French troops (French Far East Expeditionary Corps) attack the Vietminh Red troops in Vietnam, French Indochina. Soldiers fire artillery (M114 155 mm howitzer). Explosions far in the field. French and Vietnamese soldiers marching through a field. Two soldiers wading in a river, carrying an injured patient. A French soldier with foot injury from Vietminh traps made out of nails. Man showing a foot trap by the Vietminh. Reinforced by eight new French Battalions, French and Vietnam forces launch the heaviest attack of the eight year old war. French and Vietnamese soldiers cross a rice field.
Farmers protest against the government in France. Farmers barricade the roads with wooden wagons and farm equipment, a traditional gesture of protest in France. Cars and police trucks stop near farmers' barricades. Angry farmers against removal of farm price. Policemen arrive, talking to the farmers. Farmers watch calmly as policemen remove barricades.
20,000 guests gather at a party to celebrate President Dwight D Eisenhower's birthday in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Guests enter a tent with signs "The GREATEST TENT on ... to attend the GREATEST BUFFET ... For the GREATEST GUY". President Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie Eisenhower, arrive at the party in a traditional Pennsylvanian Dutch buggy drawn by a dapple gray mare. Crowd greets him. He arrives with Mrs Eisenhower and cuts a 25 foot cake.
A small biplane parked on the ground in California. John Pontius, the pilot and the manufacturer of the plane pulls the plane. He sits in the cockpit. The plane takes off.
Japanese Crown Prince Akihito returns home after his world tour. People gather at the Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan) to greet him. The Prince disembarks from a Pan American World Airways plane (“Strato” Clipper Queen of the Pacific). Cameramen take his photographs. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida is seen. Crown Prince Akihito greets dignitaries.
Pro wrestlers put on football uniforms for a charity football game with the Seattle Ramblers at Tacoma's 'Muscle Bowl' in Washington. Players in the dressing room include Bronko Nagurski. Game in progress. Fans watch and cheer in the stands. Spectators cheer and applaud. The game benefits the Associated Boys Clubs.