Members of President Truman's administration and other politicians and celebrities play, with golfing professionals, at Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase, Maryland, near Washington DC. Among the notables seen are: Margaret Truman, the President's daughter; General Omar Bradley; Senator Robert Taft; and singer-movie star, Bing Crosby, who sinks a putt and winks at the camera.
Large crowd gathers for the running of the 74th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Track, Baltimore Maryland, where they watch as the tree year old Citation, of Calumet Farms, ridden by Jockey Eddie Arcaro, wins the race by 51/2 lengths.
A Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly underway. The Ambassador from the United States,Warren Austin, addressing the conference. The issue of the Israel-Palestine conflict is the matter under consideration. Austin speaks of the actions for the Security council to take to resolve the conflict, in light of the failure of the Jewish and Arab contingents in Palestine to resolve a partition peacefully.
Ambassador Warren Austin speaks during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting addresses the Israel-Palestine conflict. The speaker proposes establishment of a trusteeship government of the disputed lands under the UN. He further proposes that the Palestine Commission suspend its efforts to implement the proposed partition.
Military plane circles overhead. Israeli soldier and woman sort through supplies in boxes. Houses of an encampment or possibly kibbutz destroyed by bombing. A house damaged by battle in Arab-Israeli War. Walls of the house perforated with bullets. A man carries out a calf from a destroyed barn. He feeds the calf. Soldiers in thickets look for food and cut fruit from trees. Israeli Defense Forces soldier (IDF) preparing a chicken to cook, and other food to eat. He sits with a woman and another man.
Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF) hold their position. Troops occupy position in a trench pointing rifles and a machine gun towards enemy positions. A building destroyed completely by war. A soldier checks and loads a heavy machine gun. Soldiers drag a donkey cart carrying food and drink. A soldier talks on his radio set. Soldiers move out of their hideout from inside a house and examine a map.
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