Brigadier General Chennault of 23rd Pursuit Group U.S. Army Air Force, and Colonel Scott standing in front of a map of China. A picture of Chiang Kai Shek. Colonel Scott talking to Flying Tigers personnel and Chinese hosts. P-40 aircraft with shark teeth paintings seen in background. Colonel Scott is welcomed by Captain Wong of China Air force. Pilot R.T. Smith in cockpit of P-40 warplane. The plane has many Japanese kill flags painted on side. P-40s of Flying Tigers lined up. Aerial views of P-40 aircraft in flight. Pilots wearing new flying uniform but with special sign on back 'Free China' written on them. General Chennault inside aircraft as he begins command with his new role under the USAAF leading the China Air Task Force (later the 14th Air Force).
British European Airways flight 609 airplane crash near Munich kills champions of Manchester United Soccer team. Wrecked aircraft of the Munich Air Disaster is seen off the runway at Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany. Men standing near the wrecked plane. View of a news stand in England, United Kingdom, where British people are buying newspapers with news of the aircraft crash. Photograph of the players of the football team. Twisted wreckage of the plane seen covered in snow. A nearby home partially wrecked in he crash. Two officials walking around the crash site.
Women's A.A.U. Swimming Championship at Tyler in Texas. Shelley Mann of Washington sets a new world record in 100 meter butterfly race. Karen Cone sets a new U.S. mark in the 100 meter backstroke. Crowd gathered to watch the competition.
Fashion piracy in Germany. Fashion pirates employ tricks like observing through a periscope to copy exclusive new designs. Models display new fashion creations in a room including fur coats and dresses. A pirate trying to steal dress designs looks through a keyhole in the room. Man reveals a hidden camera under his coat lapel, used to capture designs of famous designers. A woman shows a hidden camera attached to her leg. Another woman traces a design on a man's back and then it is shown that he had carbon paper under his coat to capture an image of the stolen design.
French fashion preview in Paris, France. Fashion show models display 1953's "New Look" in winter and evening fashions. Fashion models wear winter dresses and coats designed by leading French postwar haute couture designers such as Jacques Fath and Jacques Griffe. A model poses near a canal, wearing a minimalistic “New Look” dress inspired from the Medieval Ages by French designer Jacques Griffe. A model showing off a fur coat. Models in elegant white evening dresses. Models pose at various Paris locations, including at the Arc de Triomphe.
U.S. Army soldiers surround aviators and their aircraft at Wheeler field in Hawaii. U.S. Army aviators Lieutenant Lester J Maitland and Lieutenant Albert F Hegenberger wear Hawaiian flower Leis, presented upon their arrival in Hawaii after flying from Oakland, California. The aviators completed the first flight from mainland U.S. to Hawaii, some 2400 miles, setting a new record. Their airplane, a Fokker Trimotor, named Bird of Paradise, is seen in background. They hold a news conference.
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