French troops and Chinese Communist forces fight in French Indochina. The Chinese troops walk on a road. Smoke rises in the background. Explosions in the background. Smoke rises due to explosions. The damaged area. A man walks on the road. A woman and children on the road. A tank rolls down on the road. A truck burns. The troops and tanks advance. The trucks drive on the road. Prime Minister of France Pierre Mendes France gets off from an aircraft in Geneva. Dignitaries and officials at the airport as men take pictures.
Damage caused due to floods in the Danube river in Europe. Flood water strikes the retaining wall. Water gushing through a city. People stuck in water. The building submerged in water. The houses submerged in flood water. A sign board reads 'P' in the water. Two young boys in a bath tub float on flood water and paddle the tub as if it were a small boat. The dirty water flows in the city. A damaged house. Men use shovels and remove the mud. A truck drives on a road.
U.S. Air Force aircraft fly some Berlin children to West Germany for summer vacation during Operation Kinderlift in Germany. German children with their parents at an airport. A young German child with a tag around his neck. An officer holds a German boy and he cries. A young German boy stands by. A woman holding her son. The U.S. officer along with the German children board a U.S. aircraft. The parents of the German children wave as their children depart for vacation holidays in West Germany during the Cold War. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The children seated inside the aircraft. Two boys play chess. A boy eats banana. Another looks through binoculars.
A summer ski meet in Salisbury, Connecticut. Men spread crushed ice on bales of hay in summer. The spectators stand for the the ski meet. A skier skiing on the slope. A skier falls while coming down the slope. The spectators stand in the background. The skiers ski one after the other and fall on the hay being spread on the ground. A man takes pictures. Trees in the background . The spectators watch them.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday in London, England. Officials and dignitaries seated in Westminster Hall. A group on a stage plays music. Officials and dignitaries along with Churchill arrive in the hall and sit on the stage. People seated in the hall applaud. Clement Attlee stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He congratulates Churchill and wishes him many many happy returns for the day. A portrait of Winston Churchill by the artist Graham Sutherland is revealed, a gift from both Houses to the Prime Minister. The dignitaries hands over a book to the Prime Minister. Winston Churchill stands at the podium opens the book. Officials and dignitaries seated on the stage listen and react as he speaks.
British ship South Goodwin submerges into water in the Atlantic Ocean. A light ship South Goodwin sinking. The ship tilts on one side. The ship submerging in water. Two men wearing headphones at controls. HMS Romola R class Destroyer underway at sea. 'Romola' written on the ship. The crew members on the deck of the ship. The rescued men from South Goodwin approach a raft. The men on the raft underway. The crew members on the deck. The ship tilts on one side as it sinks.
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