U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower at a press conference in the White House, Washington DC. Eisenhower addresses journalists. The journalists take notes. The President comments on the current defense debate and denounces personal criticism of his intentions as despicable. Photographers click photos.
Exterior view of a double walled fallout shelter in Florida during the Cold War. The shelter is built with cinder blocks, for use in the event of nuclear bomb attack in the United States. A view of the interior of the fallout shelter for a family. Food rations seen on shelves. A woman reads the details of design, building instructions, and use of a family fall out shelter, as described in a 1959 pamphlet issued by the United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. She turns a handle on an air ventilation system. The woman examines a Geiger counter for measuring radioactivity levels. Equipment and materials kept on shelves in the background including canned food, emergency water, disposable diaper pads, lantern, first aid kit, and portable radio. View of tools on a wall rack and bunk beds. A stuffed animal toy for a child is on a bed.
Aerial view of the General Motors Technical Center in Detroit, Michigan. On the ground, at the Technical center, a GM technician drives a Prototype T101 90mm gun motor carriage (later produced as AM56 Scorpion) out of the building. A C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft in flight, carrying the T101. A drogue parachute and an extraction parachute which hold the anti tank weapon are deployed and extract it from the aircraft. Then 6 parachutes attached to the anti tank weapon open, and convey the weapon safely to the ground. Pieces of a wooden pallet under the weapon are seen breaking away and falling harmlessly during the airdrop. The T101 lands on the ground and is driven away.
Leaders of various organizations meet during the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Marshal Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, and Jawaharlal Nehru of India during a meeting. Communist leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro meet personally in New York City. View of Castro and Khrushchev in front of Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York City. Fidel Castro walks arm-in-arm with his supporters, including Che Guevara, on the roads of Havana Cuba. Narrator notes about Castro's seizure of all United States owned property in Cuba. A Cuban worker uses hammer and chisel to remove name on the U.S. owned Cuban Telephone Company building from exterior doorway of building in Havana, Cuba.
A football game in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A large number of spectators seated in a stadium to watch a football game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Purdue Boilermakers. The match in progress. The Purdue Boilermakers win the match 23-14.
A college football game held in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Highlights of the game between Tulane and Memphis. A large number of people gathered to watch the game. At one point scoreboard shows Tennessee 3 and Visitors (New Orleans) 7.
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