Delegates arrive in San Francisco for United Nations Conference for World Organization in San Francisco, California. U.S. President Truman arrives by airplane at the conference and is met by representatives from U.S. delegation including Stettinius. Delegates from other countries are also present and greet the President including Jan Smuts of South Africa and William Lloyd Mackenzie King of Canada. Views of presidential motorcade traveling through streets of San Francisco in a parade-like environment, with crowds lining the sidewalks and cheering. Delegates sign the United Nations Charter during the conference. First to sign is Dr. Wellington Koo from China, signing with a traditional Chinese brush. Also shown signing is Gromyko from the Soviet Union, Lord Halifax from Great Britain, and the delegation from France led by acting delegation chairman Joseph Paul-Boncour. Next is Edward Stettinius and Senator Tom Connally, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Commander Harold Stassen, from the United States. U.S. President Harry S. Truman addresses the general assembly. Representatives of different nations like Lord Halifax of Great Britain, Mackenzie King of Canada, Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa, Andrei Gromyko of Russia and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru of India can be seen. Flashback to President Franklin D Roosevelt, shortly before his death, addressing Congress about the coming San Francisco Conference. Roosevelt speaks, expressing his hope that Congress and the American People would "accept the results of this conference as the beginning of a permanent structure of peace, upon which we can begin to build, under God, that better world in which our children and grandchildren -- yours and mine - children and grandchildren of the whole world -- must live and can live."
King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia during a visit to Washington DC. View of the White House with Army trumpeters lining the balcony and other welcoming personnel in place. King Faisal's motorcade enters the White house drive. The king steps from his car and is greeted by President Johnson. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk is also seen. President Johnson escorts King Faisal to a podium on the South Lawn, where they and Secretary Rusk, with several other officials, stand for formal welcoming ceremony. The trumpeters on the White House balcony sound a fanfare. Crowd is seen lining the White House driveway. U.S. soldiers, from the Old Guard, begin firing a 21 gun salute with field artillery guns. The Saudi flag is seen. President Johnson and King Faisal review formations of U.S. military personnel, drawn up on the south lawn. They are guided by an officer from the Old Guard.
Welcome preparations for King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC. A man puts up flags of Saudi Arabia and the United States. Two men paste posters of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and King Faisal. A military band plays. Allied flags in the background. U.S. Marine honor guard on the south lawn of White House. View from inside a helicopter over the Ellipse, with White House visible, ahead. U.S. Army trumpeters line the balcony of White House and trumpet fanfare as King Faisal's car arrives at the White House. A drum roll sounds as he steps from his car. The King shakes hands with the President, who stands at edge of drive to personally greet him. The President escorts King Faisal along a red carpet to a stage on the south lawn of the White House. The military band plays. The soldiers salute. President Johnson speaks into a microphone and greets King Faisal with traditional greeting in Arabic. He then talks about U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia. People applaud after the welcome speech. King Faisal replies and expresses gratitude. Scenes of a welcoming parade in the streets of Washington, DC. A sign reads 'His Majesty King Faisal'. U.S. soldiers march and a band plays. People line sidewalks to see and to welcome the King. Military units parade. The King rides in a limousine with two Secret Service Agents standing on the rear of the car. He arrives at Blair House, directly across from the Old Executive Office Building and adjoining White House. . He is greeted an official from the City who presents him the "keys to the City."
Military jeeps and private cars come to University campus during Mississippi riots in Oxford, Mississippi. African American student James Meredith leaves building with United States Marshals. (This is during Ole Miss riot of segregationists against education integration during the civil rights movement.). A military member seated at a desk. Exterior view of CNATECHTRA (Chief of Naval Technical Training) Career Appraisal and Career Information office at a military base. Sign beside doors notes it is home of the Navy Memphis Rod and Gun Club. This is possible on the Naval Support Activity Mid-South (NSA Mid-South) base in Millington, Tennessee, north of Memphis. U.S. Army jeeps parked in front of building. Two U.S. Army soldiers near the jeeps. Another Army truck.
General Dwight D Eisenhower sitting in car, waves during his campaign in United States. Eisenhower stands on a stage at a rally in front of the South Carolina State House. Mamie Eisenhower seen at the South Carolina rally. Views from train of Green Bay Wisconsin train station as Eisenhower campaign arrives. People carry signs that read "Welcome Ike - Citizens for Eisenhower and Nixon". Adlai Stevenson greets a crowd while campaigning. President Harry S Truman with his wife on the back of a railroad car during a "whistle stop" tour of North Dakota. Native American Indian people gather. A Native American Indian chief on the railroad car with President Truman and his wife, Bess Truman.
View from a sight-seeing boat on the Hudson River at New York City, showing Grant's Tomb on a bluff above, circa 1919. (The tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant, in Riverside Park was completed in 1897. In the background, to the North, can be seen the Claremont Inn and Hendrik Hudson apartments. Following a slate reading "Hudson River," the film captures the scenes as the boat moves south along the Hudson. Grant's Tomb is still seen at the extreme north end of the view. But a cluster of tall apartment buildings dominates the bluff above the river. Closeup of a U.S. Pennsylvania-class Armored Cruiser anchored in the Hudson river, with small boats around it and men boarding her from them. Apartment buildings on Riverside Drive in the background. View progresses close to Manhattan Island, where Pier 7 of the U.S. Army Transport Service is seen with ships docked on either side. A docked ship emits heavy black smoke from one of its funnels. A commercial ferry boat passes in front of the camera vessel. More views of ocean-going ships docked on the Hudson river side of Manhattan. Smoke is coming from some of their stacks. The Hudson Terminal with the Singer Building and City Investing Building in the background. The Singer Building tower dominates the center of the view and the taller Woolworth Building is seen to its left (North), at 233 Broadway. Next are views of the Battery on the tip of Manhattan. The large low round structure in the foreground is the Castle Clinton housing the city aquarium. The prominent tall building behind it, to the left, is the Whitehall building at Battery Place. As the camera pans south around the tip of Manhattan, some sight-seeing boats are shown, docked at the waterfront.
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