British Prime Minister Clement Attlee arrives in Washington. He disembarks from an airplane at an air base. He is greeted by U.S. President Harry Truman. Prime Minister Attlee arrives to confer on the world fight against communism. He talks about the attack of Chinese communists in Korea. Cameramen click photographs. United Nations soldiers especially American forces seen fighting against the communist Chinese forces early in Korean War. U.S.Army tanks seen firing at enemy forces near a river crossing as United Nations forces fall back. The United Nations forces evacuate their wounded and liberated prisoners from the battlefield. Footage of weary U.S. Army soldiers taken as prisoners of war by North Koreans and later released by Chinese forces.
An international jewelery exhibition in Spain. 'Aduana' written on the top of a building. A man enters the building. People gather inside the building to watch the exhibition. Precious jewels from many countries are displayed in the exhibition. Spanish models display the jewelery.
A football match played between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy teams in Philadelphia. A large crowd gathered at a stadium to watch the match. Cadets and midshipmen march on the ground. The crowd cheers. The match in progress. People cheer and applaud. The navy team wins the match 14-2. Aerial view of the stadium and the cheering middies.
Airplanes during test flights at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The airplanes can fly at an enormous speed. U.S. Navy Douglas Skyrocket parked at an air base. Test pilot Scott Crossfield (Albert Scott Crossfield) inspects the needle nose of a D-558-2 Douglas Skyrocket aircraft. Aerial views of the D-558-2 Skyrocket airplane in flight. Scene changes to an airfield in Inglewood California. A new light pusher airplane with an X-shape tail, the Acme Aircraft Co S-1 Sierra, is being rolled out of a hangar. A man stands nearby and looks at the airplane. A pilot in the cockpit. The airplane takes off from the air base for a test flight.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Jamaica, British West Indies. The Queen disembarks from an airplane at an air base. People gather at the air base to greet her. Officials and dignitaries welcome the Queen. Soldiers stand at attention and welcome the Queen. The Queen's car drives past on the streets.
Construction of new buildings in Caracas, Venezuela. Exterior of a building. The President of Venezuela Marcos Perez Jimenez and officials walk outside a building. Two new buildings are under construction for the Nutrition Center and the Ministry of the Interior. People gather outside a building. A car drives past on a street. Buildings in the foreground.
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