Soldiers of United States 720th military police battalion in a patrol boat at De Long Pier in Vung Tau in Vietnam. United States flag and a banner reading military police seen atop the patrol boat. A soldier cleans a .50 cal machine gun as an officer looks on. Soldier steers the boat. The boat patrols the shoreline. Military police officers stop a sampan sailing through the sea. A sampan is a flat bottomed wooden boat. A rope is hooked on the edge of the sampan and a Vietnamese and an American officer gets on to the sampan for patrolling. They talk to two local women on board the sampan and take notes. An officer of United States looks on from the patrolling boat. The two officers search the sampan thoroughly. (Vietnam War period).
Lewis Douglas sworn in as Ambassador in Washington. Lewis Douglas confers with President of the United States Harry S Truman at White House. Lewis sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom by the State Department Chief of Protocol,Stanley Woodward. Acting Secretary of States Dean Gooderham Acheson congratulates Douglas and hands over credentials. Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom William Averell Harriman congratulates Douglas.
Senator J.William Fulbright at a press conference after meeting of Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting in United States. Senator William J Fulbright is asked about the result of meeting with the Secretary of State. He replied that it was just the preliminary briefing about status of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty negotiations. He says that the provisions of treaty will be finalized in Moscow. Fulbright notes that the U.S. has initiated consultations for negotiating the final draft. In question. Regarding the person to sign the treaty, he says it is not yet decided . It may be members of committee or Secretary of State or it may be Head of States, and it would be finalized in 2-3 days.
Excerpts of testimony by United States Under Secretary of State, George S. Messersmith, to the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) in Washington DC. Ambassador Messersmith raises his hand and is sworn in, and then seated beside his legal counsel, Norman M. Littell. Ambassador Messersmith gives testimony about Hans Eisler and Dorothy Thompson related to his own time in Berlin Germany in the 1930s on behalf of the U.S. State Department. He references his work with U.S. diplomat Sumner Welles. He says that he read the Eisler file to refresh his memory. He says that although they were not involved in the war at the time the responsibility on the State Department had increased. He talks about a case related to columnist Miss Thompson. He looks into his papers He talks about the time when he was posted in Berlin and Austria and she made a number of visits. He laughs. He tells about officers who showed prejudice in examining visa papers.
Well selection of USAF Strategic Air Command, 340th Bombardment Group in the United States. The USAF General Dynamics F-111 in flight. Commanders of Strategic Air Command (SAC) at dais. The F-111 lands and taxis. The signal officer directs the F-111. A sign reads : '340th Bombardment Group, SAC's First FB-111 Unit'. General Bruce K. Holloway, Commander-in-Chief of the SAC congratulates the 340th Bombardment Group and FB-111 unit on well selection. Large crowds rush towards the unit.
The Organization of American States building (1889 F St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States) in Washington DC. United States President John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy arrive in car for Organization of American States meeting at the headquarters in Washington DC. Jacqueline Kennedy smiles. They are greeted by officials. The first lady with another woman. President Kennedy addresses the gathering.
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