Naval ship fires 21 gun salute for Saudi Arabian monarch, King Saud Ibn Abd al-Aziz, arriving in New York Harbor on Liner, SS Constitution, at night. A coast guard vessel transfers the Royal Party to the Destroyer Willis A. Lee (DD-929) which carries them to the pier with other destroyers in escort. Statue of Liberty is seen. The king and party members are greeted at the dock by Henry Cabot Lodge. A cadillac limousine, carrying the King, arrives at the United Nations, in New York. King Saud leaves the car, enters the UN building where United Nations Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold meets him. and escorts him to the United Nations General Assembly. Delegates and dignitaries seated in a council hall. King Saud enters the hall and people applaud. King Saud addresses the general assembly. Dignitaries and delegates applaud after the speech. King Saud during the reception given by His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Al-Khayyal. Ambassador of Saudi Arabia. Dignitaries meet the King. Among those greeting him are UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, Doctor Charles Habib Malik, Foreign Minister of Lebanon,members of the Yemen delegation, and U.S. Ambassador Wadsworth, who traveled with the King from Saudi Arabia.
King Saud of Saudi Arabia on SS Constitution in New York Harbor. It is night and the ship displays many lights. King Saud Ibn Abd al-Aziz and his party, transfer to a Coast Guard boat that conveys them to the waiting U.S. Destroyer, Willis A. Lee (DD-929). The ship fires a salute to King Saud. Puffs of smoke emerge from the saluting battery. King Saud and the U.S. Coast Guard Captain salute. View from Coast Guard boat as it approaches the Destroyer. Gangway set in place. King Saud goes up gangway to the Destroyer and is saluted. King Saud and his Royal Party standing with a U.S. Navy Admiral. King Saud and his staff converse among themselfes. The Destroyer, USS Joseph P. Kennedy, JR. (DD-850) passes in review, to which the King and Royal Party respond with Hand salutes. The Destroyer, USS Johnston (DD-821) passes in review, with all hands on deck. The Destroyer, USS Fiske (DD-842) passes in review. The King and Royal Party salute as they observe from the port side of the USS Willis A. Lee.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull talks about Pan American Conference. Secretary Hull during a press conference aboard USS Santa Clara. He talks about the Pan American Conference in Peru. An American delegate addresses the conference. Cordell Hull poses on the ship.
People ride vehicles in Palisades Park, New Jersey. A sign reads 'Big World Sensation'. People stand around a steel cage. Two men seated on a bike and a woman stands with her bicycle. They ride their motorcycle and bicycle inside a steel cage.
The Pulitzer Trophy Race at Mitchel Field in New York. A Curtiss R3C-1 in flight over Mitchel Field. The R3C-1 taxiing after landing. The number 43 painted on its fuselage. U.S. Army Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis in the cockpit of the R3C-1 after it stops. He climbs up and stands in the cockpit. Army airmen stand around him. Lieutenant Bettis sets a new record of 249 miles per hour.
U.S Army Air Service bombing exercises using the former USS New Jersey (BB-16) anchored in Diamond Shoals North Carolina. A bomb strikes near the stern of the ship causing her to capsize and sink.
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