Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on a visit to the United States. Exterior of the Soviet Embassy in Washington DC. People at a formal banquet hosted by Mrs. And Mr. Khrushchev. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife arrive for the banquet. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife also arrive. They pose with dignitaries. Khrushchev in a railroad towards New York. Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Mikhail A. Menshikov and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn E. Thompson with him. The train rushes past rivers, farms, factories, towns and market places. We see his train passing through a station in Newark New Jersey. Mr. Khrushchev waves to people from the window of the train. Khrushchev's motorcade escorted by police escorts rolls through the streets in New York. People on the side of the streets to watch. Mr. Khrushchev addresses people at mayor's luncheon. He talks about peace and relations between the Soviet Union and the U.S. People applaud. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller welcomes him.
Demonstration of a self powered aqua plane in the United States. A man and a woman ride the aqua plane during its demonstration. (The aqua plane was a precursor to the jet ski)
An AFL-CIO ( American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) Union Industries show in Washington DC, United States. Decorated front of the venue. People look at exhibits in the show. 375 exhibits are included in the show.
Heavyweight champions Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson train in the United States for their June rematch. Ingemar Johansson jogs in the Catskill Mountains at Grossinger's Catskill Resort in Liberty, New York. People watch as he trains with a sparring partner. Meanwhile, in Newtown Connecticut, Floyd Patterson trains under former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, who watches as Patterson practices with one of his sparring partners.
Newsreel recounting events that took place 25 years earlier, in 1935. Farmers mass outside the White House in Washington DC, United States to cheer U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and to support the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The President addresses the gathering from a balcony. U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner acting as the President of the Senate signs the Patman Bonus Bill. A copy of the bill. President Roosevelt addresses a joint session of the Congress to defend his veto. United States Senator from Louisiana Huey Long addresses the Congress. Father Charles Edward Coughlin addresses a mass gathering at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Meeting of National Recovery Act officials. Men put a lock on a Brooklyn poultry farm. Close up of the lock on the door. President of the American Federation of Labor William Green is seen as narrator explains that the shuttering of the poultry farm by the NRA was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
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