U.S. President Richard Nixon attends a state dinner at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran) in Tehran, Iran. President Nixon speaks with Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Pahlavi. President Nixon and the Shah walk in a palace followed by the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon and Farah Pahlavi. The Shah speaks with President Nixon.
During the Vietnam War, representatives from the United States, South Vietnam and North Vietnam meet, in Paris, France, to finalize the Paris Peace Accords ending Vietnam hostilities. Principal negotiators to end the war are U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and North Vietnamese counterpart , Le Duc Tho. The delegates are seated at a large rectangular table, with Henry Kissinger at center of one side and Le Duc tho, at center of opposite side. Other delegates occupy seats adjacent to their respective principals. (Location: Majestic Hotel?) Photographers try to take photographs without being obtrusive. The mood of the meeting appears restrained but pleasant.
Dixiecrat democrats of the States' Rights Democratic Party at convention in Birmingham Alabama (after rejecting civil rights for African Americans in platform of the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Pennsylvania). People in favor of continued racial segregation enter the building of 'State Rights Democrat' along with flag of United States to revolt against the civil rights plank of the Truman-Barkley ticket. William Henry Davis "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, a vocal proponent of racial segregation, is seen and flags behind him include a confederate flag. Dixie Democrats (The States' Rights Democratic Party) hold their own convention. Banners of states of Alabama and Mississippi in convention hall, with representatives who abandoned the democratic convention at Philadelphia. Fielding Lewis Wright, Democratic politician, and Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, stands among Democrats. Governor James Strom Thurmond of South Carolina speaks and denounces racial integration efforts by the federal government and says that the country is on the path of being a totalitarian state. Strom Thurmond gets the State's Rights Party nomination for President of the United States.
A man and a model of airplane in GALCIT wind tunnel, California, United States. The model plane is suspended in wind tunnel powered by a large four-bladed fan. Several airplane models are seen in the wind tunnel. A technician adjusts a balance, amid measuring devices outside the wind tunnel, during operation. Models of sea planes lie on a table. Man carries a pontoon model.
Release of Charles F. Urschel by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Oklahoma, United States. A map locate areas. The map illustrates activities and developments in millionaire Charles F. Urschel' s kidnapping case. Men seated in a court room. A federal judge gives verdict for the kidnapping case. An airplane parked at an air base. 'American Airways' written on the airplane. Exterior of a building. FBI agents walk on the street in front of the building. Guns and rifles placed outside the building to display. Men gather outside the building.
The beginning of the Korean War with the invasion of South Korea by North Korean troops. ROK (Republic of Korea) troops in trenches and at sandbagged positions on the 38th Parallel. John Foster Dulles, Consultant to the U.S. Secretary of State, visits the front areas and converses with an officer at a map. Dulles standing with ROK (Republic of Korea) troops. South Korean refugees fleeing. United Nations Security Council's meeting in progress. The empty chair of the delegate from the Soviet Union. Secretary General of the United Nations Trygve Lie speaks. The Security Council passes a resolution calling for cease fire.
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