The 27th Criminal Investigation Department (CID) laboratory in Frankfurt, Germany. An elderly laboratory technician takes out a paper of thumb prints. The technician with a magnifying glass examining the thumb prints. He compares the thumb prints on a photo proof with a knife placed in front of him.
Foreign ministers of western nations arrive in Berlin, Germany for peace talks with Russian Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is interviewed by newsmen upon his arrival in Berlin. President of SFR (Socialist Federal Republic) of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito arrives by a train. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden deplanes followed by his staff. Flags of the United Nations fly. Exteriors of Allied Control Council building in Western Berlin. Interiors of the building.
A large crowd assembled in a square. White banner with image of Berlin Bear on it, hangs from one side of building entrance and German tricolor hangs from the other. Crowd listens to speaker. Demonstrators unfurl a traditional civil flag of Berlin and move through the crowd. Police surround and arrest the demonstrators, placing them in police vans and taking them away.
President Eisenhower of the United States addresses United Nations on December 8, 1953 about atomic bomb and atomic weapon dilemma in the nuclear age (part of Atoms for Peace initiative). Operators in radio transmission control rooms note down readings. View of time clocks of various places in the world including Honolulu, New York, London, Moscow, Calcutta, Bangkok and Tokyo displayed. The Voice of America broadcasts program in different languages by announcers. Scene of a family sitting in a living room as they listen to the president's speech on a console radio. People work at typing, printing, and translating the speech. USIA motion pictures service prepare newsreel of president's speech. A man views air mail of USIA films. Exterior views of several different United States embassy buildings worldwide. A guard standing outside the building. A Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. embassy in Japan, in Tokyo, meets with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Robert Murphy. USIA members seated around table for meeting, and, in Washington DC, creating publications about the Atoms for Peace program. People seated in a USIA library in Brazil read books and various USIA materials. Architects design 30 foot high Atoms for Peace exhibits. An exhibit being setup in a foreign country (possibly in North Africa). Exterior and interior views of the West Berlin, Germany Atoms for Peace exhibit. Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru in India is seen arriving in a jeep to view the Atoms for Peace exhibit in India. Prime Minister Nehru inside the exhibit hall watching a presentation. In Japan, a woman operates remote-controlled robotic hands to hold radioactive materials, at a demonstration for Japanese citizens. In a city in Italy, a view of a mobile van unit carrying an Atoms for Peace exhibit. Scenes from a film "A is for Atom" that was translated into 30 languages and shown all over the world. Wide view of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. A Russian radio commentator speaking at a microphone. Propaganda dramatization showing the Russian announcer attacking American plans for Atoms for Peace.
The role of women in the United States Army. A tent in snow. WAC maneuvers in arctic conditions.A woman soldier brings plates outside the tent. Women wash the plates. Women wear arctic protective gear. A woman wears skis. Women learn skiing. Women learn to wear ski shoes. A woman loads pack on the back of another woman. Women march on snow. Woman cook. Tokyo: Women site seeing. Woman in a hand rickshaw. Woman bargains with the shopkeeper. Paris: women walk in pairs. View of the Eiffel tower. Women view the statue of Venus de Milo. Women skiing. Women watch ice hockey. Germany: Women stationed near Garmisch-Partenkirchen ride in a mountain cable car and arriving at a mountain top station (this appears to be the wooden cable car from BadReichenhall to Predigstuhl Mountain, sometimes called the Grand Dame of the Alps). Women work in office. Women treat soldiers in dispensary. Nurse teaches soldier to walk. Woman take x ray of a soldier.
Top skiers compete for the Lauberhorn trophy, a top European meet. Participants from France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland compete in the skiing competition. A slalom race and a downhill event ends with the Austrians taking the trophy.