Launcher on the stern of the USS Mississippi (AG-128). Missile (TTV-2, Terrier) attached. It is trained around and then points skyward. Missile is launched. Missile in flight as puff of smoke seen. Crew going out to the launcher. Spot burned on the deck by the launching of the missile.
Large crowd gather as University of Alabama football team plays against Syracuse University in Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. University of Alabama defeats Syracuse University by 61-6.
Georgia Tech defeats SMU (Southern Methodist University) by 6-4. Northwestern University defeats Army by 33-20 Evanston, Illinois.
United States President Dwight D Eisenhower and Clare Booth Luce on occasion of her appointment as United States Ambassador to Italy. They pose for photographers at the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States) in Washington DC.
The U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower and Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, converse with an official in the White House, Washington DC. Photographers take pictures of persons leaving the White House.
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”.
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