Lake Success, New York. Second part of the first session of the UN General Assembly, chaired by President Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium. Warren R. Austin, U.S. representative to the UN Security Council, speaks about the role of United States in war and comments on words, the day prior, from the representative of the USSR. He is applauded by other members. Mr. Austin takes issue with positions and comments expressed by Soviet representative, Mr. Molotov.
Newsreel 'Korea elects, Syngman Rhee wins by wide majority'. Korean citizens read the posters pasted on the walls of the streets. Huge posters of Syngman Rhee and other candidates. People stand in lines at the polling booth. People seen voting for the candidates in the first popular election held for the President. Syngman Rhee wins the election by vast majority with five million votes out of seven million votes cast. (Korean War)
Torrential rains in Korea. Korean mud becomes slippery and wet and slows up the Korean war. The battle areas are converted into a quagmire. Soldiers struggle to find footholds as they build trenches for further action. Engineers fight to keep the roads open.
Evacuation of the British and Allied troops from Dunkirk beginning May 26, 1940. The troops at the beaches of Dunkirk. Smoke rising from Dunkirk with views of houses in foreground. British troops helped aboard boats in the water, some jumping down from large ships. View of smoke rising from Dunkirk on horizon as troops depart. The soldiers sleeping at sea after being rescued from Dunkirk. Wounded helped from boats as they return to British soil. The soldiers smoking after successful evacuation and giving the 'thumbs up' sign. Troops looking out windows of railroad car and smiling. (World War II period).
During post World War II reconstruction years of early 1950s in Germany. German police officer stands on a square in Berlin, Germany. A man with a briefcase asks directions from him. Pedestrians pass by. Another police officer gives direction to the traffic. Traffic passes by on a busy road. German gasoline station or petrol station in background with sign "Tank" and sign "Gasolin". Cars, buses and a horse driven cart pass by.
Post-World War II, Franco-Saar negotiations, in 1952. Participants stroll on grounds of a Chateau in France. Principals seen include Johannes Hoffman, Prime Minister of the Saar and Georges Bidault, Foreign Minister of France. (Note: these negotiations were unsuccessful, at the time.)
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