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Nixon Ordeal - Venezuela Mob, And Hero’s Welcome Home

Reel Number: 221436-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1958

Country: USA,Venezuela

Location: caracas,DC,Washington

TC Begins: 23:06:27

TC Ends: 23:10:21

Duration: 00:03:54

Nixon Venezuela Trip & Return To Washington Nixon Air Force airplane landing in Venezuela. Crowd w/ banners protesting outside aiport terminal. MCU of young men w/ whistles in mouths, holding caricatured drawing of Nixon. MS sign Go Away Nixon, Go Home. 23:06:44 Nixon & wife wave from plane doorway; MCU. Walking past troops on runway w/ Army General & others. 23:06:59 High angle of Nixon alongside & entering closed car surrounded by military VIPs. Students & others shaking raised arms. Army soldiers alongside car thru shouting crowd. 23:07:18 Street w/ men running toward camera, motorcade w/ motorcycle police in opposite direction. MCU of mob catching up to Cadillac car leading motorcade. Policeman on motorcycle stands alongside car w/ men jeer & gesture. Sign w/ Guatemala on it. 23:07:35 View from inside of car looking out of shattered car windows. Soldier standing alongside seen from outside. CU outside of window. 23:07:43 US Embassy & Nixon shaking hands w/ Venezuelan leaders including Wolfgang Larrazabal. Soldiers running thru streets as Nixons leaving for airport. MCU past camera, hand shaking w/ US & Venezuela VIPs. Wave from plane. 23:08:15 Washington DC National airport & large crowd w/ signs. President Eisenhower arrives. Nixons wave & off plane, shake hands with Ike & others. 23:08:58 Nixon at microphones w/ Ike beside & crowds around. “May I say that...incidents in which a very small violent vocal minority were able to enlist the support of some innocent people who were misled as to what US motives really were. Violent incidents occurred. I can tell you that from my observations in each one of the countries we visited, that the great majority of the people...are friendly to the United States today (applause).” 23:09:44 Nixons’s, flowers & Ike in convertible to White House w/ motorcycle escort & cheering crowds. Arriving at White House, posing for photographers. Diplomacy; Anti-American Demonstrations; Anti-Communist; Communism; 1950s; 1958;

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