Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visits China. Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong and the Foreign Minister of the Peoples Republic of China Zhou Enlai greet Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Chinese people cheer as they drive through the streets in a cavalcade of cars. Mao Zedong and Jawaharlal Nehru attend a reception. Nehru, Mao Zedong, and other Chinese leaders visit a steel mill in Manchuria. They watch the production process.
Inauguration ceremony to open railroad link Southward, from Soviet Trans-Siberian Railroad, at Naushki, to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and thence to Jining (Tsining), China. Men connecting the two rail lines. They use levers and a screw jack device. Men push a rolling measuring device to check accuracy of rail track width. Mountains in the background. A railway station with pictures of Soviet leaders. A large crowd of local people gathered for the festivities. They carry flags and pictures of Chinese, Mongolian, and Soviet leaders, including Mao Zedong, Dashiin Damba, Voroshilov, Lenin, and Stalin. A large reviewing stand holding several dignitaries, and displaying pictures of Dashiin Damba, Voroshilov, and Mao. Several Soviet officers were seen. Chinese and Soviet spokesmen make short speeches, after which the Chinese spokesman cuts a ribbon to officially open the railroad link Behind him, in the background, is seen a map of the railroad connection going South, from the Soviet Union, toward Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. A woman railroader waves a flag and gives a signal. A train decorated with pictures of Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Dashiyn Damba, Mao Zedong, and the Soviet, Mongolian, and Chinese flags, moves over the tracks. Soviet rail line construction in snow: A crane places something into a truck. Field engineers refer to a map. A bulldozer levels the ground. A crane places a section of prefabricated track on the new roadbed. View of newly laid track.
French tanks enter Algerian town. Residents lined up on streets, cheer, as they watch French armor drive down dusty street of town. They greet soldiers. Officers look through binoculars. French artillerymen fire 75mm field guns. Explosions occur. Hills in the background. Brushfire on hillside. French officer, in beret, with unit crest, smiles and looks through binoculars.
The skyline of New York City. View of skyscrapers as seen from Governors Island. Staten Island Ferry underway in water in the foreground.
View of buildings at the New York harbor from Weehawken, New Jersey. Buildings at the New York harbor. Skyscrapers seen in the far background.
Skyline of New York from Weehawken, New Jersey. View of buildings at the port. Ferry move in the foreground. Skyscrapers seen in the far background.
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