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Horticultural activities in Georgia and Tajikistan, USSR
A Soviet horticulturist conducts outdoor classes demonstrating how to prepare small sapling fruit trees for planting. His audience is a group of villagers in the Georgia, USSR. Trees in full flowering bloom are seen in background. The scene shifts to Tajikistan, USSR, where men work with pickaxes preparing irrigation channels and planting trees in a vast, otherwise barren region. Farmers carry sapling trees to the project and plant them in the bottom of a deep (dry) irrigation channel.
Mountain climbing at the Ai-Petri peak in the Crimean Mountains, USSR
Mountain climbing in the Crimea. Scene opens showing new blooms on a tree, framing the slopes of a Crimean moutain covered with small trees and shrubs. A column of people is seen wending their way through the area. A group of young persons stand side-by-side in a line at the base of a rocky upslope, apparently being addressed by mountain guides. Closeup of the rock climbers, including a woman. Some carry rope looped over their shoulders. A climber stands between two rock formations, grasps a rope and begins free climbing the rock. Closeup shows the safety rope fastened under his arms and tied at his back. Closeup of his feet as he makes his way. View of him quite far up the tall rock face. Below, other climbers shield their eyes from the sun as they watch his progress. View from the top of this section of mountain, as the climber hauls himself up over the ledge. Another view of those watching from below. Next, the climber is seen rappelling down the sheer rock face using his rope to control his descent. Camera focuses on two climbers standing atop peaks of the mountain. One throws a coil of rope across to another. A climber on a peak with suspended from rope line stretched taut across open space. The town of Alupka is below, and the Black Sea in the background. The climber rides the taut line (zip-line) across to the other peak, where other await him.
FBI Agent (Robert Granville?) escorting Judith Coplon, under arrest, into U.S. court building, Foley Square, New York City
Reporters and photographers in lower level of the U.S. Courthouse at Foley Square, in New York City, attempt to photograph Judith Coplon as she is escorted, under arrest, by FBI agent (Robert Granville?). A man, under arrest (Valentine Gubitchev?) hides his face as he is escorted through the reporters and photographers, who later stream out of the lower level entrance of the building. View of the Courthouse building against the sky.
U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, at head of table, in conference with British and American officials, in the United States.
U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, chairs a meeting of British and American diplomats in the United States. Cameramen stand in the background. They take photographs of the officials.
Earthquake shatters houses and other buildings in Maria Madre Island, Mexico.
Earthquake affected areas of Maria Madre island. Buildings falling during the earthquake. Smoke and dust arise from fallen buildings. People outside a building. A broken statue of Christ is collected by some people.
Bob Hope and Irvin Berlin entertain "Operation Vittles" Berlin Airlift fliers at a hall in Berlin Germany.
(First half of clip has no sound). A long queue of fliers of Operation Vittles (Berlin Airlift) outside a performance hall building. Fliers sitting in an auditorium. The gathering includes General Lucius Clay and Army Secretary Kenneth Claiborne Royall. Actor Bob Hope and Irvin Berlin perform to entertain them. Berlin jokes that he has changed his last name to Jones because in Berlin anything with the name "Berlin" is cut up into sectors.
