U.S. Army General, Jonathan Mathew Wainwright, home from Bataan and Corregidor, and Japanese prisons, reviews a parade in San Francisco and Washington DC and receives the Congressional Medal of Honor from U.S. President Harry S. Truman. General Wainwright exits an airplane in San Francisco. A crowd stands on both sides of a road. The General is greeted by the western defense commander, and by his sister, Mrs. Frederick Mears. They ride in a convertible car and wave at a large parade crowd along Market Street in San Francisco, gathered to welcome him back to the United States. Next scene shows his arrival by airplane in Washington DC, where he meets his wife for the first time since she left the Philippines in 1941. A military motorcade with General Wainwright crosses Memorial Bridge from Arlington into Washington DC. Huge "Welcome" sign and bunting arches all the way across Memorial Bridge, with the Lincoln Memorial in the background. Posters on poles read "Welcome Home Skinny" (his nickname). Large crowd gathers at the Washington Monument to celebrate General Wainwright. Next, on the White House lawn, President Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to the General in Washington DC.
Dr. Julio Prestes de Albuquerque, Brazil's new President visits United States. U.S. President Herbert Hoover greets him. A ship arrives at port in New York. President Prestes walks down stairs with officials. He poses. Boat in sea. U.S. and Brazilian Presidents pose at white House in Washington DC.
French car race in Le Mans, France. Cars race ahead of each other. People lined up to witness the race. Italian Ferrari driven by U.S. driver Masten Gregory accompanied by Austria's Jochen Rindt, in car No. 21. Cars race at night. U.S. racer Gregory wins the French race in his Italian Ferrari.
U.S. Open Golf Tournament in United States. Jack Nicklaus holes the ball to win the U.S. Open title. He shakes hand with a man and then embraces his wife, Barbara. Arnold Palmer during the British Open in Britain. Palmer strikes the ball and wins the tournament. British audiences watch the tournament. Palmer raises the British Open trophy.
America's Cup Yacht racing in United States. U.S. President John F. Kennedy along with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy are seen among the spectators at the sail boat race. U.S. Yacht "Weatherly" and Australian challenger "Gretel" race ahead of each other for the title. "Weatherly" wins the race.
India's Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru being welcomed by U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington DC. U.S. Secretary of Defense Johnson confers with President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of States Dean Acheson and other men. PM Nehru gets off from an air plane. Photographers take photographs of Nehru and other dignitaries. President Truman on speaker stand with mikes as he welcomes Prime Minister Nehru and invites him to make his speech. Nehru makes a speech and talks about east and west coming together. He opes that together they will work for betterment of humanity. Truman and Nehru shakes hands, pose and go off the platform.
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