President Eisenhower walks up steps of a building at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and East High Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace (Episcopal) visible across the intersection. Several local inhabitants gather to watch the President. A few Boy Scouts take his picture. He turns toward them briefly as he goes up the steps. View of President Eisenhower's grandchildren, Dwight David and Barbara Anne, in back seat of car, smiling and waving. The car drives away. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Joseph W. Martin, Jr. stands on sidewalk and chats with reporters. Mr. Martin is next seen sitting and conversing with President Eisenhower. The President fools with his eyeglasses and looks at his watch during the conversation. The Speaker and James Hagerty , the President's Press Secretary, leave the building together, and get into a car.
Senate Majority Leader, William Knowland, sits with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in an office in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After their conversations, Senator Knowland is seen leaving the building accompanied by the President's Press Secretary, James Haggerty. Some passersby gather outside the building. Senator Knowland and Mr. Haggerty get into a car. View of the building in which the meeting took place.
Pre-season training gets underway at the Naval Academy in Annapolis in Maryland. Mascot goat is on the field. The football team players undergo physical training. A banner reads 'Here Comes Navy!'
U.S. Air Force Convair B-36 bomber aircraft in flight. The Convair B-36 launches and recovers in mid air an A-bomber carrying Thunder streak Jet. The Convair B-36 is also known as 'Peacemaker'.
Large numbers march, at the White House, to protest against the judgment made in the Rosenberg Case. A number carry banners reading "The Afro-American says there are grave doubts in this case." Another banner reads "The electric chair cannot kill the doubts in the Rosenberg Case." Other signs held by marchers ask U.S. President to reconsider the judgment and plead for clemency. An African American clergyman leads some of the marchers. They march in the streets. Some talk to a White House security officer and ask him to accept a letter to the President.
Lakefront view of Chicago skyline. Paved roads and garden in the foreground. Crowds of pedestrians on Chicago street. Cattle being herded in Chicago stock yards. Visitor on bridge looks at Tribune Tower. View from car driving along city street. Cars parked "bumper to bumper" on street, under sign reading: 'No parking at any time'. Store front signs read: 'International Barber College' and 'Premier Laundry'. Nighttime street scenes with neon signs for Jim Saine's Restaurant and for Tradewinds Restaurant and Lounge. Visitor dancing with a woman in a dance club or dance hall. A man tries to "cut in." Traffic on South Michigan Avenue with many vintage 1940s and 1950s cars and automobiles. Visitor interrupts two men talking on the sidewalk, and offends them so they walk away. The Visitor rows a boat, alone, in a lake.
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