Famous Italian paintings from the Uffizi Museum on exhibition in New York. Exterior view of vertical sign for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Personnel look at a painting on the wall. Another painting of a mother with her child. Officials read a document in hand. Men carrying the painting 'The Birth of Venus' (Sandro Botticelli). Man views the “The Madonna and child” by Giacomo Palma the Elder. The “Madonna della Seggiola” by Raphael. Bronze statue David by Andrea del Verrocchio.
SS Normandie sets a speed mark. Aerial view of SS Normandie as it gets underway leaving from port of Le Havre, France on May 29, 1935. Passenger ship SS Normandie en route on her first record breaking Atlantic crossing. A huge crowd gathered to see the ship off in Le Havre. Smoke coming out of large stacks on ship. Close-up view of rudder on ship slicing through water at high speed. Civilians standing on ship deck. Captain looks through binoculars. Passengers play badminton and table tennis on ship deck. Fleet of small boats escort the SS Normandie into New York harbor. Statue of Liberty in foreground. Passengers waving on arrival. Aerial view of New York City skyline and skyscrapers with SS Normandie ocean liner in harbor.
A lumber plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. 'City Lumber Company' written on the plant. Man loads and unloads lumber with the help of small transport vehicles. Workers lift section of lumber factory. Water pipe and plumbing being installed. Worker applies sheathing to lumber. Section being loaded on truck. Truck loaded with lumber comes out of parking area.
United States President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy visit Rome, Italy after attending the Economic Summit in France. President Reagan and Nancy exit a car in Rome. President Reagan shakes hands with two cardinals. President Reagan, Nancy Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig meet Pope John Paul II in Vatican City. President Ronald Reagan and the Pope each give short speeches. Later, the President visits the Quirinal Palace (Piazza del Quirinale, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) to meet Italian President Sandro Pertini.
The work of African American civil rights leaders in the United States. Mayor Carl Burton Stokes, political leader in Cleveland, along with other officials at a formal gathering where former General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. takes oath of service as Public Safety Director and assumes duties in Cleveland. A board in the background reads 'City Of Cleveland'. Black and white police officers take oath of service. Carl Burton Stokes speaks to the people of Cleveland Ohio on snowy ground about a new hospital or hospital addition, and then sits in a moving bulldozer with a nurse and the machine operator.
Senator Barry Goldwater during the GOP Convention (Republican National Convention)in San Francisco. Senator Barry takes a walk on the streets of San Francisco. He heads for the Republican nomination on the first ballot. Senator Barry addresses the Platform committee and calls for a tougher stand with the Red Block. Forces of Governor William Scranton fight a rear-guard action to the end. On the eve of the convention, Civil Rights demonstrators mass in protest against Goldwater and are seen in a march of 40,000 people on the streets of San Francisco, toward City Hall. The marchers at the demonstration hear from Henry Cabot Lodge and other leaders. President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives for the Convention. Republican Governor Mark O Hatfield of Oregon gives a preview of his keynote speech, which describes the party as one of faith in various American ideals.
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