The 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. A man addresses the convention from a podium. Delegates carry placards of different states at the convention. Another man speaks into the microphone. Senator John F. Kennedy at the podium as he addresses the delegates. Senator Estes Kefauver and his wife at the podium after he won the nomination for Vice President. Kefauver waves to the crowd. The delegates carry posters and placards. Former President Harry S. Truman speaks into the microphone. Senator Kefauver and his wife at the podium. Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson on the podium. Truman with Stevenson and Kefauver. Senator Kennedy on the podium with Democratic nominees. Photographers take pictures. Adlai Stevenson and his family on the podium.
A modern automated station wagon automobile with many new features is shown in Chicago. It is a 1956 Chrysler Plymouth Plainsman, designed by David Scott and built by Ghia as an experimental Station Wagon. The car displays a Texas longhorn cattle emblem. Various modern and inventive features of the car are shown, such as a tail light that moves forward to reveal the gas tank filling tube, a powered rear door, a powered retracting step for children to enter the rear of the car, power folding seats, and unique taillight design. A woman with children stands beside the car. The boy and girl children climb up in the back of the car and sit facing toward the back. The car drives away and the children smile as the automatic rear window closes.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon and wife Pat Nixon waving at the crowd during the 1956 Republican National Convention held at the Cow Palace (2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City, CA 94014) in Daly City near San Francisco, California. Convention-goers are heard cheering. Presidential candidate, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nixon wave and smile at the crowd. Nixon and his wife, holding a bouquet, greet President Eisenhower. Vice President Nixon takes his place at the podium while Pat Nixon sits on the right side. Vice President Nixon begins his speech.
Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers presidential nomination acceptance speech during the 1956 Republican National Convention at Cow Palace (2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City, CA 94014) in Daly City near San Francisco, California. President Eisenhower waves at the cheering crowd. President Eisenhower thanks his supporters for their support and nomination for the presidency. Eisenhower comments about a large central government or big government: "Geographical balance of power is essential to our form of free society. If you take the centralization shortcut every time something is to be done, you will perhaps sometimes get quick action. But there is no perhaps about the price you will pay for your impatience: the growth of a swollen, bureaucratic, monster government in Washington, in whose shadow our state and local governments will ultimately wither and die," says President Eisenhower during his speech.
Navy team wins Adams cup in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Teams from Navy, Pennsylvania, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology row boats at Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Teams compete for the Adams Cup. Motor boats also underway at the river. Navy wins the race to capture the Adams Cup
A tourist bus moves along a wooded road in Boston, Massachusetts. View of steeple of Old North Church (2nd steeple). Tourist couple walks on sidewalk beside street in Boston, passing the Paul Revere House at 19 North Square. A group of young boys stops them on the sidewalk and hastily recites portions of the story of Paul Revere to the couple. The boys then hold out their hands asking for a money tip for having told the story. A church near a town square. Closeup view of the Minute Man statue in Concord Massachusetts. View of Longfellows Wayside Inn and the historic area near it in Sudbury Massachusetts.
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