Statues of Bolivar and of Artigas. The statue of Benito Juarez in Washington DC with the Watergate buildings behind. The statue of Winston Churchill at the British Embassy in Washington DC. Brief view of Winston Churchill waving to a ship and then seen in a car touring ruins of London following a German Blitz attack in World War 2. People wave to Churchill. Winston Churchill in a car waves back to them. A close up of Churchill. Pilots walk towards the aircraft parked at a field. Explosion blast of swastika at Zeppelinfeld Nazi Party Grounds at end of World War 2. British soldiers greet Churchill during World War 2 as he rides by on an armored car beside a machine gun, tips his hat and waves to soldiers. A French dignitary (appears to be President Rene Coty?) greeting and presenting an award to Churchill. Churchill waves to onlookers from a boat passing under a bridge. Churchill looks out of a window. African American woman sits on a park bench in Washington DC. A close up of a pigeon. An African American man reads a newspaper. The statue of Henry Longfellow at Connecticut Avenue. The statue of Taras Shevchenko. Aerial view of Kennedy Center in background and grounds of Teddy Roosevelt Island Park. A woman and a dog walk in the park. A branch of a tree. The statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the park and the trees in the park. Footage of Theodore Roosevelt speaking to people. View from Virginia side of Potomac River looking at Georgetown University and, beyond, at the Washington National Cathedral. The tomb of Woodrow Wilson at the National Cathedral. A close up of stained glass windows and architecture in Washington National Cathedral. View of Woodrow Wilson wearing a top hat and speaking to the people. A montage of scenes from World War 1. People crowd on a street in jubilant celebration for the Armistice Day in World War 1. Woodrow Wilson in a car tipping his hat to a parade crowd.
Girls model for winning a Hollywood movie 30 day promotion contract in Los Angeles, California. The contestants wearing different costumes climb down the steps and walk. The judges seated on chairs judge the girls. The girls pose. The judges judge the girls. The girls in costumes pose near a swimming pool. Phyllis McLeen wins the contest. Universal International Picture Executive Robert Palmer shakes hands with the winners. He gives Phyllis the first Universal International contract for tour to publicize the forthcoming film "Written On The Wind." Narrator states the woman's physical measurements that make her "fill the bill."
A Memorial Day ceremony in Tours, France during World War I. Officer and U.S. soldiers crowd around a platform. A dignitary on the platform reads from a paper. Few soldiers seated and few standing. U.S. Army Lieutenant General James Harbord at the platform reads from a paper. General McAndrew reads from a paper. A woman reads from a paper. Graves of U.S. soldiers. Soldiers fire guns in sky. An airplane in flight. The soldiers look at the airplane and wave. The graves of the dead soldiers. A banner reads 'Champion SOS'.
The 42nd National Automobile Show at the New York Coliseum (present day site of Time Warner Center. 10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, United States), December 8-16, 1956. A sign above an escalator at the entrance reads 'National Automobile Show'. A model wearing a swimsuit seated on the hood of a 1957 Desoto convertible. Two women seated in a 1957 Chrysler 300C. Aerial view of the Buick exhibit, with the 1957 Buick Roadmaster Convertible prominently displayed. An executive version of the 1957 Cadillac features a typewriter in the back seat and a record player in the front dash. Auto executives gathered at a display featuring a row of steering wheels. President of Chrysler Lester Lum Colbert hails the future in a statement.
A film depicts parts of Ford Model 40 Tudor Sedan car being assembled at Ford Motor Company in the United States. The workers grinding different parts. Several views of the men operating machine and working on the parts of car. A worker welding parts. The workers making body of the car. A worker painting body of a car. The workers doing glass grinding. The glass on conveyor. A worker placing glass in car. The workers putt upholstery in car. They attach body and fenders to frame. A worker placing tires. The Ford car moving off assembly line. A view in steel mill. A sign 'Production Schedule for To-day 5000, Completed 4996'.
Taiwanese people attend a Chinese New Year festival parade in Taipei, Formosa (present day Taipei, Taiwan) during Japanese colonial rule in World War II. A busy street. Crowds convene on the sidewalk to watch a festival. A Japanese ice cream shop behind crowds. A group of men perform a serpentine-like dragon dance. A man performs acrobatics in front of a group performing a lion dance. Man performs lion dance. A boy pushes an artillery gun. A man with a papier-mâché donkey costume. Signs and banners depicting Chinese products such as Tiger Balm ointment. Chinese women dressed in elaborate traditional costumes on top of floats. Men carry an intricate model of a pagoda. A float of a symbolic god. People performing dance in the parade. The Taiwanese people watch the parade. A policeman stands in the foreground. People on the streets and decorative floats in the parade.
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