A crowd greeting and hailing General Charles De Gaulle in New York City. A crowd outside City Hall. Army officers and city officials wait outside the building on the steps.A few officers come down the steps and wait. General Charles De Gaulle comes out of City Hall accompanied by Mayor LaGuardia.. The General stands on top of the steps and raises his arms in a giant "V" to the crowd. The Mayor then guides him to a bank of microphones set up at the base of the steps. Mayor LaGuardia makes a few remarks and concludes raising his right arm and shouting: "Vive la France." General de Gaulle, then speaks into the microphones. The Mayor and the General shake hands.
U.S. Military Officers march across the snowy campus of Yale University, to an auditorium, to witness the award of Yale's Howland Memorial Prize to British Field Marshal Sir John Dill. U.S. Chief of Naval operations, Admiral King, and U.S. Army Chief of Staff , General George C. Marshall, take part in academic procession with Sir John Dill, and are seated on the stage during the presentation. Sir John speaks, followed by General Marshall, who remarks about the accord between American and British Forces.
A busy city street in San Francisco, California. Two women crossing the street. A building at the back. Buses pass on the street. A beach as waves come on to the shore. Golden Gate bridge seen in the distance. Waves coming to shore. Hills in view. People run to catch a cable car. atop a hill in San Francisco. Closeup of people getting on and off a cable car labeled Van Ness Ave. California & Market streets.A cable car passing a parked on on parallel track. Cable car cresting a hill and starting downward on steep street. (Throughout the film, automobiles, vans, and other motor vehicles mingle carefully with the cable cars, clearly being cautious about riders using them.)
Numerous views over the city of San Francisco, California. Some of them are taken from moving elevators in high rise buildings. Camera pans over various parts of the city, from high point overlooking almost everything. Camera pans over North Beach area. An ocean liner is seen in water behind the Coit Tower. The landmark Golden Gate bridge and hills in the distance. A singular tall building looms above much lower buildings below. Alcatraz Island is seen in water behind it. Many and varied views of building roof tops. Cars seen moving on streets below some tall buildings. Some tall buildings are under construction. Golden Gate bridge is backdrop to many scenes. Final scene show buildings viewed from a descending elevator.
Opening scene shows street signs at intersection of Haight and Ashbury, in San Francisco. Several young men pause on a street to check a map. One carries a guitar on his back. A man tries to give them some flyers. Camera follows several people walking past rapidly and then focuses again on the Haight and Ashbury street signs. Camera resumes following people walking past, rapidly. Some might be described as "Hippies."
A man, handing out pamphlets, seeks attention of two men on the street. One walks away. But the other listens to the pamphleteer. Several U.S. sailors in uniform, walk past and the man with the flyers tries to give one to a sailor. Camera pans up to the street signs at intersection of Haight and Ashbury. Camera follows people who walk past, who are mostly young adults; some hippies. The sailors are talking to someone with long white hair. A man wearing a distinctive hat passes bye. People walking and talking on the sidewalks. Vehicles move on the street. Two boys and a man talk.
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