Large crowds gather for celebrating the founding of the Empire in Meguro, Japan. Large crowds along streets. A procession passes along the streets. Rituals take place. Saints distribute beans. People raise their hat to get the beans.
Opening ceremony of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in Quebec, Canada. U.S. President Dwight D.Eisenhower together with Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, aboard the Royal yacht, Britannia, during the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. President Eisenhower looks through binoculars as the Britannia moves through the seaway. View of Britannia entering a lock. The Britannia moves very close to the face wall of the lock, almost scraping it. Several persons on board put their hands out and touch the concrete side of the lock. View from above, of Britannia officers looking over side, as the yacht passes very close to the side of lock. Views of Britannia, tied up at dock and passing through locks. Queen Elizabeth II, disembarking from the Royal Yacht, Britannia, followed by President Eisenhower, Mrs. Eisenhower, and Prince Philip.
Liberation of Rome from German control during World War II. United States, British and Italian flags flutter in wind on a building in Rome, Italy. United States Army General Mark Wayne Clark, Major General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, General Lucian King Truscott and Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keys and French Army General Alphonse Pierre Juin. A military band plays during the welcoming ceremony of American troops. A large crowd of civilians gathered to cheer the troops. Buildings on either side of a street. A bell rings at Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Pius XII addresses a large crowd in the Vatican City.
Lieutenant General George Patton, Commander of the U.S. Third Army, rides, standing up in a jeep, as he arrives in Coutances, France during World War II. He appears to say something as he passes some soldiers standing atop a Sherman tank. He then salutes in the direction of the camera. His jeep passes an M3 half-track carrying soldiers. Closeup of Patton as he passes them, and they smile. His jeep continues along the dirt road, past soldiers waving salutes from atop a Sherman M4A1 tank. View of a Sherman tank equipped with plow blades and camouflaged with foliage. Another Sherman tank (M4A3) with foliage camouflage. Closeup as it passes. Several more Sherman tanks followed by trucks and jeeps carrying infantrymen. Closeups as they pass. An M3 half-track, towing a field piece, is directed at an intersection by an MP (military policeman). More armor and trucks are seen including a Sherman tank equipped with a bulldozer blade, followed by an M3 Lee tank. A spire of the Église Saint-Pierre (Rue de l'Église, 50570 Marigny-le-Lozon, France) at Marigny-le-Lozon is seen in the background as vehicles pass it. A truck and a wheeled vehicle equipped with an A-Frame are parked at the side of the road. An M8 Light Armored Car passes. A jeep carrying medics, displaying red cross emblems, passes a truck towing a field piece.
Tourists visit Lenin's Tomb in Moscow, Russia. The Minin and Pozharsky Monument and Saint Basil's Cathedral. A large crowd of tourists gathered at Red Square. A man takes a photograph of girls posing in front of Lenin's Tomb entrance.
U.S. President Richard Nixon delivers a farewell address at the White House in Washington DC, United States following his resignation. White House staff and cabinet members listen to a speech made by President Nixon. Nixon delivers his farewell address. Behind him stand his daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her husband David Eisenhower. He requests the members of White House staff to serve the next President as they have served him with devotion and dedication. He speaks about his experience at the White House and compares it to other government houses around the world. Nixon thanks the cabinet and staff members who served him. He says that people who serve in U.S. government should be strong to make the United States a world leader. He says that the country needs good carpenters, farmers and businessmen. He speaks about his father Francis A. Nixon who was a streetcar motorman and then a farmer. Nixon speaks that his mother was a saint but there will be no books written about her.