Life of Republic of Korea Navy sailors in Korea. A Korea Navy sailor walks on dock with his baggage. Ships anchored at the dock. The sailor visits the statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, erected April 13, 1952, at the Bukwon roundabout in Jinhae Korea . Inscriptions on the statue of the Admiral. The sailor walks away and arrives at the Navy yard. The sailor with officers arrive at the yard. A fan hooked to an overhead crane being transferred. Workers work on a gun barrel. A gear system in operation. The sailor works on lathe and other machines. Friends visit the sailor in the Navy yard. The sailor makes them visit the yard. A battleship under construction. An officer works on the fan of the ship. The sailors visit the officer. The sailors perform electrode welding on parts of ship. A sailor calls the other sailors working on the ship. A sailor smokes. The signal light of the ship flashed. Sailors continue working on ship. The ship at dock. Sailors at the rail of ship. Sailors wave to their friends aboard the ship. The anchor of the ship opened. The ship leaves the dock. The sailor stands at the dock. Sailors rotate the navigation wheel of the ship. Sailors work on machines aboard ship. Sailors perform welding in the Navy yard. Three sailors walk at the training academy. The entrance to the training academy.
Scenes of Cuban Air Force Base and headquarters, at Campo Columbia near Havana, Cuba, and aircraft acquired from the United States Air Force. Film opens with U.S. Air Force sergeant photographer holding a slate marked roll #1, LETO. He is dressed in starched khaki uniform. Other U.S. Airmen stand behind him. Scene shifts to a North American T-6 trainer airplane, Number 119, with skin removed from forward fuselage. A maintenance stand and tools are positioned in front of the aircraft. Hangar number 3 sits behind the T-6. The camera pans right showing two bubble-top P-47Ds parked on the ramp. The first displays number 458 (One of twenty-nine P-47s purchased from the USAF in the period, May, 1952 through June 1953). Work is being performed on the engine of the other. Camera panning right shows another T-6. Also seen is a Lockheed C-56 Lodestar (Lockheed Model 18) that was purchased in 1950 and numbered CU-EDU 2. It is parked in front of a low building with parapets and a flag flying atop it. A large multistory Headquarters building, topped with a control tower is seen in background. Closeup of another P-47 parked on edge of ramp, with its tail in the grass. Camera is moved back showing P-47s and T-6s on ramp in front of the headquarters building. Next, several U.S. Airmen are seen walking across the ramp towards the operations office on ground floor of the Headquarters building. More views of P-47s and T-6s plus a Consolidated PBY 0A-10 Catalina amphibious aircraft parked on the airfield. Several C-47 (DC-3) transport aircraft are seen at the end of the film.
From a 1952 U.S. Army television program titled The Big Picture. U.S. troops in a fox hole in Korea. A U.S. tank carrying many GIs in Germany.US ski troops in Alaska. Amphibious training on beach in Puerto Rico. United States Army Sergeant James Mansfield introduces the story of United States Seventh Army in the Allied Invasion of Southern France, "Operation Dragoon." Army Colonel William Wilson Quinn seated in office, with army rifle on his desk. He refers to the "Blue Badge" which is the Army infantryman's badge. Then he introduces the story of the Seventh United States Army: On 14 August 1944 Bay of Naples is seen as an open air Marshalling area. Barrage balloons float above the area. Large landing ships sit at dock with their front loading doors open. 3rd,45th and 36th division combined into 7th United States Army. Mechanized war equipment being loaded and checked off the loading chart. 7th army soldiers march through streets. Red Cross workers distribute donuts. Soldiers board ships. Ships leave harbor to join convoy. Ships docked at the West Coast of Corsica. Officers meet for conference aboard ship. Men attend last minute details. Some pray. Animated map depicts the route of the advancement by the troops. Port Cros and Levant : French commandos landed on these islands. U.S. B-25 bombers in flight drop bombs. Fighting ships take their positions. Navigators, gunners and signal men alert. Soldiers prepare for fight. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft fly in formation. A B-24 bomber over mountains. B-25s in flight.509th Parachute Infantry Battalion being inspected at airport. Paratroopers get into aircraft. Aircraft taxis and takes off. United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain and C-54 Skymaster military transport aircraft in flight toward Southern France. Paratroopers descend to ground and advance. Gliders land. Soldiers unload and ready artillery. Aerial view of rugged terrain. Ships underway at sea. Officers look through binoculars aboard ship.
The Dionne Quintuplets receive a message of hope and cheer from Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) on their family’s radio, in Callander, Ontario. The identical five sisters play inside their house. A Dionne quintuplet girl shows a photograph of King George VI’s family and points to Princess Elizabeth. One of them instructs others to be quiet and listen to the message of Princess Elizabeth on their radio sets. Girls listen to the message standing close to the radio set.
View of the Parliament building (Old Parliament House 18 King George Terrace, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) in Canberra, Australia. Crowd gathered to welcome Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies and wife Dame Pattie Menzies walk behind Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip stepping up to enter the building of Parliament. Crowds clapping. Interiors of the building. Queen Elizabeth with other VIPs seated. Queen walks up to the mike to read a speech.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visits coal mines in Fife (Fifeshire), Scotland. Mine workers give them a great ovation. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wear overalls, gumboots or Wellingtons and miner’s helmets during their visit. Queen Elizabeth II goes down into the mine to inspect the network of tunnels. Prince Philip chatting with a miner. Miners cheer for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
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