Vice-President Richard Nixon and his wife arrive at the Presidential Palace in a car. They mingle with the crowd shaking hands and talking to people.Mr. Nixon talks with a small boy and shakes his hand. Mrs. Nixon picks up a small boy, and holds him up. Inside the Palace, they are greeted by a large number of leaders including President Carlos Castillo Armas. Vice-President Richard Nixon seated next to President Armas, who then rises and reads a proclamation of welcome, broadcast on WRUL and other radio stations.
Vice-President Nixon shakes hands with officials standing in a row,as the Nixons conclude their visit to Guatemala and board a U.S. Military Air Transport C-121 aircraft . Mountains of Guatemala as seen from the C-121 plane in flight. Vice-President and Mrs Nixon, assisted by U.S. Ambassador, Norman Armour, exchange greetings with prominent Guatemalans at a formal reception held in the 'Instituto Guatemalteco Americano'. Boys play in street outside the institute. Several people stand on sidewalk in front of the institute. Vice-President Richard Nixon and his wife, outside the Instutute, greet people. Guatemalan cavalry in formal uniforms on horseback are seen as five small boys watch them from above, in trees.
Mrs. Nixon seated with Mrs. Armas, during a formal welcoming by President Carlos Castillo Armas in the Presidential Palace in Guatemala City,Guatemala. Vice-President Richard Nixon shakes hands with President Carlos Castillo Armas, and, then, makes some public remarks that are broadcast on WRUL and another radio station. Another dignitary addresses the gathering. Vice President Nixon presents President Armas an inscribed portrait photograph of President and Mrs.Eisenhower, which Presedent Armas shows to his wife and then holds up for photographers. Mrs. Nixon stands and greets a number of Guatemalan ladies seated in a row. Vice President Nixon and President Armas receive greeting from several officials.
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles in the White House, Washington, DC. They discuss a working document.
CH-21 B lands and takes off from a helicopter pad at the Pentagon. Cars move on the street. Airplane in flight. Men on the airport. Other plane takes off. Trees along the sides of the street. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Postmaster General Arthur E Summerfield and family walk to right beside Pentagon. VIP's arrive at helicopter pad and talk amongst themselves. Mr Summerfield boards CH-21 B. Secretary of labor James P Mitchell walks. Secretary Mitchell and Nelson A Rockefeller carry briefcases. An Air Force Officer greets them. They walk towards CH-21 B. Buildings in the background.
Allen Dulles, CIA director, boards a U-4B plane at Washington National Airport. Aircraft taxis out as directed. Other airplanes in the background. Vice president Nixon walks towards a helicopter and boards the helicopter.
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