Crisis in the Middle East. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser walking with several officials. President Nasser waving to a crowd. The crowd cheering the President on the 6th anniversary of the overthrow of King Farouk I. The President speaking into several microphones from a podium. A large crowd cheer for President Nasser. United States negotiator Robert Murphy meeting Lebanese President Camille Chamoun in Lebanon. Robert Murphy and President Chamoun with another official as they discuss matters. American evacuees from Iraq arriving at Ciampino Airport in Rome, Italy. Men, women and children coming down the steps from an Pan American World Airlines (PAA) aircraft. The evacuees at the airport. A street in Jordan. Vehicles moving on a road and people on a street. Buildings on the street. Shop sign reads “CLEOPATRA TRAVELLING SERVICE”. Flags flying at half-mast on several buildings mourning the deathst of King Faisal II and other leaders killed by Iraqi rebels. King Hussein of Jordan addressing a press conference. Several officials at the conference. A United States Air Force C-124 Globemaster cargo aircraft with its front hatch open and ramps open, at an airfield in Jordan. Men unload gas cans from the aircraft. Men standing in a row pass the cans. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during summit talks in the United Nations. Aerial view of the United Nations building in New York, United States.
U.S. 34th Division Artillery soldiers at McChord Air Force Base in Washington, United States. U.S. Army Major General Willard Pearson converses with two officers. Major General Pearson at the entrance of a tent. He walks up to a USAF (United States Air Force) C-141 Starlifter aircraft. Battery guideon is passed to a soldier on a ramp and put aboard the aircraft. 34th Division Artillery troops climb the ramp and board the C-141 aircraft. Names are checked from a roster. Major General Pearson talks to soldiers as they approach the ramp. (Vietnam War period).
Newsreel "Speed plans for San Francisco security meeting" shows staff working speedily at the State Department Communications Center in Washington D.C., preparing for the upcoming United nations Security Council meeting in San Francisco. United states Secretary of state Edward Stettinius,British delegate Lord Halifax, Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, and Chinese Ambassador Wei Tao-ming in a meeting in Washington D.C. Assistant Secretary of State, Archibald MacLeish, explains the purpose of the new United Nations.
A news conference in Washington D.C., United States about the American soldiers held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Richard G. Capen addresses the press at a conference as he stands behind a podium with the Department of Defense insignia on it. A board in the background reads ' United States POWs and missing in action personnel '. A board placed next to Capen with pictures on it. A sign on the board reads ' U.S. POWs released by NVN ' . Pictures of soldiers released by the North Vietnamese. A chart on the board reads ' status '. A picture of a United States Air Force Major General. Another picture of an injured soldier on the board. A title on the board reads ' parading U.S. prisoners '. An officer removes the chart and another one is being displayed before the press at the conference. A chart titled ' Isolation' shows American soldiers behind bars in captivity. Another chart depicts the medical treatment being given to American soldiers captured by North Vietnamese. The Deputy Secretary of Defense Capen speaks from a podium. A picture on the board indicates the diet being given to American soldiers captured by North Vietnamese. A series of pictures on the board titled ' weight loss' shows pictures of emaciated American soldiers. Capen speaks about the condition of American prisoners of war in Vietnam. Officials seated at a desk. Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles Havens speaks to the press. Capen speaks to the press. Special Assistant to Under Secretary of State Frank Sieverts at a desk as he answers the press. (Vietnam War period).
United States President Franklin Roosevelt in Staunton, Virginia. He speaks at the dedication of Woodrow Wilson's birthplace, also known as The Manse (20 N Coalter St, Staunton, VA 24401, United States), as a national shrine. People stand on the steps of a building and in a garden. A huge crowd seated as President Franklin Roosevelt addresses the crowd. He states that United States is ready to fight for its democracy again. Officers seated in the background. (World War II period).
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson in Washington D.C., United States. King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand visit Washington D.C on their state visit to the United States. The president and his wife welcome the dignitaries. The King and Queen of Thailand arrive at the Executive Mansion with military Honor. Lady Bird Johnson speaks to Queen Sirikit.
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