Funeral ceremony of U.S. Army General John J. Pershing in Washington DC, United States. The dead body of General John J. Pershing in a casket wrapped in American flag. The casket is placed in a room as people pay their last respects to General Pershing. The casket being placed onto a carriage outside the Capitol. U.S. Army General George C. Marshall and others watch the proceedings. The funeral procession moves down a street. The U.S. Capitol in the background. The procession reaches the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. U.S. President Harry S. Truman attends the funeral ceremony.
Life of the Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi in India. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi walks past the cheering crowd. Police hold back the crowd. Gandhi addresses the people. Gandhi sleeps and people around him. Protestors and rioters run on the road during a demonstration. Policemen control the rioters and beat some men in the crowd with sticks and clubs.
SovietRussian soldiers are honored before leaving Korea. Russian troops march through streets of Pyongyang as they withdraw from the country. People standing on roadside cheer. People throw ticker tapes. Soldiers are presented with flowers and tokens of esteem. They are pelted with confetti. Teh soldiers look at pictures of women. A girl dances and soldiers look at her. A soldier stands with a child. Women and men dance. A soldier raises a child. People cheer and rush to shake hands with the departing troops. A train pulls out of a station.
A film titled 'Inside the Atom' about the structure of atom and the use of radioactive isotopes in the treatment of cancer in Canada. A board on a shore reads 'Picture Taking Prohibited'. Buses drive past a sign reading 'Atomic Energy Project'. Buses are stopped at the entrance of the plant and are checked by security police. Identity cards of men are checked by the security police. Workers enter the plant. A worker walks on the plant grounds carrying a piece of a radioactive metal suspended from a rod. A minute fragment of matter is checked under a microscope. Canadian Chinese using primitive tools work on an air strip. Workers work in a coal mining factory.
A film about the structure of atom and the use of radioactive isotopes in treatment of cancer in Canada. Animation depicts: An atom resembles a minute solar system. The heart of the atom is the nucleus. Children approach an educational display with large sign "The Atom. U-235. What's next?" Group of boys gather under the sign and look up at the display. Children watch a model of the structure of an atom and animation is shown describing the density and number of atoms in a dot of ink. Splitting nucleus with a neutron to get atomic energy. A chain reaction when a uranium atom is split giving out heat and radiation.
A film about the structure of atom and the use of radioactive isotopes in the treatment of cancer in Canada. Exteriors of a uranium mine at Great Bear Lake. Coal being transported in a narrow gauge mining train. A man pours coal from a container. Exteriors of the Nuclear Fission Plant at the Chalk River. Trucks driven in front of the plant. Director Dr. Keyes, Dr. Lewis and K. F. Topper discuss. A four inch lead wall block to protect technicians working on radio active matter.