Mourning for Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A large crowd gathered in front of the Ministry of Labor Building to mourn the death of Eva Peron. The civilians and the military leaders arrive for mourning. Men and women emerge out of the building after offering prayers. Flowers inside the building. Military officers leave the building. Bouquets laid in rows. A huge photograph of Eva Peron inside the building. People waiting in a line outside the building.
A train wreck in Austria. Rail cars in a river after an engine gets derailed over a trestle. A few rail cars in water and one of them on a marshy slope along the river. Several men in the area of the wreck in which two people were killed and all passengers got injured. The cars in the river.
Japanese women welcome GIs in Japan. Japanese women wearing traditional kimonos dance on a dockside welcoming GIs from the United States. GIs on the ship approaching the dock watch the women dance. The women performing an angel dance wave small U.S. flags. The soldiers, bound to Korea as replacements, disembark from the ship holding their baggages.
King Frederik IX of Denmark and wife Queen Ingrid of Sweden, receive a royal welcome in Godthab (Nuuk), the capital of Greenland. They walk along a raised platform and receive gifts from local citizens. Queen Ingrid receives a local costume from two women dressed, themselves, in traditional garb. A Greenland Girl Scout, in uniform, presents a purse to the queen. King Frederik IX speaks to the gathering of people seated on chairs facing the platform. In a change of scene, The King and Queen step from a car to attend a ceremony. The Queen wears the Greenlandic national costume, which is shown by the camera, as the Royal couple sit for the event. Greenlanders in a stadium cheer them.
Floods in France. Heavy losses due to the floods. Flooded streets in an area. Buildings submerged in water. Men row a boat in water.
The 42nd Anniversary celebration of the Boy Scouts of America celebrated in San Francisco, California. People gather for the celebration. Aerial view of Boy Scouts gathered on the deck of the USS Intrepid (CV-11). The Boy Scouts spell out their motto "Be Prepared" in giant human chain letters across the deck of the aircraft carrier. Officers and other people seated in chairs at the ceremony. People applaud. The recommissioning of carrier USS Intrepid. Close view of a a group of Asian-American Cub Scouts on the deck. A replica of the Liberty Bell, the symbol of Boy Scout Week, is presented to a U.S. Navy officer by Scout Krazner.
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