at different Russian targets. Tanks and soldiers on empty streets. Body of a dead soldier, with face covered by picture of Matyas Rakosi, General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Four boys collect cartridges on road. Soviet tanks rolling through streets of Budapest. Battles between insurrectionists and Soviet soldiers in front of the Communist Party headquarters. Exchange of gunfire near the building. Citizens helping wounded freedom fighters, carrying litters across city square under fire. A Hungarian tank moves across the square.
Activities at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington DC, on Memorial Day, 1956. A sign on base gatehouse reads "Bolling Air Force Base". Numerous cars enter the base for the activities. Aircraft parked for static display at the Bolling Air Force Base. A C-119 aircraft on taxi strip. A large crowd of civilians walk among the aircraft. A line of visitors waits to board a B-36 bomber.They climb up a ramp set by the cockpit. A girl walks under the belly of the B-36. A sign by a jet aircraft identifies it as an F-101 Voodoo fighter.
1956 Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, London, England (of the motion picture, "The Battle of the River Plate"). British and Hollywood celebrities arriving at the Empire Theatre (Leicester Square London, WC2 United Kingdom) for the event. Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe (Miller) accompanied by her husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, pass through the foyer. Hollywood actress Joan Crawford arrives with her husband, Alfred Steele (CEO of Pepsi-Cola). Queen Elizabeth II arrives followed by Princess Margaret. Reginald Bromhead, chairman of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund, introduces Queen Elizabeth II of England to stars, including Marilyn Monroe with Victor Mature standing on her left. A grandson of Mr. Bromhead offers flowers to the Queen.
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