A family watches television at home in New York. Family members watch television at home. Woman, girl and a boy look at television screen. Girl laughs as she watches television. Woman seated on sofa watches television. Man smokes pipe. Television screen on set.
First color television broadcast from Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Color Television Monitor Tube photographed at the National Guard Armory in Washington DC. Television broadcast shows "Patty Painter," (real name Patricia Stinnette) displaying colored pieces of cloth. (Note: Reportedly, the U.S. Naval photographic unit that did these tests tried to record color images from all three of the proposed color systems at the time: the CBS field-sequential system, RCA's dot-sequential system and CTI's line-sequential system.)
U.S. Army Secretary Kenneth C Royall visits Japan. Constellation aircraft getting ready to take off. Honor Guard standing in formation. The aircraft taxis away towards the take off strip. The aircraft takes off. Army band playing music in the background. Color Guard marching. Cars arrive at the air base.
U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadets are seen relaxing at an airman's club on Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. One, a Cadet Colonel, is seated, reading a book. Another converses with an airman. Another cadet, accompanied by a woman airman, enters and introduces her to the others. Closeup of the cadet reading on the couch. The two cadets and two airmen are chatting amicably. The cadet, who arrived with the woman airman, leaves with her. Two more women airmen arrive and then leave with the other cadet and airman, as couples. Another woman airman arrives and joins the remaining cadet. They converse .
Brief view of Soviet troops marching in Red Square. Cut to the signing ceremonies for the North Atlantic Treaty, which created The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. Representatives from the various signing countries seated at the assembly. A view of the flags of the participating nations. Two officials signing the treaty document while the other representatives look on: Mr Paul-Henri Spaak (Minister of Foreign Affairs) signing on behalf of Belgium; and then another official.
Participants attend a communist peace meeting in Budapest, Hungary. Marchers carrying banners, pictures and torches. An elderly woman holds a torch. Young women wearing headscarves attend the gathering. Sign in Hungarian reads “Long live Stalin, the great friend of the Hungarian people”. Representatives from different nations in Asia, Europe, Africa and Americas took part in the meeting. Women speakers addressing the meeting.