United Nations meeting in Flushing Meadows, New York. U.S. ambassador to the UN , Edward Stettinius, is seen at conference table, seated next to Sir Alexander Catogan, of the United Kingdom. Meeting adjourns and members prepare to depart.
In March 1946, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill arrives in Fulton, Missouri. Winston Churchill arrives in a car. He exits the car. Churchill enters a building. U.S. President Harry S. Truman waves to the crowd. With him, Winston Churchill smokes a cigar and waves to the crowd. At Westminster College, Winston Churchill is seen dressed in a cap and gown. He receives a Doctorate award. View of people seated as audience in the auditorium hall. They applaud. Churchill seated on a platform. Harry S. Truman making a speech. Churchill speaking at the podium. (This was where Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech. The speech is not heard in this clip. Only German narration is heard.)
Hungary gains control over Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia after the First Vienna Award. Czech civilians load their belongings onto carriages and leave the town as they head towards the interiors of Czechoslovakia. Soldiers load equipment on to vehicles and move away on carts or on foot. Picture of Miklós Horthy, the Regent of Hungary. The Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946). Hungarian cavalry units enter the city.
The London Blitz. Sections of London ablaze from German bombing during Battle of Britain. US President Franklin Roosevelt signing H.R. 1946, Lend-Lease legislation in World War II. View of last page of H.R.1946, signed by Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and by President Roosevelt. United States sends war material to England. 'USA' written on Lend-Lease boxes being loaded on lorry after arrival in Britain. Huge crates of Lend-Lease war materiel on railroad flat cars pulled by locomotive. Smoke rises up from the engine. 'Machine tools, BULLARD, Bridgeport Conn.' written on crate in transit.
Contestants of China, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and United States walk on the ramp during the 1961 Miss World pageant at the Lyceum Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Miss World 1961 1st Runner-up Grace Li Shiu-ying (Republic of China) on stage. Miss World 1961 judges such as Bob Hope, Richard Todd, John Spencer-Churchill, Kathleen Manners, the Duchess of Rutland, and Countess Ethel Beatty, sit behind table. Large audience cheers the participants. Miss United Kingdom Rose Marie Franklin wins the competition and is crowned by Hollywood star Bob Hope. Winner and runners-up pose for photographs.
Winston Churchill walks with a retinue in Cuba during his tour of the country as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and after World War II. Winston Churchill, smoking a Cuban cigar, climbs with his wife, Clementine, and his retinue. Churchill puts on his hat and waves quickly in a terrace. Winston Churchill uses a pair of binoculars as he sits beside his wife while they watch a horse race. Churchill exits the grandstand. Winston Churchill smokes a Cuban cigar as he walks with his retinue. Winston Churchill is photographed. Churchill enters a Rolls Royce limousine, before the car drives off. Winston Churchill, with cigar in his mouth, gets off the car. Winston Churchill shakes hands with United States military officers before he and his wife boards a United States Naval Air Service Bomber (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress).
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