A film shows Bandung, Indonesia preparing for the first Asian-African Conference in April 1955. People and vehicular traffic on a road. Guards outside doors in a building. A map shows Asia and Africa. Dignitaries including Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and others climb up the stairs of a building. Delegates of the organizing countries such as Burma, Indonesia and India in a conference. A map of the Republic of Indonesia. People in the streets.
A film 'This is Bandung' shows preparations in Bandung, Indonesia for the first Asian-African Conference in April 1955. Fields in western Java province of Indonesia. The preparations for the conference underway. Cars on highways leading to Bandung. People in a market place. Open air cafes on the sides of streets. People buy fruits and vegetables in an open air market. A board reads 'Kebun Binatang Zoological Garden Bandung'. People look at animals in the zoological garden. People swim in a swimming pool. A car drives on a road. People on horses. Women look at flowers in a park. People at a lakeside. Ducks in the lake. Hotels in the city. Interior of a hotel. Women in gowns in a fashion show. A woman performs a traditional dance. A puppet show being performed. Places of worship of different religions in the city. The conference building under renovation. Delegates of Indonesia, Burma, Pakistan, Ceylon and India, who are responsible for organizing the conference, in meetings. A blind people's institute. Blind people reading from Braille books. A deaf mute girl child is taught. A teacher writes on a blackboard in a classroom. A man teaches a blind and deaf child.
A film shows Bandung, Indonesia preparing for the first Asian-African Conference in April 1955. A thread factory in Bandung, Indonesia. Spools of thread rotate. Women at work in the factory. Men work in a tea industry. A horse race underway. Cars on a road passing through a jungle. A railway station. People sitting in a train. The train pulls into a station. A volcanic mountain. A busy market place. A map of Indonesia showing Java. A crossroad with people and vehicular traffic all around. An aerial view of the city. People sitting in a hotel.
A film shows Bandung, Indonesia before the first Asian-African Conference in April 1955. Small industries in Bandung. Rows of soles of slippers. Men make sandals. Umbrella making in progress. A pot is made on a potter's wheel. A man paints a pot. Handicraft articles including a flower vase and a toy animal on display.
UN General Assembly seen meeting in 1954 as it approves an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge II, and French ambassador, Henri Hoppenot, speaking. Finn Moe, of Norway, speaking. View of the city of Kjeller, Norway. Flags of Norway and the Netherlands at joint atomic laboratory. Scientists with various pieces of scientific equipment inside the facility. Indian ambassador, Krishna Menon, speaking at the United Nations. Atomic laboratory and a Government Teachers' Training College, in India. Indian scientists in a laboratory. Indian lecturer speaks to students. Brazil's Professor Ernesto Leme speaks at the UN. The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The University of Sao Paulo. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Center for Physical Research. Clock tower of Brazil Central Station in Rio. Sutan Sjahrir,of Indonesia at the United Nations. An animated map shows nations interested in atomic energy. The UN Headquarters building on the East River in New York. A person looking through a microscope. Foreign scientists attending indoctrination courses at the U.S. Argonne National Laboratory. Diplomats sign agreement between the U.S. and Philippines on July 27, 1955, for the Philippines to lease uranium for a research nuclear reactor, and to receive technical assistance. Views of Geneva Switzerland in August 1955, including street views with pedestrians, and tram or streetcar on city streets. Exterior of Palace of Nations, then interior view with atomic science conference in progress. Indian nuclear physicist, Homi Jehangir Bhabha, presiding over conference of scientists and university representatives from 73 nations, including, inter alia, John Cockcroft, of Great Britain; Otto Hahn, of Germany; Willard Libby, of the U.S.A.; Vladimir Vexler of the Soviet Union; and Niels Bohr of Denmark. Views of exhibit hall at the conference, and displayed models of nuclear reactors, uranium ore refining exhibits, and accelerators. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower views swimming pool reactor, while visiting the exhibit hall. Site work and construction underway in Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland for a research laboratory for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN - Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). Sitework seen for a facility of Euratom in Europe (European Atomic Energy Community). View of early sitework in Manila for an Asian nuclear center in the Philippines under the Colombo plan, for training personnel in nuclear science and technology.
Progressive aggression leading to the take over of Tibet and fleeing of the Dalai Lama to India in exile. Men raise the People's Republic of China flag on a mountain as armies of Communist China conquer Tibet. 1950: The Dalai Lama and Panchem Lama are brought to Peking in China. They are received by Chinese officials, presented with bouquets. A function at their arrival. 1955: African and Asian delegates at the Bandung Conference in Indonesia. China agrees to the 5 principles of peaceful co-existence. Delegates including Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. 1956: The Dalai Lama and Panchem Lama are permitted to visit India to celebrate the 2500th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. They are greeted by Pandit Nehru, Premier U Nu of Burma and other Indian officials an arrival. The Lamas with Indian officials seated for a meal on the ground in a hall. The Lamas are welcomed in a ceremony and Dalai Lama addresses the gathering. Tibet: China begins to impose Communist system on Tibetan borders. Construction work and forced labor. March 1959: Communist bombardment over Lhasa. The Potala monastery. Tibetans take up alms. Handcuffs and confinements. Demonstrations and protests outside the Chinese Embassy in Delhi. Former Prime Minister Of Tibet, Lukhangwa and other monks pay their respects at Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi (mausoleum) in New Delhi. Indian government officials and members of the international press reach Tezpur in Assam. They welcome the Dalai Lama. Photographers take pictures. The Dalai Lama addresses a gathering. Statues of Lord Buddha all over India and Asia. Tibetan monks pray. People sing Indian devotional song.