Exteriors of the Calhoun Primary School in Calhoun, Alabama. African American children play and make handicrafts during recess. Boys play while girls weave baskets and make handicrafts. A look at the shows and hairstyles of the African American children. Children speak. African American woman rings bell at the end of recess.
Scenes of Japanese-Americans living at relocation centers (internment camps) in the United States during World War II. Woman and child walk on a wet-muddy road at a relocation center. Sand-storm in the far background. Woman crosses the road. Man and woman carry water buckets and containers in their hands. Dishes washed in stationary water tubs. Man rings a bell. People form chow-lines at a mess hall. Food is served to the people. People eat together in a common mess hall.
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini is elected as the new pope in the Vatican City. A huge crowd in St. Peter's Square. White smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signifying the successful election of a new pope. People cheer. Bells toll. Inside the Sistine Chapel one seat that was occupied by Cardinal Montini is vacant. The newly appointed pope, who has taken the pontifical name Pope Paul VI, seated at the Papal Throne. He receives cardinals one by one. Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, in his capacity as the senior Cardinal Deacon, announced Montini's election. People cheer as the announcement is made The newly appointed Pope Paul VI during his first public appearance.
Reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A car is driven down towards an entrance at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. Film boxes are unloaded from the car and are loaded on a trolley by airmen. A captain accompanies the trolley being pushed towards a photo laboratory. The captain rings a bell for admittance to the laboratory. A board on the door of the laboratory proclaims it to be a restricted area. The door is opened and the trolley is pushed into the laboratory.
New York City, during Prohibition. About the 21 Club, at number 21, West 52nd Street, in Manhattan, Well dressed men and women patrons rush out of establishment with address number 21, in New York City. Four men arrive. Two station themselves to the sides and two ring the front door bell. When the door is answered, they present a warrant and all four men push their way inside. A group of men leaves the building shaking hands, and chatting. Several agents come to the door and present a warant, and force their way into the establishment. Spectators line the sidewalks to watch during the filming.
Two airmen check official papers and discuss. An airman pushes cart containing film cans to photo laboratory for evaluation and interpretation of films. Captain rings bell for admittance to photo laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha in Sarpy County, Nebraska. Door of the photo laboratory is marked with 'Restricted Area'. Interior of the laboratory, two men at work. Technicians open box on cart, take out the film cans and keep them on table. Numbers on cans are noted.
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