U.S. President Richard Nixon arrives at the Buckingham Palace (Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Gate, London, SW1A 1AA) in London. President Nixon visits Great Britain as part of his official tour to Europe. British security guards stand on alert by the side of road to Buckingham Palace. Large numbers of civilians stand on both sides of the road to welcome President Nixon. President Nixon's motorcade arrives and enters the gates of the Buckingham Palace.
OSS or Office of Strategic Services officers on a mission in the Middle East during World War II. A jeep drives to a communication transmitter located at Kilo 13 outside Cairo, Egypt. An officer seated in a jeep talks to a personnel. Personnel work at a station. The jeep drives 3 miles away to a receiving station. Chief of Communications Major Porter. Personnel work at the stations. A jeep and a truck driven towards Security Officer Training Camp which is 164 miles north west of Cairo. The camp area and tents. Cadets move towards the tents.
Andrei Gromyko of Soviet Union walks out of a meeting of Security Council on Iranian question in New York, United States. Representatives of 16 nations meet to implement the European Recovery Plan in Paris.
Amphibious invasion of Incheon, Korea by U.S. 1st Marine Division during the Korean War. A radar on the bridge of a U.S. ship. U.S. destroyer USS DeHaven (DD-727), Ships head for the beach of Incheon. The importance of securing a beachhead is explained. U.S. battleships fire at coastal targets. Smoke billows up from explosions. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. Mariens head for the beach. Amphibious vehicles loaded with troops are driven on the beach. The marines advance inland. Men of the North Korean People's Army surrender before U.S. Marines. U.S. Navy USS Mahoning County (Landing Ship, Tank-914) embarks units and equipment of 1st Marine Division on beaches.
Meeting of the United Nations Security Council at Lake Success, New York, in 1947. A representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and National Council of the Jews of Palestine [possibly Abba Hillel Silver] presents a statement approved by those groups on march 23, 1947. They object and are disappointed in the position taken by the United States regarding Palestine's administration, and state that at the end of the mandatory administration, a provisional Jewish Government will be established, not later than May 16th. The Soviet Union's representative to the UN, Andrei Gromyko, is seated at the same table, wearing dark glasses.
Offshore oil rig in the Atlantic Ocean. Aerial view of an offshore oil rig or platform, with a large barge secured to the rig. Oil rig and barge out in the open water. Platform is around oil rig. Oil rig in water. A platform being built around the rig for working space. Smaller platform is in the water next to oil rig, small boat is alongside the oil rig in the left foreground.
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