Amoskeag Falls Bridge over the Merrimack River with raging waters during the Great Flood of 1936 (New England) in Manchester New Hampshire. Remnants of a house is seen going over the falls and floating under the Amoskeag Falls Bridge. Workers stacking sandbags at the Amoskeag Falls Dam power house in an effort to save it. View of Amoskeag Falls Dam powerhouse surrounded by flood water. Two Martin B-10 bombers in flight over an overflowing river. View from a Martin B-10 rear cockpit as United States airmen push food supplies out of bomb bay. Package dropping from a B-10 over Pennsylvania.
Dwight D. Eisenhower cooking pancakes on a stove and then pouring coffee for guests at Byers Peak Ranch in Fraser, Colorado while on vacation. Owned by a friend, is was also called his 'Cold War retreat' ranch. The guests are likely curious press, encouraged to visit so that the public would see his holidays as "working vacations." Major John Eisenhower, the son of Ike Eisenhower, leaves for Korea to serve in the United States Army during the Korean War. John Eisenhower kissing his mother, Mamie. Mamie Eisenhower and a grandparent, probably his grandmother Elivera Doud, wave goodbye. Eisenhower speaks while seated at a table, saying, "A soldier learns as a nation must learn that integrity backed by strength is the only sure way to lasting peace. Our country's destiny, to my mind, is to serve mankind through leadership in the arts of peace. If we believe in our own system, if we allow no taint of false doctrine to confuse it, if we practice what we preach, if we provide upright leadership, we can help to show the world the folly of war. With all the strength I can command and the devotion I hold for my country, I pledge myself to this objective."
Railroad infrastructure development as part of United States aid in Iran. Men laying railroad tracks on a bridge. Donkey grazes and two men watch the construction in the foreground. A railroad track laying machine and workers hold a track. Man stands on top of track as a team of workers carry the track. Machine threshing rocks on track. Laborers use pickaxes and rakes to break up rocks. Teams of workers lay track on railroad. Laborers connect two railroad tracks. American engineer and Iranian official tighten bolts connecting last track section. Men moving a track. Workers crowd to watch two men fasten bolts. Workers cheering and clapping after the two men finished connecting the last track section. American engineer and Iranian official shake hands. Men watch a cargo train use the new tracks. A train rushes past camera in Iran.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks to reporters during his Press Conference at the White House. Journalists listen to speech. President Eisenhower listens to a reporter’s question. President Eisenhower reasserted his longstanding insistence on advance progress as a pre-condition to a Summit meeting. He said that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev could not force him by "bluff" or "blackmail" to attend unless there were grounds for believing that "real measures can be discussed profitably by all of us".
King Hussein of Jordan arrives at the White House for a 5-day visit in Washington DC, United States. King Hussein steps off from limousine upon arrival at the White House. Photographers take pictures of the young king. King Hussein is greeted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Oval Office.
Celebration of the Roxy Theatre’s 32nd anniversary in New York City. Pedestrians cross the street in front of the Roxy Theatre (153 West 50th Street New York City United States). Theater marquee on display in front of the Roxy Theatre advertising the movie Rio Bravo and a new stage show. Hollywood actress Lana Turner arrives in New York to attend the Roxy Theatre’s 32nd anniversary. Lana Turner holds a bunch of balloons. A group of photographers taking photographs of Lana Turner. Lara Turner releases balloons on the Great White Way outside the Roxy Theatre. The balloons contained guest tickets to Universal-International's new hit film "Imitation of Life".
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