U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and defense team at Pentagon in Virginia. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and group posing in Secretary of Defense, Wilson's office. Among those present: U.S. Army General Matthew B. Ridgway, USAF General Nathan F Twining, U.S. Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney, U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur W. Radford, U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson, U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley, USAF General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, U.S. Army General Joseph Lawton Collins, U.S. Marine Corps General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Admiral William Fletcher and others. President Eisenhower stand by Secretary of Defense Wilson and General Omar Bradley. Admiral Radford stands on the President's right. Line of Defense officials and officers identified by name. President Eisenhower seated with David Kyes, Harold Talbott, and Defense Secretary Wilson. Standing directly behind are: General Nathan F Twining, Admiral Radford, and General Omar Bradley.
Italian Chief of Staff General Giuseppe Pizzorno at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, United States. Artillery is fired to salute. Soldiers stand at attention. Italian Chief of Staff General Giuseppe Pizzorno reviews troops and gets into a car of 'Military Police'. Two men in a tank in the background. Sign: 'HQ Engineer Officer Candidate School'. General Pizzorno examines various military equipment. He inspects commemorative plaque. He observes a bridge building demonstration. Engineers work to construct a floating bridge. General Pizzorno in an informal discussion with U.S. officers.
An Italian war orphan celebrates the anniversary of her adoption at destroyer escort USS George E. Davis in Florida. Nine year old Maria LaVecchia is the foster daughter of 200 men crew. She cuts a cake. The crew eats the cake. She is surrounded by the crew men. She is adopted under the 'Foster Parent Plan'. The foster fathers kiss her on the adoption anniversary.
National Invitational basketball championships match at Madison Square Garden in New York City.. Scenes from game between Seton Hall University "Pirates", including play by African American star player Walter Dukes ("Wally Dukes") against St John's "Redmen". The players display their tactics during the game. A man at court edge (possibly a coach) wearing an Indian head dress on his head to rally his team. 18,500 excited spectators, then the largest crowd ever to see a college football game at Madison Square Garden, cheer for their teams during the basketball game. Seton Hall wins 58 to 46.
Air Nautiques Amateur National motorcycle championship "Daytona 200" at Daytona Beach in Florida, United States. 113 motor bike riders race on the sandy beach during the 200 mile course. Motorcycle riders spill while taking turn on the sands. The winner Paul Goldsmith wins the race with a speed of 94.8 miles per hour during the race. A woman kisses the winner on his victory.
Secret atomic bomb research and tests by United States Atomic Energy Commission, in Nevada, during the Cold War. A group of scientists aboard an aircraft performs secret research about atomic bomb explosions. The scientists put on gas masks and goggles for eye protection, and work with analysis and measurement equipment aboard the airplane. An atomic bomb explosion is seen below and the plane passes above near the atomic mushroom as volunteers test their eye protection. On the ground, cameras in the blast wave record damage incurred to parked airplanes on the ground by the force of the explosion blast wave. An airplane tail section burns while it traverses the explosion cloud. A giant Boeing B-50 Superfortress bomber codenamed Rosebud is seen on an atomic bombing run in an actual atomic test. The pilot and bombardier are shown in the plane, the target sight is seen on the ground, and the atomic blast is seen from the B-50 flying overhead. Massive explosion and mushroom cloud seen forming. The atomic cloud rises up in sky.
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