French Indochina war. Supplies dropped from the air, by parachute, fall through a tree, as French troops standing nearby watch. An air evacuation helicopter takes off from a field and flies away. French troops walk along the edge of a field. The same helicopter, bearing red cross markings, lands in an open field, and a wounded French soldier is carried on a litter, to be loaded aboard for air evacuation.
French troops move along path through jungle, in Indochina. They use a bulldozer to clear growth. French troops on a truck with rails, to repair old railroad. One soldier walks across concrete culvert near old railway. French troops carrying supplies through the jungle. They traverse open area containing foundations where buildings once stood. Vietnamese laborers clearing brush with machetes. A French bulldozer at work repairing an old road.
The Museum of Modern Art (1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States) in New York City. The exterior and the front of the museum. People enter the exhibition hall. 'Tomorrow's Small House' written on a board. A display of houses designed for better living. The names of architects in front of the houses that each designed: The Mario Corbett house; Philip Johnson House; Tech Associates; Vernon De Mars; Carl Koch House; Frank Lloyd Wright House and George Fred Keck House.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City during World War II. Visitors look at model display of post-war houses. A woman stands in front of George Fred Keck House. A board reads 'Sun excluded in summer and sun flood room in winter'.
Senator James Mead of New York in Silver Spring, Maryland. Senator James Mead and Mayor of Louisville Wilson Wyatt inspect temporary re-use war housing. Sign board outside a houses read 'Demountable Houses- Prefabrication', 'Temporary War Housing' and 'Portable Family Dwelling'.
A meeting of the Public Housing Council Committee in Silver Spring, Maryland. Mayor of Louisville Wilson Wyatt comes up on a stage and gives a brief speech. He speaks about Temporary War Housing problems and their solutions. He talks about building houses for citizens regardless of creed and color. He also talks about residential and office housing. The committee members are seated on the stage. Immediate post-war era.
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