United States of America and and Britain test Nuclear Weapons. The Titan II missile undergoes its first test at Vandenberg Air Force Base in a shoot from an underground pad. The missile gets destroyed in air with an explosion. The British unveil their Blue Steel, a nuclear air-to-ground bomb designed to fill the gap left by the scrapped skybolt. View of Royal Air Force V bomber taking off.
The President and Andre Malraux, French Cultural Affairs Minister, lead a VIP reception to the first United States exhibition of the Mona Lisa painting. President makes a speech and photographers taking pictures of event. People stepping up National Gallery of Art museum. Sign board of 'Mona Lisa' shown. View of men and women in queue. Nearly about 10,000 people queued up to see the Mona Lisa painting.
Former United States Vice President Richard Nixon visits West Berlin. View of Berlin Wall. Richard Nixon with his family reaches at Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in West Berlin. Signs in Checkpoint Charlie saying, “ALLIED CHECKPOINT” AND “U.S. ARMY CHECKPOINT CHARLIE”. Former Vice President Nixon is joined by his family, Mrs. Pat Nixon and daughters Patricia “Tricia” and Julie. Then Nixon visits the East Berlin Wall with his family. Nixon and his family at the Preview stand. Nixon waves at East Berliners. View of East Berlin beyond the Berlin Wall. Close view of Nixon. The Union-Verlag (Charlottenstrasse 79, DDR-1080 Berlin), a publishing house of the East German Christian Democratic Union of Germany (East CDU) bloc party, can be seen on the other side of the Berlin Wall.
View of United States Ship Halsey at a navy yard in San Francisco. View of Navy Secretary Fred Korth and Naval Officers getting on the ship. Guided missile frigate, USS Halsey commissioning ceremony starts. View of Navy Officer at Speaker's stand and guests at the ceremony are seated. The crew of the Halsey assembles and stands in a formation. Ceremony in progress.
Aircraft being delivered from United States to Britain during World War 2 as part of lend-lease program: Liberator bombers, Harvard-IIs, Bostons (British A-20), Lockheed P-38 and B-17E taking off for England piloted by the U.S. Army Air Corps Ferry Command.
United States Secretary of Navy James Forrestal, U.S. Navy rear Admiral Merrill, Captain Roper and Captain Correa in a meeting at Office of the Secretary of Navy. Navy Secretary Forrestal talks.
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