Argentine President Juan Peron during his goodwill visit to Asunción, Paraguay. A large crowd holding Argentine and Paraguay flags gathers to watch him. People stand on the street and in balconies of buildings to watch him. Juan Peron in a car amidst the crowd. Other vehicles amidst the crowd. He praises President Eisenhower and declares his support of Pan-American solidarity.
Japanese Crown Prince Akihito returns home after his world tour. People gather at the Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan) to greet him. The Prince disembarks from a Pan American World Airways plane (“Strato” Clipper Queen of the Pacific). Cameramen take his photographs. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida is seen. Crown Prince Akihito greets dignitaries.
The United States Chief of Staff, General Matthew Ridgway on a visit to Korea. He is greeted by President Syngman Rhee and other dignitaries. Chief shakes hands with the dignitaries. After the meet, he reviews crack troops of the UN forces. The troops parade in uniforms with flags.
French (French Far East Expeditionary Corps) and Vietnamese forces attack the Vietminh in Vietnam, French Indochina. Bombarding and firing on the field. Wrecked and burning vehicles on the field. Soldiers move forward for attack. Soldiers fire rifles. A soldier fires with a machine gun (likely a M2 Browning). Bomber planes dropping bombs over a field. A tank fires at a hill. Smoke arises due to bombarding. Soldiers at a burning village.
Family members and others bid farewell to Marie Dionne in Canada. She forsakes the material world for the spiritual. She is a quintuplet. People and her family members enter the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament Convent (Sherbrooke, Qc. – 580,rue Dufferin – Canada J1H4N1). Family members bid farewell to her. Donning the habit of a postulant, Marie Dionne hugs her mother for the last time. Man closes the wooden covent window. Marie Dionne, receiving the name of Sister Marie Rachel, is escorted by the Mother Superior to join the other nuns in prayer. Nuns in prayer.
Workers load the battlefield salvage for shipment to United States Mills in Korea. Many shell cases, brass and steel scrap are loaded for their reclamation. Tanks, bulldozers and other battle-damaged equipment reconditioned in Japan depots. Men work in the factories. Reconditioned tanks parked on the ground.
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