Tony Curtis gets award of Germany's famous leading Screen Magazine. Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov and Jean Simmons sit on the sets of Universal International's multi million dollar epic 'Spartacus'. They talk and laugh. Charles Laughton kisses Jean's arm. Hollywood star Kirk Douglas stands with an award in the shape of a deer and speaks. He wear a T-shirt with Spartacus printed on it. He present award of most popular foreign star to Tony. Tony gives his speech.
32nd Academy awards in Los Angeles, California. Cars arrive at RKO Pantages Theater, Hollywood. Janet Curtis announces Best Story and Screenplay awards presented to Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin for Pillow Talk. Award for Best Actor presented to Charlton Heston for Ben-Hur by an actress. Rock Hudson announces nominees for Best Actress and presents the award to Simone Signoret for Room at the Top.
Employment for African Americans in the Great Depression provided by Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in New York, United States. African American students in an adult school write in a note book. Teacher writes on blackboard. Young men and women learn Spanish from a volunteer from Nation Youth Administration. Boy learns work of a lab assistant and work on a machine. Men and women learn clerical work of filing, checking and new work as abstraction. A woman learns typing.
Employment for African Americans provided by Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in New York, United States, during the Great Depression. African American men and women of an art song group learn classical music. They sing chorus. William Lawrence sits on piano and sings along.
Start of Korean War. South Korea is attacked by Communist North Korea. Map shows division of Korea and capital of North and South Korea as Pyongyang and Seoul. Animated arrows shows attack of North Korea to South Korea. Troops of Korean Republican Army in the South mobilizing in citiies and heading to the front. South Korean soldiers fire rifles and artillery from trenches and hills. Smoke is seen among mountain ranges during battle. Soldier looks through binoculars. Next scene is in the United States, in Lake Success, New York, where guards at the United Nations simultaneously raise flags of many nations at the United Nations. South Korean ambassador Chang Myon is seen at an Emergency meeting of the Security Council of the UN. Secretary of UN, Trygve Lie states the situation is a as threat to world peace and calls for acceptance of the U.S. demand to reestablish peace. All 9 members present raise their hands in acceptance. Next scene is back in South Korea. Scenes of displaced civilian refugees including women and children. Many are gathered together. Man helps old woman to walk. Two Korean refugee boys stand side by side as one child eats bread. Next scene is again at the United Nations. Empty seat of representative of the Soviet Union is shown. U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Warren Austin, speaks and asks that the UN members vote to to assist South Korea, repel the armed attack by North Korea, and bring peace. Camera shows Security Council delegates voting, as 7 out of 8 representatives raise their hands in acceptance.
United Nations military action at the very beginning of the Korean War. United States Army General MacArthur shakes hands with an officer on the ground in Korea. He observes United Nation defense units, aircraft and soldiers in Korea as their Commander. First United States troops walk with their gear at a railroad station in Korea. Soldier advances hand in help to other soldier. U.S. Army infantry soldier and Korean Republic soldier shake hands. Artillery, rifles, ammunition, and trucks loaded on rail train cars. A U.S. Army tank advances in South Korea. Korean people stand beside the road and watch the advancing soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers load shells and fire artillery to slow the North Korean advance. General MacArthur accepts United Nation's battle flag at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan. Flag of the United Nations waving in the wind.
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