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Royal Visitor: King Saud Confers With President.

Royal Visitor: King Saud Confers With President.
Clip: 354594_1_1
Year Shot: 1957 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1627
Original Film: 030-011-01
HD: N/A
Location: New York, New York and Washington, D.C.
Timecode: 00:07:28 - 00:08:41

Image quality is not the greatest, has RGB colors in spots though the footage is B&W. Royal Visitor: King Saud Confers With President. "Following his arrival in New York, where he addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations. King Saud of Saudi Arabia flies to Washington for meetings with Pres. Eisenhower. 'Ike' breaks precedent to greet his royal visitor at the airport." Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge greets King Saud in New York; the king is wearing sunglasses at night (interesting). Day exterior, United Nations Building. Interior, King Saud walks with UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, then the king speaks to the assembly. Washington, DC, day - President Dwight Eisenhower greets the king as he disembarks plane. Ike welcomes the king to the White House.