United Nation troops retreat during the Korean War. UN forces comprising of the British and American soldiers retreat south wards in Korea as a result of Chinese aggression, Soldiers loaded in military trucks as they cross a bridge. Displaced Korean civilians in a barge, on rail road tracks and along the roads. In Washington D.C., United States British Prime Minister Clement Attlee meets United States President Harry S. Truman. United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson also attends the meeting. Prime Minister Attlee during his address before the National Press Club emphasizes on resisting the aggression by the Red China. He also affirms the firm faith of the two countries in the principle of Rule of Law.
Officials from United States and Britain gather to sign an Anglo-American film agreement in United States. Agreement will facilitate marketing of American films in Britain and vice versa. British Under Secretary of Board of Trade Ruppert Somervell welcomes the agreement and hopes that it will work to the mutual satisfaction of the two countries. Eris Arnall of the Independent Producers hopes that the two countries will derive mutual benefits from the agreement. Eric Johnson of Motion Picture Association speaks that this agreement will help to work towards the goal of world without fear.
People sing the famous Christmas carol ' Silent Night ' at a Church in Austria. People enter the Silent Night Chapel (Stille Nacht-Platz 1, 5110 Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria) in Oberndorf, Austria where the famous Christmas carol ' Silent Night' was composed. Children sing the carol Silent Night, in German, as other parishioners look on. A sculpture of Mother Mary with Jesus Christ. A man playing a guitar accompanies the singing. A Christmas Tree with lighted white candles on it. Close up views of boys and girls singing the carol.
United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation in Washington D.C., United States. President Truman in his speech blames the Soviet Union for the on going crisis in Korea. He states that United States will up hold the principles of United Nations, strengthen combined defenses, make more weapons, expand the economy. He states that war is not inevitable and America would make every possible effort to avoid general war. But it would not engage in appeasement. Later on President Truman signs an emergency proclamation.
Ancient relics discovered in excavations in Luxor, Egypt. Archaeologists after 3 years of excavations discover Tomb of Mentemhet, Prince of Thebes in the Valley of Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Mummy of a priest in a casket as a man lays it on the ground.
Maria Bertha Hertogh (also known as Nadra binte Ma'arof) arrives at Schiphol Airport, Netherlands after she was kidnapped at 5 and later married to a Muslim in Singapore. 13-year-old Bertha Hertogh returns from Singapore to Amsterdam, Netherlands. She along with her mother Adeline Hunter got off a plane. Bertha being greeted by her father Adrianus Petrus Hertogh. A large crowd gather to welcome her after a great turmoil in Singapore. A sign at a doorway reads 'Welkom’. People wave to Bertha.
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