A launch pulls up to the USS Quincy (CA-71) and a naval officer comes aboard. A flag of the United States on the ship. Sailors aboard the USS Quincy salute as King Ibn Saud (also called King Abdulaziz) of Saudi Arabia returns to the USS Murphy (DD-603), which is tied up close to the USS Quincy. The King is accompanied by Colonel Eddy, USMC, serving as interpreter and members of the Royal party. Numerous views of members of the Royal party on board the USS Murphy. Rugs can be seen on deck.
Dr. Jonas Salk at a press conference in Ann Arbor Michigan, United States. Cars parked outside The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. People stand outside the school building. Dr. Jonas Salk and another physician in the conference hall. Dr. Jonas Salk and the other researcher pose. Journalists and other people seated in a conference hall. The doctors who produced the polio vaccine on the stage. Men take pictures. The vaccine is rolled out of the drug house. Cartons of the vaccine taken out and kept on the trolley. A man with a clipboard. A man puts labels on the boxes. Dr. Jonas Salk speaks about the polio vaccine during a press conference (this latter part of the clip contains audio).
The Afro-Asian conference opens in Indonesia. Traffic on the road. A sign reads 'SWRAHA' on a building. Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrives for the conference in Jakarta Indonesia and his party ascends the steps of Merdeka Palace. Dignitaries from Asia and Africa seated on table. They talk about how to promote Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation, and oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by the United States. Men in the background record the conference. A sign reads 'Indonesia' 'Birma' Sailan' on a table. A map of the Republic of Indonesia.
Brief scenes from life of Dr. Albert Einstein, who died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey. Dr. Albert Einstein relaxed at home, posing for the camera. He is wearing a sweater. He dons his spectacles. Einstein with Yeshiva University President, Samuel Belkin, and New York State Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein, as they present him a model of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Albert Einstein waves to cameras while in a graduation academic procession at Princeton University.
Dinner for U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn in Washington DC. Dignitaries seated on table. Speaker Rayburn of Texas with former U.S. President Harry S Truman and Adlai Stevenson. Rayburn seated on a table. William Averell Harriman attends the dinner. Speaker Rayburn talks to dignitaries. Flags in the background. Dignitaries seated around a table applaud. Sam Rayburn waves at them. A flag of United States on the wall. Speaker Rayburn starts his dinner.
Winter maneuvers of First Pursuit Group of United States Army Air Service in Oscoda Michigan. Airmen carry fuel in a container. DH-4 De Havilland is refueled. The wheels of DH-4 are replaced by skies. Airmen stand near the planes. Curtiss PW-8 Hawks parked. Aircraft taxis and takes off.
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