Three soldiers who fought in the Korean war receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in Washington DC. U.S. President Truman decorates the soldiers. People watch the soldiers and applaud. Cameramen record the event.
A beauty pageant in Greece. Girls compete for the title of Miss Hellas in Greece. They walk on the ramp. People watch them and applaud. The winner with the award.
People walk in the Easter Parade in New York. Men, women and children walk wearing colorful dresses. Houses along the street. Women wearing bonnets.
Nevada testing ground. Operation Tumbler-Snapper U.S. Army soldiers in trenches crouch down and cover their ears as they prepare for an atomic bomb detonation blast. Flash on horizon as bomb is detonated in nuclear test. Men emerge from trenches and point while mushroom cloud from explosion rises before them. View of blast wave with heavy dust approaching camera position. Dust cloud from blast hits men while many still have their heads above ground level. A soldier covers his mouth as dust from blast wave hits him.
View of May Day Parade in Warsaw during the Cold War. Warsaw written in Russian (Varshava). Polish women raise their arms with clenched fists in May Day Parade. President of the People’s Republic of Poland, Dr. Boleslaw Bierut, raise his hands greeting Polish citizens in May Day Parade. Prime Minister Joseph Cyrankiewcz, beside President Boleslaw Bierut, claps during May Day Parade in Warsaw. Polish Military official in May Day Parade. Polish citizens during May Day Parade in Warsaw.
May Day Parade in Bucharest, likely in Aviatorilor Boulevard, full of participants and decorated with posters of Lenin and Stalin during the Cold War. Women clap their hands in the air as they march in unison during the May Day Parade. Female communist party members wave flowers as they march with large poster of Lenin and Stalin. Officials of the Romanian Communist Party on review stand. President Petru Groza waves at crowd from review stand of May Day Parade. Romanian citizens carrying posters of Lenin and Stalin participate in May Day Parade.