Astronaut Alan Shepard is lifted from the Freedom 7 spacecraft by a marine helicopter in the Atlantic Ocean as U.S. Navy members watch. Shepard walks from the helicopter as people surround him. In the next newsreel, President JFK and Jackie Kennedy exit an airplane at the Paris Airport for a meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev in Vienna. President Charles De Gaulle greets the president with a hand shake. JFK is saluted by French soldiers. Bird's eye view of crowds of people in Paris celebrating the president's arrival. De Gaulle and JFK ride in a car alongside soldiers on horseback.