Players participate in the 45th Millrose Games in New York. Bob Richards fails to break old meet mark in the pole vault. Chuck Moore and George Rhoden finish the '600'. The Wanamaker Mile with old rivals. Don Gehrmann and FBI-Man Fred Wilt win again. Gehrmann overtakes Fred in the last 20 yards to win.
French soldiers attack Communist forces in Vietnam, French Indo China. With heavy artillery and napalm bombs, they blast villages in which the Communist rebel forces have entrenched themselves. They fire artillery. Airplanes in flight dropping bombs during "Operation Mercury". Smoke arises due to the firing and bombardment. Some rebel forces surrender to French forces. French soldiers examining wounds of a Communist Vietnamese soldier. Communist prisoners of war seated on the ground. Some prisoners are being handed cigarettes. Women and children refugees and elderly Vietnamese citizens walk towards safe places behind French lines.
General and Mrs Eisenhower meet other officials in Paris. He sends his request to be relieved of his post as the Commander-in-Chief of Western Europe's armies. He addresses the officials and talks about the GOP convention.
Damage by flood in United States. Vehicles in the flooded street. Houses along the sides of the flooded street. The Missouri river sweeps over rich farmlands of the middle west and renders many people homeless. Men in boats and rafts in the street for rescue operations.
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.