15 feet vault feature of the Millrose Games in New York. Participants and spectators at the Millrose Games. Starting gun is fired and a race starts. The participants run on a race track. Another race is started and runners run on the tracks. Reverend Robert Richards uses a flexible pole and leaps over a bar and becomes the second man in history to top the 15 ft pole vault mark at the Millrose Games.
The United States welcomes French President Auriol during his state visit. President Jules-Vincent Auriol accompanied by his wife Michelle Aucoutuier and top French diplomats arrives in the United States for a state visit. He visits the Statue of Liberty in New York. President Auriol waves to the crowd. In Washington DC, U.S. President Harry S. Truman, and the members of the official family greet President Auriol. The motorcade of President Auriol is driven through the streets of the city. President Truman and Auriol seated in a car of the motorcade. People standing on both sides of the roads welcome President Auriol. Flags of the United States and France. President Auriol delivers a speech about his visit to help strengthen ties of Franco-American friendship.
Airborne action in Korea during the Korean War. During Operation Tomahawk paratroopers of U.S. Army 187th Airborne prepare and board aircraft in Japan. U.S. Air Force aircraft on the ground. The aircraft in flight. They drop parachutes over Munsan-Ni in Korea. A view of Munsan-Ni area. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives for his visit to the front.
Expanding fleet of the U.S. Navy in San Diego, California. The navy is daily adding to the list of war vessels being taken out. Activities of men at a ship. Men work on equipment and guns mounted on warships. New recruits to man these ships undergo training for active duty. The flag of the United States.
French troops seize a communist stronghold in Indochina during the Indochina War. The troops stand with their military gear on the ground. They head towards a beach in small boats and leave the boats at the beach. They seize a communist stronghold along the Gulf of Siam. A radio station, machinery of modern type, pictures of communists leaders and great stores of arms and equipment are taken. Many natives return to safety with the raiding forces.
The Kentucky Wildcats wins the NCAA Collegiate Crown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Kentucky Wildcats and the Kansas State play a basketball match for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Collegiate Crown. Players of both the teams in basketball court. The spectators watch the game and cheer the teams. Trailing till half time, The Kentucky Wildcats scores points. They win the (NCAA) Collegiate Crown.