French ocean liner SS Flandre at New York Harbor in the United States. SS Flandre arrives at New York Harbor after an engine failure during her maiden voyage. A U.S. official shake hands and receives the Captain of the ship. Other naval officers and officials standing behind the men. Men trying to anchor the ship in the harbor when electric winches fail to raise its anchor. The ship leaves the harbor with its passengers standing at railing. SS Flandre underway in the harbor.
A train wreck in Austria. Rail cars in a river after an engine gets derailed over a trestle. A few rail cars in water and one of them on a marshy slope along the river. Several men in the area of the wreck in which two people were killed and all passengers got injured. The cars in the river.
Japanese women welcome GIs in Japan. Japanese women wearing traditional kimonos dance on a dockside welcoming GIs from the United States. GIs on the ship approaching the dock watch the women dance. The women performing an angel dance wave small U.S. flags. The soldiers, bound to Korea as replacements, disembark from the ship holding their baggages.
The debut stunt act of 'The Incredible Romba' at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He gets into his 'rocket car' and the push car comes down a slide kept in an enclosure. The car somersaults in the air and falls on a bed at the base of the slide. A man comes running to the car. The audience applauds. The Incredible Rhomba stunt man emerges from the car unharmed. View as he stands smiling beside the slide.
King Frederik IX of Denmark and wife Queen Ingrid of Sweden, receive a royal welcome in Godthab (Nuuk), the capital of Greenland. They walk along a raised platform and receive gifts from local citizens. Queen Ingrid receives a local costume from two women dressed, themselves, in traditional garb. A Greenland Girl Scout, in uniform, presents a purse to the queen. King Frederik IX speaks to the gathering of people seated on chairs facing the platform. In a change of scene, The King and Queen step from a car to attend a ceremony. The Queen wears the Greenlandic national costume, which is shown by the camera, as the Royal couple sit for the event. Greenlanders in a stadium cheer them.
The Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Flags of different countries displayed in a stadium during the Helsinki Olympics. Men taking part in a marathon start the event. A huge crowd gathered in the stands cheer for the men. Officials seated in the stands applaud. A man holds a board which reads '25 km'. Czechoslovakia's Emil Zatopek leads the event. People on the sides of the road cheer. The Czechoslovakian running on tracks in the stadium. Emil Zatopek finishes the 26-mile run creating a new record. Photographers take pictures. The crowd in the stands. Women's 400 meter relay event begins. United States team wins creating a new record with a score of 45.9 seconds. The relay team of four girls dances with glee. Men's 1500 meter track event begins. The crowd in the stands is applauding. Luxembourg's Joseph Barthel overcomes American Macmillan winning the country's first gold medal. Joseph Barthel cries standing on the winner's stand.
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