A documentary on the growth and opportunities in television industry in the United States. Several people are required to run the television industry. Students at the New York University. They learn the technical aspects of television. A man briefing the students about how the television programs are actually transmitted. The equipment and the method of production and recordings are demonstrated. A man looking through a camera. 'WPIX television' written on the camera. Students acting for a TV serial.
A documentary on the growth of television industry in the United States. President Harry Truman dedicates the United Nations building in New York. The students filming the event. Exterior of the building. People gather in a large number near the building. President Truman addressing people. Several officials and dignitaries present for the occasion. The telecast of the event in many countries.
Riots in Greece as the British exile Cyprus Archbishop Makarios. An anti-British mob storms through Athens. Troops are called to control the mob. The mob attacks British buildings and offices and destroys British shops. The troops in army trucks arrive to control the protesters.
SEATO (Southeast Asian Treaty Organization) in Pakistan. Members of the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization strengthen their ties within collective security organizations. They pledge support to Pakistan in territorial disputes with India and re-affirm their common stand against Russian aggression. Dignitaries speak into microphone during the meeting.
French soldier fires rifle through bars of window in a building. French troops enter destroyed and burning Vietnamese village. They set fire to thatched roofs of huts. A French soldier walks through rubble past body of a Vietnamese. French soldier herds several Vietnamese prisoners from a building. One prisoner has cuts and burns on his face. French soldiers talk with a small Vietnamese boy. A Vietnamese woman and small boy help and aged woman away from scenes of battle. They fearfully bow in obeisance to the cinematographer as they walk past. French soldiers in a jeep pass burning thatched huts. French troops set up a machine gun and kill a Vietnamese who rolls out from shrubs in front of a hut. A French gunner on a tank. Entire village ablaze being consumed by flames.
Simon J. Copans, Chief of 'The Voice of America' starts daily broadcast in Franklin D. Roosevelt Studio in Paris, France. Two French listeners ask Simon J. Copans about his favorite recordings. The studio of a sound operator or sound engineer in background. A picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt on a wall. Copans signals to the sound engineer. Views of Copans and both listeners. Interior of the studio engineer's cabin. The engineer is wearing a white laboratory coat. The engineer acts on the signal and proceeds with the recording.