A Saudi Arabian communication satellite (and two other satellites) are launched in space by United States space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51G. An Arabic news bulletin anchor, speaking in English, introduces the event. He then tries to interview first Saudi Arabian space flier Prince Sultan Salman bin Al Saud through video conferencing. Sultan Salman of Saudi Arabia, in United States space shuttle Discovery, is visible on a TV monitor in the background. During delays while attempting to make voice contact with Prince Saud, the news anchor, now speaking in Arabic, reports about the space flight in Discovery. Finally, radio contact is made, and the anchor is able to converse with Prince Saud about his experience.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh being acclaimed in Washington D.C., United States upon his return to the United States, following his historic solo transatlantic aircraft flight from New York to Paris. Charles Lindbergh disembarks from the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Memphis (CL-13). Avenue, Washington D.C. Lindbergh and his mother, in an open car, with military escort. Their car is surrounded by newsmen and photographers, and guarded by several U.S. Army soldiers. View of Pennsylvania Avenue looking towards the Capitol. A military color guard marches across the avenue. Spectators line the sidewalks. The Lindbergh car moves along Pennsylvania Avenue. Sign on building reads: "Colonial Ice Cream." Mounted cavalry follow the car. View from above of a huge crowd in an open area. Scenes from Lindbergh's arrival in New York City, on June 13, 1927. He rides in an open car, from the Battery, in downtown, Manhattan, escorted by mounted policemen. People rush all around his car and ticker tape and confetti fill the air in a ticker tape parade.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the Presidency in United States. Lincoln Memorial and reflecting pool, at night, as seen from the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). Potomac River in background. View of the U.S. Capitol Building and the White House. Presidential Seal. Officials deliberating. Ballistic missiles. Soviet leader, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev. Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Russian troops. U.S. Aircraft carrier. U.S. helicopters in flight. U.S. tank crew in a Patton tank. Citizens of United States. U.S. soldiers in Vietnam War. Presidential Seal. The White House. Aerial view of Manhattan Island, New York City. Statue of Liberty in New York. The campaign stresses that Nixon has the required qualifications and experience of a leader.
Military training of United States armed forces. A recruitment process underway. Men who are new recruits for the U.S. Army enter a building during draft or enlistment procedures. The recruited personnel taken to training grounds. Men get off a bus. They learn to march on the parade grounds. Men exercise for their physical fitness. They practice rifle shooing and marksmanship with various targets.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin speaks that the pending matter is the draft resolution (document S/704) introduced by the representative of the United States at the 275th meeting of the Security Council calling for a truce in Palestine. He states that the objective of this resolution is to save human life. The resolution is adopted by 9 votes in favor with 2 abstentions.
College boys practice crew rowing in Washington, United States. Students including National Champions from University of Washington Husky team seen at a dock carrying oars. They board crew boats. The boys row the boats during their first training session of the new spring season, despite World War 2.
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