Former General Dwight Eisenhower attends the unveiling of American Overseas Airlines aircraft named “Normandy” at the LaGuardia Airport (Queens, NY 11371, United States) in New York City. An American Overseas Airlines aircraft flies a multi-leg flight carrying 45 former war correspondents back to Europe for celebrations commemorating the 5th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of World War II. Engine of an aircraft. Aerial view of skyscrapers of Manhattan, the Hudson river, bridges and ships in New York City. Aircraft during descent towards LaGuardia Airport. A bus passes by the Overseas Terminal of the LaGuardia Airport. An official speaks into a microphone, an American Overseas Airlines aircraft in the background. A United States Army General addresses the gathering at the tarmac of the airport. A crowd of reporters, former WW2 war correspondents, witness the unveiling of the American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 aircraft named "Normandy". Former General Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses the gathering. General Eisenhower talks to military officials present at the unveiling event. General Eisenhower tries out different hats, chatting with reporters. Aircraft at the LaGuardia airport and cars in the foreground. Officials shaking hands.
Unites States forces in Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. U.S. Army soldiers lined up. Chief of Staff of Lebanese Army, General Fouad Chehab, and U.S. Army General Paul D. Adams walk towards Robert McClintock, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon. General Chehab shakes hands with Robert McClintock as General Adams looks on. U.S. State Department representative Robert Murphy, personal representative of President Eisenhower, stands in the background. General Chehab gets in a waiting Cadillac limousine. Another Lebanese official wearing a fez gets in the front passenger seat and the car drives away. Journalists take pictures.
Unites States forces in Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. United States Navy Ship (USNS) Upshur in the pier area. U.S. soldiers and officers crowd around the pier. Soldiers on the deck of the ship. American soldiers carry barrack bags as they get off the ship. Soldiers carry a chest down the ship's ladder. U.S. Army General Paul Adams followed by an officer as they come down the ship's ladder.
President Dwight D Eisenhower at a press conference in Washington DC,United States. President Eisenhower answers press reporters' questions. He talks about work on a proposed amendment in the Constitution of the United States to deal with temporary disability of the President.
President Harry Truman speaks at a celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, held on the Washington Monument grounds in Washington DC. President Truman, at the podium, states that peace in Korea does not lessen world tensions as long as Soviet rulers remain an armed camp. He states that vigilance is the price of peace. (Korean War period.)
Newspaper columnist and broadcaster, Walter Winchell, is filmed making a radio broadcast in New York City, United States, during World War II. He talks about the hard facts of war. He also states that any American who feels that America is being cruel to Nazi Germany should visit the American Military hospitals. He talks about the hardships and starvation suffered by women and children under German leader Adolf Hitler. There are several takes during this filming.
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