May Day celebrations in the "9th of September Square" in Sofia, Bulgaria. Marching troops of workers, men and women, and troops of children through the streets of the capital. The marching troops carry with them the posters of their leaders, including the late Georgi Dimitrov. They cheer and express their respect for the Soviet Union. Members of the Government and political leaders, including Vulko Chervenkov, are saluted by the marching people and troops.
Citizens of Sofia, Bulgaria gather to sign the letter of appreciation to Joseph Stalin for liberating them from German occupation in World War 2. A man on a stage reading the letter in front of a gathering of working men, some who appear to be miners. The man on stage is flanked by pictures of Stalin and Lenin as he addresses the crowd of industrial workers. Next a gathering of women workers is seen at an indoor rally, with a woman leading a cheer for Stalin. The women applaud. A group of men and women workers wait in line to sign a registry with notes of appreciation. In another gathering, men in suits, possibly government officials, are seen signing a registry. Stacks of registry books are shown.
Obussis on his flight from Brig (Brigue), Switzerland to Domodossola, Italy in 1913. Same route as the 1910 flight made by Jorge Chavez in which he was killed. Views of the flight from the ground in mountainous terrain. Onlookers watch the flight and seen walking with the pilot after the flight.
Shows President Woodrow Wilson addressing crowd at his inauguration speech on March 4,1913 in Washington DC, at the United States Capitol building. Next scene shows Woodrow Wilson dressed in all white, speaking from a podium at Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1914. Several other officials are seated in the background during his speech. Final scene shows President Wilson's youngest daughter, Eleanor Wilson McAdoo.
Brief view of the Great Wall of China near Beijing. A stone bridge in the imperial Forbidden City (4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100886) in Beijing. Graphics full screen show dates "1913" , "1924", "1925", "1927" , "1931" and "1936." Montage covers Chinese civil war, Soviet invasion, Kuomintang fight with British forces, dispute in Hankow, and Manchurian outbreak. A hand flips a page on a document titled “The Report of the Commission of Enquiry of the League of Nations to the Sino-Japanese Dispute 1912”. Highlighted section reads, “Banditry has always existed in China and the administration has never been able to suppress it thoroughly...."
A Serbian colonel receives dispatch from soldier on horseback in Serbia during the Second Balkan War. Soldiers install heliograph signal tower. Soldiers employ heliography to send and receive messages.