EISENHOWER OPENS MOSQUE IN WASHINGTON Washington D. C., United States of America (USA).
GV. Washington Mosque. LS. Of the tower. GV. Crowds waiting on pavement. SV. President and Mrs Eisenhower shaking hands with leaders of the Moslem diplomats, & SCU. SV. As they enter the Mosque. SV....
EISENHOWER OPENS MOSQUE IN WASHINGTON Washington D. C., United States of America (USA).
GV. Washington Mosque. LS. Of the tower. GV. Crowds waiting on pavement. SV. President and Mrs Eisenhower shaking hands with leaders of the Moslem diplomats, & SCU. SV. As they enter the Mosque. SV. Group of cameramen. SV. President Dwight Eisenhower (Ike) and wife as they remove their shoes during opening of the Mosque in Washington. President has different shoes put on his feet while Mrs Eisenhower remains in her stockings. SCU. President's feet as he is walking along. Pan as President Eisenhower walks inside the Mosque. GV. Beautiful decorations on the walls and pillars of the Mosque. SV. Pair of feet in stockings and the President's feet, pan up as President and the First Lady are looking around. SV. President looking up at beautiful decorations. Decorated walls, pan round showing beautiful chandelier. (F/G) (Orig. A)
U-BOAT SALVAGED FROM RIVER SCHLEI River Schlei, Germany GV. Lifting gear and other machinery at the river Schlei, Germany. SV. Man pulling levers onboard ship. LV. Through ropes, one of the salvage ships during salvage of German wartime U-boat. CU. Men handling large chain. GV. Lifting gear across the water with diver at work as the submarine starts to come up. LS. Man pulling lever onboard ship. GV. The two ships "Energie" and "Ausdauer" lifting the submarine. She is partly out of the water as camera pans along her. CU. Steel cable. SV. Man standing on side of submarine which is covered in barnacles, he starts to go down hatchway. LV. Men standing and watching from the "Energie". SV. Men walking alongside the submarine as she lays over on her side, & GV. GV. Of the lifting ships. (Lav.) (Orig. B)
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