Activities at the Naval Weather Service Center on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A naval officer gives a weather briefing to a U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft pilot and copilot. The pilot and the copilot look at a weather map. A crewman attaches an insignia to the unit insignia collection on a wall.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the United Kingdom. President Eisenhower gets off a United States Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft at London Airport, present day London Heathrow Airport (Longford TW6, United Kingdom). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan and other officers receives Eisenhower at the airport. A large crowd of British civilians waves at the President. Honor guards lined. President tours the city in a motorcade. Civilians stand on either side of the streets to greet him. View of Balmoral Castle (Balmoral Estates, Ballater AB35 5TB, UK). Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret receives President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan.
John F Kennedy confers with Dwight D Eisenhower on the Cuban Crisis at Camp David, Maryland. John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, arrives by a helicopter. Dwight D Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, also arrives by air. The two Presidents greet each other. Photographers click their photos. They walk towards a house for a conference. Other officers stand behind them. They get into a car and move.
African summit meeting in Casablanca, Morocco. Gamal Abdel Nasser President of Egypt arrives by a yacht. King Mohammed V of Morocco receives President Nasser. Civilians cheer and greet the President. Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana and Algerian leader Ferhat Abbas arrive by air. King Mohammed V receives them. The leaders and the President at around table meeting.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, bids farewell to President Shukri al-Quwatli, of Syria. They walk past an honor guard at Cairo airport in Egypt. Other dignitaries stand behind them. President Quwalti boards an airplane. Jordan's ambassador to Egypt, Abdul Al Rafael, arrives in Jordan after being recalled from Cairo, by his government. King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Hussein of Jordan, stand in a reviewing stand, under a canopy, King Hussein in Air Force uniform, salutes. They watch a display of equestrian horsemanship by Arab cavalry. King Saud presents King Hussein the gift of an Arabian steed horse.
Flight of the China Clipper in the United States. The Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Martin M-130 flying boat, China Clipper taxis and takes off from California. The passengers read and play. A couple playing a card game onboard plane. The China Clipper in flight over the Pacific Ocean. Pan Am celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first transpacific flight of the China Clipper in Hawaii. A Hawaiian girl dances the hula. Japanese, Filipino, and Indian women clapping in the background. Others greet and wave as the China Clipper lands. Passengers and crew board Pan Am (N738PA) in San Francisco, California. Three women wearing terno, kimono, sari dresses are seen near the air stair. Asian women in traditional ethnic dresses wave at the departing Pan Am airliner.
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