View of the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City, and the Mexico City Cathedral from across the street (Plaza de la Constitución S/N, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico). Midcentury cars and a streetcar pass by the street of the Zócalo. View of Mexico City Cathedral Tower. View of busy street in Mexico City, possibly in the Condesa tourist district. Entrance to a park, possibly the Parque España, can be seen. A shopping street in Mexico City with people and buses. Two Mexican women walking briefly look behind at the camera.
View of women walking in shanty village in Mexico City. Petroleos Mexicanos service station at crossroads. View of a highway road on the outskirts of Mexico City, a car makes a turn to the highway. A woman crosses the highway. Cars, from different brands such as Chevrolet and Packard, enters the highway. Pedestrians near the Mexican highway. A poster advertising Spur Cola below the words “La Gran Sinagoga”. A horse drawn Calesa in Mexican highway.
Greek youth listens to tape recorder during a demonstration. Greek men and women listen to tape recorder while reading a lesson together. Lebanese engineers in Lebanon demonstrate a tensile strength tester to United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) during an official visit. A Lebanese scientist stirs chemical from flask inside a laboratory. Scientist tilts down a row of Florence flasks. American advisors and Turkish instructors work together at a heavy equipment maintenance school in Turkey. Turkish man uses an electric drill on metal parts. Turkish instructors guide students in practical lesson on equipment maintenance. Lyndon B. Johnson visits the Turkish Literacy Center in Ankara. Actors reenact a normal scene at a barber shop, a tape recorder records actors’ dialogue. Experts analyze recordings for their use of words. Employees work in the Turkish Literacy Center in Ankara. An illustrator creates pictures to be used as learning aids. Experts create Turkish adult literacy lesson materials. A teacher teaches adult students basic reading with simple words. Teacher points out words on the blackboard for students to read aloud. Adult students read aloud from blackboard. An adult student writes “Happy birthday, Mr. Johnson.” on the blackboard for Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit in the Turkish Literacy Center and 54th birthday.
United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) shakes hands with locals during his official visit to the Middle East. Man packs dried fruits in package. Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson visit a food factory. The Vice President's Executive Assistant, Liz Carpenter, is also seen. Turkish worker sorts out canned products behind crates of produce. Worker operates canning machine before placing cans on conveyor belt. Workers process produce in canning factory in Turkey. Workers in canning warehouse. “The need of the present is to press on that momentum, and it give it new evidence to carry forward economic development” says Lyndon B. Johnson from his speech. An Iranian engineer and an American consultant work together in planning a spindle factory. Worker works on machine to make spindles. Newly made spindle gets tossed in box full of spindles. Iranian worker pulls out spindle from machine. Wooden spindles fall into pile. Machine loom weaving fabric at a textile mill.
United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) shakes hands with people in the Middle East holding American flags. United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s motorcade drives through highways in the Middle East. Steamroller flattens gravel to create a new road in rural Cyprus. POV through car windshield driving down a rural road in Cyprus. Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with Lebanese locals. A construction project in Lebanon. Lyndon B. Johnson visits construction site in Lebanon. Construction workers carry blocks of stone. Lyndon B. Johnson meets and shakes hands with Lebanese construction workers holding bundles of reinforcing bar.
Lady Bird Johnson, wife of United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and her daughter Lynda Bird Johnson affectionately interact with children in the Middle East. Lady Bird Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson visit a children’s hospital in the Middle East. Their group also includes Liz Carpenter, Executive Assistant to the Vie President. Lady Bird Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson hold and coo to babies in children’s hospital. A visiting doctor examines infant patients from their cribs and assists Turkish doctors. Doctor listens to infant’s heart using stethoscope. Turkish doctors meeting inside a hospital library. Ankara University Hospital ambulance with the Red Crescent symbol. A white female teacher greets a young patient in children’s ward of the Ankara University hospital. Blind students train in practical work for future employment by assembling part of a roller conveyor. Iranian doctor examines an infant patient in children’s hospital. Nurse returns infant patient to mother after weighing. A nurse gives a lecture to mothers in Iran. A young Iranian girl smiles.