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President Eisenhower and family attend the 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California

Convention-goers at the 1956 Republican National Convention cheer for presidential candidate, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower, wife First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, son John Eisenhower and John's wife Barbara Thompson. President Eisenhower waving at convention-goers in Cow Palace (2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City, CA 94014) in Daly City near San Francisco, California. Mamie Eisenhower laughs and smiles at John and Barbara. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and wife Pat Nixon leaves the podium. A Republican candidate delivers his support to President Eisenhower. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower stands beside official. He announces that President Eisenhower remains as “Honorary Chairman” of the Republican Party Convention of 1956.

Date: 1956, August 22
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080493
FJ-3 aircrafts being loaded with Sidewinder missile on board USS Bonhomme Richard

United States Navy FJ-3 aircraft being towed by a yellow tractor up the deck of USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-31) in waters off coast of California. The aircraft is from Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails). It carries tail code "G" of Carrier Group 21. Ordnance men load Sidewinder missile on underside of wings of FJ-3 aircraft. A man polishes nose of the missile as another man conducts flashlight test check on the nose. The FJ-3 aircraft is catapulted from the carrier.

Date: 1956, June 21
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038508
A catholic priest kneels in prayer at a church in Hiroshima, Japan.

A Catholic church (Jesuit Church of Our Lady of the Assumption Hiroshima, Japan) and newly constructed houses in Hiroshima, Japan. A Catholic Jesuit priest walks from underneath a choir loft, at his side are four Japanese children. The Jesuit priest kneels in prayer. A church tower with debris in the foreground. The priest looks around the gutted interior while at his side stand the four children. A small barley field amid the ruins along the south east section of Hiroshima being tended by the owner. Newly constructed houses built on the former site of Japanese Transport Regiment Barracks which is located north of Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in Hiroshima.A Catholic church (Jesuit Church of Our Lady of the Assumption Hiroshima, Japan) and newly constructed houses in Hiroshima, Japan. A Catholic Jesuit priest walks from underneath a choir loft, at his side are four Japanese children. The Jesuit priest kneels in prayer. A church tower with debris in the foreground. The priest looks around the gutted interior while at his side stand the four children. A small barley field amid the ruins along the south east section of Hiroshima being tended by the owner. Newly constructed houses built on the former site of Japanese Transport Regiment Barracks which is located north of Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in Hiroshima.A Catholic church (Jesuit Church of Our Lady of the Assumption Hiroshima, Japan) and newly constructed houses in Hiroshima, Japan. A Catholic Jesuit priest walks from underneath a choir loft, at his side are four Japanese children. The Jesuit priest kneels in prayer. A church tower with debris in the foreground. The priest looks around the gutted interior while at his side stand the four children. A small barley field amid the ruins along the south east section of Hiroshima being tended by the owner. Newly constructed houses built on the former site of Japanese Transport Regiment Barracks which is located north of Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in Hiroshima.

Date: 1946, April 8
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060720
Fulgencio Batista's police spy, Colonel Antonio Blanco Rico, is assassinated and General Rafael Salas Canizares shot in Cuba.

April 1956: Revolutionary forces in Cuba increase pressure on the government of Fulgencio Batista. Soldiers and Police patrol the streets. A U.S. Army officer talks to soldiers. A bullet ridden car. Soldiers and civilians around thirteen dead revolutionists lying between trucks in a courtyard. Batista and Defense Minister Garcia Montez inspect the captured arms and ammunition captured in police raids against the guerrilla rebels. Publicity and trials follow. Men wave pictures. October 1956: Exterior of a building. Batista's police spy Colonel Antonio Blanco Rico is assassinated. Picture of the rebel suspects in a newspaper. A man takes notes. General Rafael Salas Canizares is shot during an attack on the Haitian Embassy. Officers, officials and civilians surround General Canizares' coffin as it is led away. A man consoles a grieving woman.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033303
A funeral ceremony and life temporarily returns to normal after the overthrow of Soviet Communist government in Hungary

Events during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, against the Soviet controlled government in Hungary. Destroyed tanks and Soviet weapons on roads of Budapest after fighting in October and November 1956. Church bells ring and people pray for Hungarians who have died fighting against Soviet forces. Destroyed railroad tracks, roads and vehicles. People clearing rubble from the streets. People from the countyside give away food for free to the citizens of Budapest. Citizens donating money to families in need.

Date: 1956, November
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675056715
Hungarians revolt against Soviet puppet government and receive aid from Poles who also revolted.

The 1956 uprising in Hungary. Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenthy is freed from prison on October 30, 1956, on November 3, he made a radio broadcast praising the revolution. (He is seen, possibly at that event.) Smoke rises from a tugboat in a harbor, where relief supplies are piled on a dock. People read about the rebel triumph in newspapers distributed from a truck, in Budapest. Soviet-built Li-2 airplanes (similar to DC-3) airlift relief supplies from Poznan, Poland. Convoy of ambulances and medical teams and supplies from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) cross into Hungary at a border control point. Revolutionaries get medical treatment in hospitals. Sacks of relief supplies are seen.

Date: 1956, October
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675056717