Vice President Richard M. Nixon sitting with other members of the Cabinet at a meeting with President Eisenhower. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles is seated to the President's right and speaking to him. Among others present are Nelson Rockefeller, Undersecretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; and Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense.
General Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, makes his first inspection of Allied forces in West Germany. General Dwight D Eisenhower waves, seated inside an army jeep. He inspects the British Army of the Rhine. He observes amphibious maneuvers of French forces and Allied infantry, artillery and tank units. General Eisenhower inspects a U.S. F-84E jet fighter, accompanied by his Air Deputy, General Lauris Norstad. A large formation of F-84 jet aircraft flies overhead.
Marshal Josip Broz Tito, President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, reviews formation of soldiers and irregular partisans in a large field. He holds a hand salute as he walks along the ranks. People on sidelines throw flowers at him. Children laugh and wave as he walks past them. Marshal Tito climbs steps to a stage and gives a brief speech. He honors officers with medals. Soldiers, officers and civilians clapping. Marshal Tito salutes after his speech.
Members of a USO troupe at Seoul Airport (K-16), Korea, including a number of women. They descend stairs from a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) C-121 aircraft, tail number 8817. They mingle with U.S. airmen on the ramp and pose for pictures with them. Several pose on top of a set of stairs showing the 5th Air Force logo and the words: 6167th Air Base Group.
Heavy rain affects transport and supply to the war front during the Korean War. Trucks bog down on a muddy road in the rains. Men roll drums and transfer them into a net. Jeeps driving through flood. A soldier wades on muddy flood. They pack cartoons in the net. Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopters come to rescue and move tons of supplies to all parts of the far-flung battle lines. A cargo of supply hanging below a flying helicopter.
A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Convair CV-240-4 crash landed near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dutch officials inspect the crashed aircraft, Paulus Potter (PH-TEI), resting on a field. The Convair CV-240-4 bound for Paris lost altitude just after takeoff from Schiphol Airport. Men inspecting the damaged wing of the Convair CV-240-4. Men search for clues among the wreckage of the aircraft. The plane broke in two. Aircraft seats from the wreckage.
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