General Douglas MacArthur gives his speech to Allied Control Council in Tokyo. He praises the new Japanese Constitution. Men sitting in the hall listen to his speech. Several cameramen take photographs. A cameraman sets his camera for recording.
A crowd of men standing at the shore in Portmarnock in Ireland. The plane of Australian aviator Charles T. P. Ulm sunk in soft sand. Three men injured while trying to raise it from soft sand for the preparation of his take off across Atlantic to New York.
To prevent sun-tan without sunburn blistered backs girls try out a new 'Beach-bag' which is transparent and serves as a partial sunscreen. Covered from foot to neck in transparent bags the girls take sun bath on the beach at Del Monte in California.
Ski flying championship at Vikersund Norway. Austria's Rheinhold Bachler sets a new world ski flying record on his first try. The ski jumper soars 505 feet. Other ski jumpers also seen.
A football match between the Navy team and Michigan team in New York. The players on the ground. The players seen in the position of line of scrimmage. A huge crowd cheers them from the spectator area. The Navy team wins with a score of 33 against a score of seven of Michigan team.
President Eisenhower at the stairs of White House with ex-President Herbert Hoover in Washington D.C. Several other government officials in the background. Herbert Hoover will head a new Commission to recommend government reorganization.
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