U.S. Army airmen risk life in new blimp observation device, high above Langley field, Virginia. A U.S. Army airship in flight. Interior of airship gondola with crew members at their station. A small observation car being lowered from the gondola. Airmen in observation car take motion pictures. Water is in the background. Underneath side of gondola and airship as observation car descends from the airship. The small observation car swing back and forth over water. Underneath side of the airship. Small observation car hang below the airship. Views of the observation car. Observation car as it is retracted into the gondola. Underneath side of gondola and airship as the observation car is being retracted. Observation car and passenger as it is retracted into an airship.
Military leaders and officials attend ceremony officially opening the new Headquarters of the Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), in Naples, Italy. U.S. Admiral William M. Fechteler, Commander, AFSOUTH, gives dedication speech. Other Allied military leaders and officials seated in chairs listen. Allied army, marines and navy troops stand at attention. Guests are seated in chairs attending the ceremony. The flags of the NATO nations are raised. Officers salute. A sign: 'Quartiere Generale Forze Alleate, Sud Europa'. The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is raised.
The governorship rivalry (so called "Three Governors Rivalry") takes a new turn in Atlanta, Georgia. Exterior of Capitol Building (Georgia State Capitol Building, 206 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30334) in Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. State Senator from Georgia, Herman Eugene Talmadge, and Melvin Ernest Thompson (M.E. Thompson), standing together claiming to be the legitimate governor. Mr. Talmadge speaks over a microphone and suggests a 'White Primary' which he said would function "To let the white people of Georgia determine who is their choice for Governor" (to decide between Talmadge and Thompson). Students of university staging protest rally against Gov. Talmadge. University students demonstrate outside the proceedings. The students hang Talmadge in effigy. A Nazi German flag with swastika is flown and a sign reads "It Can't Happen Here" with the word "can't" crossed out and change to "did" so it reads, "It Did Happen here." The students protest the racial segregationist and White Supremacy politics of Talmadge (early in Civil Rights movement). A sign reads "Must Stop" and above it is pictures of a padlock and key, a Nazi Swastika, and a pistol.
After five years of captivity of Red Revolutionary Forces (Viet-Minh) hostages return to their homelands from Indo-China during the Indo-China War. French hostages held by Viet-Minh leave Indochina with their belongings. They board a truck. Trucks loaded with the hostages line up on a road. The Red Cross sign at the entrance of a building. People move with their families. French women at a counter of new clothes after imprisonment. Children eat sweets. Two boys eat bread with tea. French hostages including men, women and children.
The United States welcomes French President Auriol during his state visit. President Jules-Vincent Auriol accompanied by his wife Michelle Aucoutuier and top French diplomats arrives in the United States for a state visit. He visits the Statue of Liberty in New York. President Auriol waves to the crowd. In Washington DC, U.S. President Harry S. Truman, and the members of the official family greet President Auriol. The motorcade of President Auriol is driven through the streets of the city. President Truman and Auriol seated in a car of the motorcade. People standing on both sides of the roads welcome President Auriol. Flags of the United States and France. President Auriol delivers a speech about his visit to help strengthen ties of Franco-American friendship.
French troops mop up the Reds( Communists ) and open a new drive in Indochina during the Indochina War. French troops disembark from landing crafts at a beachhead. They move into fields. They wade through waist deep water in a channel. Soldiers fire guns and artillery. Aircraft in flight for aerial bombardment to mop up communists from fortified villages. Huts burn and a fire blazes. Ruins in a village after land and aerial bombardment. Dead and wounded soldiers. Prisoners are taken by French troops.
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