A French woman mops stairs. A group of French women including Marie Dupont, works in a protective goggle manufacturing factory in Paris. A horse carriage in busy city markets. A blind accordion player plays music in street. Men and women shop at open market. Marie buys vegetables and looks inside a meat shop. A horse bust sign above a horse meat shop. Shoes, sweaters,and other items on display in shops. Marie looks at a skirt in an open shop. Excerpt is from an anti-communist propaganda piece in the mid 1950s.
French Anti-communist propaganda piece of the 1950s: Exterior of a chateau which serves as a school for trade unionists of the Free Trade Unions in Paris, France. A class for railroad men on the settling of dispute, commences inside the chateau. French worker Jacques Dupont looks at a Free Trade Union poster. A Force Ouvrière (Worker’s Force) meeting. Jacques accompanies a new member to the meeting hall. Scenes of a discussion going inside the trade union meeting. Workers demonstrate against the working of the Communist unions. A vote is taken on the outcome of the meeting. The majority vote against cooperation with the Communists (Reds).
Avalanche occurs in Austria. Rescuers search for group of students and teachers trapped in avalanche in Dachstein Peak area. Snow covered Alps in Austria. Snow covered bodies of German teenage students and their teachers being recovered by the rescuers. Bodies being pulled on sleds. A still photograph recovered from film in a camera found with the dead shows the group of students in a huddle for prayer hours before their death. Snow covered bodies being carried on sleds. Austrian flag at half mast to mourn the loss.
Geneva Peace Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Venue of the Geneva Peace Conference. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives for the conference. British Prime Minister Anthony Eden at the conference to discuss Korea and Indo China problem. Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles also arrive to attend the conference. Delegates from different countries seated around a table discussing the issue.
United States aircraft being transported to Indochine during the First Indochina War. USS Windham Bay (CVE-92) at Alameda, California. Sailors load U.S. Navy F8F Bearcat fighters. Crew members work on the aircraft aboard the carrier.
Army surplus goods being auctioned in California, United States. Army surplus goods worth 12 million dollars piled up at Sharpe General depot for an auction. Goods include a battered jeep as men work on it. Lights and lanterns for sale. Bidding takes place. Men seated in chairs as they bid for the goods.