Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on a goodwill visit to Tibet. He descends from a plane as it lands at the 'Roof of the World'. He is received by military officers. A traditional welcome by the 'lamas' and people of Tibet, including then 14 year old Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. They garland the Prime Minister. Nehru, officers and other dignitaries climb uphill on horses. A crowd gathered to greet the PM. Monks praying. Traditional puppets on display. Pandit Nehru presents a memento to the Dalai Lama. He addresses the gathering including children. He boards his plane and it takes off.
Obsolete American trolley cars from New York used on Vienna street car lines. Trams on tracks. Men remove planks from the front. Notice on tram. Man hangs onto light on tram front. 'Southern Blvd' and 'Third Avenue Transit System' written on trams. A tram is towed. Trams move on tracks as men watch.
A woman dubbed "Mrs. Dynamite" supervises demolition of war-scarred buildings in Berlin following World War 2. She sits with another woman and a man as they make dynamite sticks. A man arranges dynamite sticks on a table. He sprays the sticks in a casket. Mrs. Dynamite and her team walks into a destroyed building. She places the sticks into a wall. She emerges from the building and pushes the detonation plunger. The building collapses due to the explosion. Smoke and rubble due to the explosion.
Women play in an All American Girls League baseball game in Kenosha. Players in the locker room. They put on their uniforms which include skirts. The baseball game underway. Players pitching, batting, and fielding. Running between the bases. A woman slides into base. A player argues with the umpire at home plate after a strike call, and her manager comes out to argue too. A team in the dugout. Players chat, knit and relax while they wait to bat. A player sets down her knitting and walks out onto the field for her at bat. The winning team celebrates after the game.
'Aquazanies' entertain with comedy diving acts at an Aquashow in Flushing, Long Island. A diver takes position on a diving board at the pool. He executes a forward somersault dive. 'Aquazanies', a troop of men who perform comedy and diving acts. Aquazanies dressed in funny costumes rush onto the diving boards, and jump into the water. They dance outside the pool. Several stunt jumps of the aqua zanies are seen, as they jump from spring and platform boards, including stunts where the divers jump together, intersect during jumps, and belly flop into the pool.
An American Overseas Airlines aircraft arrives in Washington D.C., United States. It is on a multi-leg journey carrying 45 former War Correspondents back to Europe for celebrations commemorating the 5th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of World War II. Aerial views of the White House and Washington Monument, including the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings. Dignitaries get off the American Overseas Airlines aircraft. They are greeted by American officials. They meet with President Harry S. Truman at the White House West Wing. Truman speaks to the former War Correspondents.
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