President Dwight Eisenhower meets with his Cabinet and National Security Council at Camp David in Catoctin Mountain Park

The video covers a helicopter shuttle from Washington to Camp David, where Secretary of State Dulles, Vice President Nixon, and other top officials gather for National Security Council and Cabinet meetings. The meetings, held at the Catoctin Mountains Retreat, are the first in three months presided over by President Eisenhower. The agenda includes a review of the world situation and the State of the Union message. Camp David, 25 miles from Gettysburg, has been used by Presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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