Major events of the year 1957. Large crowd gathers outside the Prince’s Palace of Monaco (98015 Monaco) to celebrate the baptism of Princess Caroline, daughter of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Princess Grace (formerly known as Grace Kelly). Prince Rainier and Princess Grace appear in the Palace balcony as Princess Grace holds Caroline in her arms. People cheer and release balloons on the occasion.
French President Charles De Gaulle rallies popular support during his state visit to Monaco. He stands in his Simca V8 Chambord presidential car as his motorcade drives on streets. Large crowd on street to welcome him. President Gaulle sits with Winston Churchill and other dignitaries. The Prince's Palace of Monaco. Prince Rainier, Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco and Charles De Gaulle stand amidst officials.
Princess Grace at Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58) in Brussels, Belgium. View of the pavilion of the Principality of Monaco. Princess Grace Patricia Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco arrive at the Monaco pavilion and emerge from car. A large crowd outside the British pavilion cheering. Princess Grace receives a bouquet. Guards stand beside barriers in front of a crowd outside the Spanish pavilion. A chef takes a photograph of Princess Grace using a camera. Princess Grace and Prince Rainier visit the fair.
Scenes from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A revolution against the Stalinist government in 1956 in Hungary. Aerial view of Budapest in 1956. Communist leader Mátyás Rákosi addressing a crowd in a public square. Rakosi not yet challenged by uprising. Hungarian Revolution demonstrators on roads and at government buildings in Budapest. Students and writers assembled in October 1956 in solidarity with the recently successful anti-Stalinist uprising in Poland. The police fire at revolutionaries. Fighting in streets as secret police combat revolutionaries.
The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party at the International Amphitheatre (4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess, taking seats at the convention. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, taking her seat. Democratic Party National Chairman, Paul M. Butler standing behind and below the podium as convention prepares to get underway. The amphitheater is filled with seated delegates, as they are called to order. Delegates standing and applauding, following the keynote speech of Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee, who touches the Tennessee delegate identification pole as it is thrust toward him. Delegates waving poles displaying their respective State names.
A large crowd in a street of Guatemala. Carlos Castillo Armas and other important people standing in windows look at the crowd. Carlos Castillo Armas waves at the crowd. Armas meets with government and military officials. Carlos Castillo Armas addresses the meeting. Another person addresses and others smile. A military officer examines mortar artillery and small arms. Machine guns piled on ground are displayed. The officer demonstrates operations of a gun. Rifles and machine guns are displayed. troops surround the guns.