Summer carnival in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. A large crowd watches a float parade. The three finalist contestants of the Miss Carnival contest sit on a float. Float design features a cartoon mermaid. Carnival beauty queens wave and smile at people. A Japanese man in a clown costume. Papier-mâché giraffes and other animals are featured during the festival. A papier-mâché lion mascot carries a sign in Japanese. Japanese man wearing a fish-yokai mask leads a conga line of men in masks. A cartoon chicken paper mascot with a clock is featured in the Japanese festival. Large crowds of Japanese see the carnival.
A preview of movie production at Mount Hood in Oregon. A building. Actors James Stewart and Julia Adams talk. They are in a ski tow as they give a shot for their film. A man talks over a radio to keep contact with the set. The cast and the crew of the Hollywood movie moves with wagons and horses. Cameramen and team members stand for taking shots. Jimmy Stewart and Jack Lambert give fighting shots.
Sailing boats for a 60 mile race in the English Channel, England. Yachts underway at sea. Yachtsmen adjust sails aboard boats in a stiff breeze. Water sweeps over a boat. Yachts underway at sea.
Governor of Maryland asks Civil Defense volunteers in Maryland, United States. Governor of Maryland Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin seated at the table in his office. Governor McKeldin appeals for volunteers for the state's Civil Defense Program.
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division makes preparation and maneuvers showing defense strength in North Carolina. Air Force personnel and aircraft at air base. Heavy equipment are loaded onto aircraft. Paratroopers of U.S. 82nd Airborne Division wear military gear and prepare for maneuver under Commander Thomas P. Hickey. Paratroopers board the aircraft. The paratroopers seated in the aircraft. The aircraft in flight. Parachutists jump from the aircraft. The parachutists descend and land on a rugged terrain. Several paratroopers get wounded due to failure landing. The paratroopers move into action and get alert. They fire artillery and army tanks. Troops maneuver and face attacks as jets strafe.
Argentines gather for a political rally to support Perons in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The unions hold a mass rally of two million people called "Cabildo Abierto". The rally is conducted to support Argentine General and politician Juan Domingo Peron for getting the ticket of President and his wife Eva Peron for Vice President candidature. General Juan and Eva Peron arrive. Large crowds gather and hold banners and slogans. Eva addresses the crowd from the balcony of a building.