First Lady of the Nation Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower receives the 'Mother of the Year' award at White House in Washington D.C. Members of the committee 'Mother of the Year' are seen. Mrs. Jane Maxwell Pritchard has a chat with Mrs. Eisenhower.
Seated at his desk, President Eisenhower speaks to the Press. Photographers take pictures. The President walks out of his office, onto the porch of the White House, accompanied by his press secretary, James C. Hagerty. The President steps to a microphone facing a phalanx of cinematographers, photographers and reporters with tape recording equipment. After making a statement, President Eisenhower and Press Secretary Hagerty reenter the White House. View of reporter's tape recorder running on the White House lawn.
United Nations Week parade passing Hotel Astor at Times Square in New York City. Flags of United Nations in the parade. Crowds gather for the United Nations Week ceremony at the Times Square. Banners carried in the parade. Sign says "All for One, One for All"
Operations aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, Vietnam. USS Bellatrix (AF-62) in the background. USS Bellatrix for replenishment. Men in hangar bay. Fork lifts move stores. Forklift pick up load of supplies from cargo netting. Load of supplies backed away by forklift. Officer in the foreground. Deck of USS Bellatrix. Cargo supplies come over on hi-line. Men look down over USS Bellatrix. Officer watches underway replenishment. Cargo net of supplies placed on mid port deck area for off loading to USS Constellation (CVA-64). USS Black (DD-666) also taking on stores. Cargo net of supplies leaves port deck area on hi-line and moves towards USS Constellation (CVA-64).
American soldiers man 90mm antiaircraft battery used against Nazi German buzz bombs, near Mansfield, Belgium during World War II. American gun crew operates M-9 gun director that has many Swastikas painted on it, to record downed buzz bombs. Soldier talks on phone. View of rotating radar antenna. Battery of 90 mm antiaircraft guns.
Launching of the 11,190-ton freighter, USS Saccarappa, (No. 3828) built in 1918 by the American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Large crowd gather at the Hog Island shipyard for the launching. Freighter Saccarappa is launched and moves down the ways. View of the ship being towed and guided by a tug boats, in icy waters. The name, 'Saccarappa' seen painted on its side.
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