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Vice President Richard M. Nixon makes a speech at the 1956 Republican National Convention

Vice President Richard M. Nixon and wife Pat Nixon waving at the crowd during the 1956 Republican National Convention held at the Cow Palace (2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City, CA 94014) in Daly City near San Francisco, California. Convention-goers are heard cheering. Presidential candidate, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nixon wave and smile at the crowd. Nixon and his wife, holding a bouquet, greet President Eisenhower. Vice President Nixon takes his place at the podium while Pat Nixon sits on the right side. Vice President Nixon begins his speech.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1956, August 23
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080492
President Eisenhower delivers address on Accepting the Nomination of the 1956 Republican National Convention

Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers presidential nomination acceptance speech during the 1956 Republican National Convention at Cow Palace (2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City, CA 94014) in Daly City near San Francisco, California. President Eisenhower waves at the cheering crowd. President Eisenhower thanks his supporters for their support and nomination for the presidency. Eisenhower comments about a large central government or big government: "Geographical balance of power is essential to our form of free society. If you take the centralization shortcut every time something is to be done, you will perhaps sometimes get quick action. But there is no perhaps about the price you will pay for your impatience: the growth of a swollen, bureaucratic, monster government in Washington, in whose shadow our state and local governments will ultimately wither and die," says President Eisenhower during his speech.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1956, August 23
Duration: 4 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080494
Mushroom cloud churns up during nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada.

United States conducts nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. Looking down over ground 'O'. Area obscured by brightness of white light, it dissipates. Fireball seen after the atomic blast. Mushroom cloud moves straight up from the 'O' zone with its narrow trunk. Cloud billows up on top. Top section of mushroom cloud. Trunk of cloud, and top with red appearance. Grey curling smoke below the cloud. Thin mushroom cloud with red smoke ring like a halo, hovers above the long neck of smoke. Red smoke ring hovers above the blast area.

Location: Nye County Nevada USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046787
U.S. Operation Teapot High Altitude test of an air-to-air missile nuclear warhead at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada.

One of the Operation Teapot atomic tests at the Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. B-36H Aircraft in flight at almost 37 thousand feet. Several contrails in sky. Aerial blast goes off high in sky forming a white fireball, it darkens quickly. It looks like a doughnut with a large hole in its center. It closes up fast and produce an odd-shaped circular smoke cloud. It has a appearance of a doughnut with a shallow area in the center. (Note: Because of the extreme high altitude of this air-drop test , the device was retarded, by parachute, to allow the B-36 time to travel a safe distance before detonation.)

Location: Nye County Nevada USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046789
Area obscured by the brightness of blast during nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada.

United States conducts nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. Aerial view of ground 'O' on the desert floor. Area obscured by the brightness of the flash which dissipates immediately. Fireball rises up from the desert floor. Dust cloud on the desert floor. Fireball boils skyward churning its way upwards casting a shadow off to the right.

Location: Nye County Nevada USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046799
A blast goes off during nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada.

United States conducts nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. Water over a part of desert. A blast goes off in the background. Fireball blows up. Darkness spreads.

Location: Nye County Nevada USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046803
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