Major prison riots of the year 1952. North Korean POW soldiers of the Korean War stage a mass rebellion at POW camps in Koji islands and Pongam Island, off South Korea. U.S. and U.N. guards quell riots at the camps, resulting in death of North Korean prisoners and injuries. Medics are seen treating injured North Korean prisoners. U.N. guards escort prisoners in lines after the riots. Scene shifts to the the United States where damaged prison property in Michigan and New Jersey is seen after prison riots. Broken window glasses and furniture strewn about in a multi-story room of the New Jersey State Reformatory. Scene changes to Southern Michigan State Prison, also called Jackson State Prison, following riots there. Four prisoners including ring leader Earl Ward (second from left) are seen inside the building behind bars, during the standoff where they seized a cell block and held guards as hostages. A prison guard on watch with rifle in hand, looking from an elevated post downward onto a Jackson State Prison courtyard.
Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the United States. View of a convention or gathering of UFO fans at Giant Rock in the Mojave Desert in California. View of various book titles among the crowd gathered. Vehicles parked in front of the Giant rock in Mojave Desert, California. Book headlined 'Flying Saucers have Come'. Woman stands next to a board that reads 'My flight to Venus'. Reporter interviews her. She claims to be a UFO contactee and says during the experience she felt that her mind had become one with the entire universe. A man at the convention describes having met the late George Adamski, who had claimed to be a contactee and to have filmed UFOs and space saucers. View of footage reportedly shot by George Adamski of a flying saucer type of UFO flying in the sky that Adamski called a spaceship from Venus. Reporter interviews reported contactee Madeline Warterburger. She describes a UFO landing on her property. A man speaking at a podium mentions that 200-300 pilots have reported UFOs and yet they continue to fly.
Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the United States. Various books written by scientists. Comic book 'Flash Gordon'. Site of Giant Rock in Mojave Desert, California. Reporter interviews a self-proclaimed Contactee named George Van Tassel at the Giant Rock. VanTassel describes the interior of the spaceship in which he says he rode on August 24, 1953.
NASA Astronauts undergo survival training in desert near Stead Air Force base, Nevada. Trained by Captain Robert W. Weaver. Astronauts Lt Malcolm S Carpenter; Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, USAF; L. Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF eat breakfast at desert command post. They cover a heap of dry bushes with parachute. Astronauts attach a loop to the parachute.
NASA Astronauts undergo survival training near Stead Air Force base, Nevada. Board reads 'Stead Air Force Base Welcomes You'. Training instructed by Captain Robert W. Weaver. Astronauts Lt Malcolm S Carpenter; Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, USAF; Lt Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF walk out of the building and board H-21B helicopter. Two Helicopter in flight to Desert Command post. Astronauts improvise protective clothing at desert command post.
United States conducts nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. Water over a part of desert. A blast goes off in the background. Fireball blows up. Darkness spreads.
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