Cars in a parking lot in Seattle. Policeman checks pock marks on windshield of a car with a pen. A man covers his windshield to protect it from pock marks. Men sitting in a row, talk over telephones. Men observe a windshield and scientists study the marks through a microscope. Cars on a busy road.
People gather for the spring opening of Madurodam, a miniature park located in Scheveningen district of The Hague, in the Netherlands. The village is also described as the 'Lilliput of the lowlands in Holland' by the narrator. Two children observe moving miniature cars on the model road in Madurodam (George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ Den Haag, Netherlands). Small model houses in the small-scale surroundings, visited by people gathered for the opening. The crowd watches as a tall actor playing as 'Gulliver' awakes from his slumber. Gulliver gives children a tour of Madurodam. People observe a bridge amidst the model village as a train passes over it.
People waiting at a shipyard in New York. People holding placards, boards and banners welcome soldiers home coming. Soldiers of the 45th Thunderbird division return from Korea. Relatives and loved ones wait to greet them. Young soldiers kiss their wives on return. Family members hug the returned soldiers. Soldiers embrace their young children. A mother hugs her son on his return.
Prince Charles and Princess Anne arrive at a shipyard, accompanied by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in England. They get off the car and soldiers welcome them. Royal Yacht Britannia at the shipyard. The royals board the ship. Crew standing on the ship to welcome them. Queen bids good bye to the children. The ship begins its long journey to North Africa where the King and Queen are on tour.
A photoshoot featuring the Spring 1954 collection French designer Jacques Fath takes place at a castle near The Hague in the Netherlands. Models in dresses with rounded hiplines and wasp waist sit on chairs and walk around. Cameramen admire the models. Film maker records the event and is seen filming from behind his motion picture film camera. Woman takes off her bolero. A woman wears an Ottoman coat and an organdy dress. Women model in walking dress, cocktail dress, and organza cocktail dress. A model in an evening gown by the designer on the castle's balcony.
Man pours drops of halibut oil on dead fishes and gives the fish to a seal in the pond. It consumes the fish and gets back in the pond. The halibut oil is a spring tonic for the animals. People watch the seal. Some penguins walk nearby the pond. 2 chimpanzees sit on the table and a man gives them the tonic by pouring some drops of it on sugar cubes and they eat the cubes. One of the chimpanzees gives the man a spoonful of Castor oil.
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