Representatives of United Nations countries, who participates in the Korean War, gather for a ceremony at a cemetery (UN Memorial Park) in Pusan, South Korea. Troops stand in attention. Officers and officials come and greet other officers standing beside the path. Troops and sailors stand in attention. Flags of United States, France, Britain, India and various countries are seen on poles over the cemetery. A contingent of 4 Australian soldiers stand before their national flag, where a wreath lies at the flag pole base. U.S. Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway is seen leading the representatives in the proceedings.
A national conference held for brotherhood, peace and freedom in New York. A national conference of Christians and Jews. Paul Reynaud, former Prime Minister of France, opens a campaign for international brotherhood and for funds to further its purpose. Madam Reno attends the conference. The sponsor of this conference Barney Banal seated at a table. A group of rational and religious troops seated at a dining table during the conference.
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.
French Army forces fight the Reds in French Indo-China, Vietnam. Soldiers fire artillery. The Communist forces advance towards the defense lines held by forces of France. Smoke arises due to firing. Injured French and Vietnamese.
French Forces fight the Communist forces in Vietnam, French Indo-China. Aircraft in flight. French soldiers descend on land through parachutes. A soldier watches them. Other soldiers erect bunkers on the land. Some of them stand along the barbed wire entanglements. An aircraft in flight. Bombarding on the field causes the smoke to rise. Soldiers look at the rifles and other ammunitions. Smoke from fire in the background as forces from Communist Vietnam and France battle.
The last portion of Emma Lazarus’sonnet,"The New Colossus," is shown as engraved on a tablet inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Illustrations of immigrants arriving and felling trees to build dwellings in America. Reenactments of early English, Scottish, and Dutch settlers building houses and working at crafts in New England. Italian sulphur mine workers in Louisiana. Immigrants, from France and Switzerland, planting vineyards in California and New York State. Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes, sowing seed and cultivating crops in the Midwest. Polish and Welsh immigrants in American coal mines. African Americans harvesting cotton on farm fields in the United States south, including a woman picking cotton with her baby riding on her long collecting bag. A Spaniard on horseback in the Southwest. Mexicans working in Texas oil fields and on ranches of New Mexico. Greek and Portuguese fishermen with huge catches of fish. A German technician working with fine instruments. Hungarian and Russian immigrants working in steel mills. Irish, Slavs, and Chinese, building railroads. Closeup of lumberjack's axes and saws cutting trees. A forge and a blacksmith shoeing a horse with horseshoes. A woman at work with a spinning wheel. Railroad ties and rails being placed. An antique railroad workman's locomotive and car. Men installing telegraph wire on rough poles. A early historic railroad 0-4-0 steam locomotive (appears to be one of the few replicas of "The Atlantic" which had been built in the 1830s) pulling a single small passenger train car. Cowboys on horseback rounding up steers. Herds of cattle,sheep, and pigs, bound to market. Farmers tilling soil with horse-drawn cultivators, preparing tobacco leaves for drying, and loading cotton bales. Machines spinning thread in a textile mill or factory. Fabric weaving machines at work. An early steam boat underway in a river. Early model automobile driving on dirt road. Wright Brothers' Wright Flyer airplane in flight with several persons on board. Early tractors and harvester machinery working on a farm. Glimpses of American industrial plants and transportation in rapid succession (some of it showing building of Hoover Dam and building of the Chrysler Building in New York City). Oil well drilling and a "gusher" oil well spouting oil upward. Steel mills, locomotive trains, and then a scientist in a laboratory working with beakers and a solution. Dynamite charges blasting away sides of mountains and gorges, and scenes of dam construction and dams opening to allow water gushing. Large electrical control levers being thrown to run electricity, and scenes of electric transmission towers and facilities. Natural gas storage areas. Golden Gate bridge under construction and high rise skyscraper buildings being constructed, including the Chrysler Building circa 1930 while still under construction in New York City. Aerial view of New York City. Camera panning over the gravestones in Arlington National Cemetery.
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