U.S. State Department in Washington D.C., United States. Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley talks to other officers. U.S. Secretary of Defense talks to an officer. A French General comes out of a building as he smiles. The French General and a British official arrives at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C.
View of the United States Capitol in Washington DC. United States soldiers bring coffins containing bodies of unknown soldiers of World War II and Korean Conflict. Honor guards at the U.S. Capitol. The flag-draped coffins are brought to the Capitol Rotunda, the large, domed circular room located in the center of the U.S. Capitol. Homage paid to the dead soldiers inside rotunda. United States Navy men lay wreaths in front of the coffins. United States soldiers and Navy keep vigil and observe lying-in-state.
Documentary 'American Journey' depicts the visit of Ivory Coast President Houphouet Boigny and his wife visit to the United States. Low flying aerial views of the United States Capitol building and Washington monument in the background. Low aerial view of Jefferson Memorial and Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. President Houphouet Boigny arrives in Washington D.C. The 21 gun salute being given by the U.S. soldiers during the arrival. President Houphouet Boigny with his wife get off the plane. President Boigny and First Lady Marie-Therese Houphouet-Boigny shakes hand with American President John F. Kennedy. United States Secretary of State David Dean Rusk shakes hand and citizens of Washington DC. cabinet members, diplomats and city officials welcome Ivory Coast President at the airport. Chief Justice and Ministers of Finance accompany President Boigny. The two Presidents and their wives at the podium. The U.S. President escorts his guest. They sit in a car and leave the airport for the Capitol. Flag of United States and flag of Ivory Coast. People stand on either side and the President Boigny waves as motorcade moves slowly through streets of Washington DC and U.S. military forces parade on streets as citizens watch and wave from sidewalks. A poster of both the Presidents. The Ivory Coast president arrives at Blair House. View of the Lincoln Memorial. The President with other dignitaries enter the Memorial. The statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Memorial.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower visits Bonn, Germany. President Eisenhower arrives at Cologne Bonn Airport during his European Tour. Flags of the United States and Germany. German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and other dignitaries welcome Eisenhower as he disembarks from a United States Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft. Eisenhower greets Chancellor Adenauer and the officers in Cologne Bonn Airport (Cologne Bonn Airport Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). Secretary of State Christian Herter hears Eisenhower’s speech. During his speech, Eisenhower declares that the United States will stand by West Berlin. 315,000 civilians wave and greet Eisenhower as his motorcade passes through a street. “We like Ike and Conny” banner (pertaining to Eisenhower and Adenauer).
United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation in Washington D.C., United States. President Truman in his speech blames the Soviet Union for the on going crisis in Korea. He states that United States will up hold the principles of United Nations, strengthen combined defenses, make more weapons, expand the economy. He states that war is not inevitable and America would make every possible effort to avoid general war. But it would not engage in appeasement. Later on President Truman signs an emergency proclamation.
The United States aircraft carrier ship Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA-42) commissioned in New York, United States. A dirigible flies overhead. The United States ships Midway (CVA-41), Augusta (CA-31), Boise (CL-47) and Leary (DDR-879) in the Hudson River. Guns firing salute on the United States ship midway (CVA-41) as smoke rises. Ships underway with buildings in the background. Various units of fleet down the Hudson River channel. Sailors on board a ship.. Navy Fleet Review. (World War II period).
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