Title slate reads,"the First Metallurgical Plant in Soviet Central Asia." Narrator says construction started 4-years ago during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War 2 (1942-43). Interior of the plant is shown from a vantage point high above the factory floor. Strips of hot steel are seen being extruded from a rolling mill. Closeup of the rolling mill in action and workers standing beside it. Closeup of the mill's rollers and hot steel blank passing through them. Workers handle the hot steel with long tools, as they move it back and forth to different sets of rollers. Narrator says the rolling mill has a capacity of 50 thousand tons per year. Closeup of two steel workers. Change of scene with view from above and then from below, as a furnace is tapped and molten steel flows into a crucible, emiting smoke and flames. Closeup of Uzbek steel workers employed at the steel plant. Next, workers are gathered in a ceremony marking the opening of the new rolling mill. A plant supervisor speaks before the gathering. A huge picture of Joseph stalin forms a backdrop. (Note: This is the The Uzbek Metallurgical Plant, aka V. I. Lenin Uzbek Metallurgical Plant, located in Bekabad, Tashkent Oblast,Uzbekistan. The 300-millimeter light rolling mill, seen here, began operating in October, 1946.)
Walt Disney New Studio in Hollywood, California. Buildings under construction. Signs on the gates read 'Walt Disney Production' and 'Stop'. Brown Derby Restaurant in view. Sign on the restaurant building reads 'Canadian Club' and 'The Brown Derby'.
A race course at new Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida. A huge crowd of 15,000 people gather. People walk in corridors and walk on stairs. A man operates the controls of machines. Jockey Al Snider rides 'Flying Heels' and wins in Inaugural Handicap. A huge crowd seated in the spectator area. Legalized betting by Pari-Mutuel machines. The crowd cheers during the horse racing.
The Labor Party leads the Conservative Party in the British Election. London: A huge crowd waits in Britain to watch the results of the General Election. The result board show the Labor Party leading the Conservative Party. A man with spectacles raises both his arms and cheers. A few men climb on the fountains and cheer. Men stand on top of the fountain. A car arrives. Several photographers take pictures. An officer opens the door of the car. UK Prime Minister and Conservative politician Sir Alec Douglas-Home arrives in the car. Several officials accompany the Prime Minister inside the Conservative Party Headquarters. Number 10 written on the entrance door of the Headquarters. Photographers take pictures of the Prime Minister. Several people seated in the hall inside the building. A board reads 'Transport House' outside the Labor Party Headquarters. People in the Headquarters awaiting the arrival of the new Prime Minister. Newly elected UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrives the Headquarters with other officials. People cheer Prime Minister Wilson. The Prime Minister with his wife Mary Wilson and other officials. Mary Wilson holds flowers in her hands. Prime Minister Wilson kisses his wife. Other officials by their side.
Models pose wearing beach skirts and hats of a new fabric at the Roney Plaza in Miami beach, Florida. Models walk at beach.
A man signs a cheque to be given to a veteran in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Veteran receives first check from New State Soldier's Fund. Veteran shows the check. Large numbers of people gather.
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