Map shows Zuider Zee, and towns of Marken and Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Animated map shows where the 18-mile dam, the so-called "afsluitdijk", across Zuider Zee was completed in 1932. Areas that are being reclaimed in the resulting body of water (Ijsselmeer) are shown. Colorful scenes of docked fishing boats. Man with a box full of eels, which are the only fish still obtainable since the waters in Ijsselmeer are too shallow to support other fish. To promote tourism, Dutch people are seen wearing traditional costumes. Children in the native costume.
United States General (and future President) Dwight David Eisenhower visits the Netherlands. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in the Netherlands with other military officers. Eisenhower reviews naval recruits standing at attention. Eisenhower looks through binoculars and observes Dutch Army soldiers performing drills and firing guns in training exercises. Army soldiers of the Netherlands climb barricades and perform other drills while practicing. Exteriors of Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, welcome Dwight David Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
NATO assists Netherlands in flood relief operations. Netherlands troops work on dikes. View from inside a U.S. Air Force C-119 aircraft dropping relief supplies, including inflated rafts, over flood threatened areas of Netherlands. Netherlands troops dump material from a truck to reinforce dike. Troops and civilians work on dikes.
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands celebrates her 40th birthday at the Soestdijk Palace (Amsterdamsestraatweg 1, 3744 AA Baarn, Netherlands) in Baarn, Netherlands. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (husband of Queen Juliana) and their daughters, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, accompany Queen Juliana. Many children are gathered outside the royal palace to greet the queen with balloons. Some children present helium balloons to Queen Juliana's daughters. Thousands of balloons are set free in the sky. A small child carrying balloon stands in a window. Small boy holds flowers in hands. Queen Juliana watches the balloons in delight. Prince Bernhard smokes a cigar. Princess Marijke (Princess Christina of the Netherlands), the youngest daughter of Queen Juliana, carrying a balloon while standing in a window. A small Dutch boy brings flowers. People lining up to give flowers to Queen Juliana.
French President Rene Coty arrives at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for a four-day official visit to the Netherlands. An airplane parked on Schiphol Airport (Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol, Netherlands). French President Coty comes out of the airplane. Pilots saluting. Soldiers and officials gather at the airport to greet the French president. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands welcome President Coty. Flags of France and the Netherlands flying on flagpoles. Dutch people clapping. President Coty seated in a horse-drawn carriage with his wife, Germaine Coty. Rene Coty’s parade in Amsterdam. The carriage drives past on a street. People with small French flags gather along the sides of the street to greet President Coty. Children wave towards the French president. Dutch honor guard standing. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard walking. President Coty waves at Dutch children and adults in front of Garage Ben Maltha in Rotterdam. President Coty waves at people. Prince Bernhard accompanies President Coty.
Film starts showing United Press wire service receiver with report in it. "Tokyo" is superimposed on the image. A huge gathering of Japanese people is seen, most holding umbrellas on a rainy day. Camera view from behind some of the crowd, with the National Diet (Legislative) building in the background. Groups of men rush through the crowd creating disturbance. They protest the Treaty of San Francisco on April 28, 1952, which ended U.S. occupation, but levied heavy penalties on Japan including confiscation of all assets owned by the Japanese government, firms, organization and private citizens, in all colonized or occupied countries. Closeups of some surrounding a uniformed policemen and roughing him up. Views inside the House of representatives chamber, where members are in a state of turmoil. Member are dragging one legislator. Closeup of him sitting on the floor and of another legislator waving a fan to cool off. A cadre of uniformed officers enters the assembly room and forcibly removes several struggling legislators. Following that, a group of legislators forces another to the Chairman's position in the chamber. (Note: Political conflicts, between supporters of politician Hatoyama Ichiro and those of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida resulted in the Prime Minister declaring an “Out of the blue” dissolution of the House of Representatives in August, 1952.)