Billboard announces program of free outdoor concerts by New York Philharmonic, including Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), and Stravinsky's Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), conducted by Leonard Bernstein, in Prospect Park, New York. . Crowd gathered for the free outdoor concert. Families sit in the park. Several people carry chairs and carpets to sit. The orchestra plays on a stage. Microphones on the stage. The crowd cheers and applauds.
After World War 1, in accordance with Article 88 of the Treaty of Versailles, residents of Upper Silesia are deciding by ballot, whether to be attached to Germany or Poland. Citizens in Kattowitz (Katowice) milling about in front of a building with a sign that reads ' Deutsche Sammelstelle. ' A horse and wagon passes them. Armed French occupation troops climb aboard an open truck. A small boy watching is chased away by a soldier.The truck drives away, past crowds of people on sidewalks. Three uniformed French soldiers pose in front of crowd of spectators. Three uniformed men with Red Cross arm bands stand under red cross flag flying from building. People massed at entrance to a building move into it under sign reading "eingang." A French officer (General Henri Le Rond) standing with a British officer (Colonel Henry Percival) and an Italian officer (General Antonio de Marinis), reads a newspaper and converses with the others in garden at Oppeln (Opole). Views from moving train of industrial complexes with numerous smoke stacks and factories, in the Oppeln region of Upper Silesia. A map showing area of plebiscite, and the coal reserves and coal mines of the region.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces trainees run in assault formation in mock village during a simulated attack. They enter a hut in the mock village. Trainees run across the bushes camouflaged by leaves. A trainee in a trench fires a rifle. Men lined up on parade field at the graduation ceremony. Guidon bearers holding flags. Regional forces training center emblem at the base of the flag post. A soldier plays a bugle. Soldiers blow bugle with a banner over head that reads ' Le Man Khoa '
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Vietnam. Opening ceremony of a newly constructed telephone building. Mr Dung,Assistant Secretary of State speaks over microphone. Mr Dung makes a first call and dials number. General Le Yan Ty receives call at the extension phone.
General Charles De Gaulle with other officers visits the Free French heavy Destroyer, Le Triomphant, in Algiers. The names "A Scheer" and "Deutchland" are painted on torpedoes fastened to the ship. Sailor blows bugle as General de Gaulle emerges from a gangway. Entire crew is in dress uniform. The gereral visits a submarine, where French crew is lined up at attention. An honor guard with fixed bayonets, on the pier. View of Free French naval flag. The flag of Forces Navales Francaises Libres (FNFL).
Interiors of the United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam following the Tet Offensive bombing of the embassy. Personnel examine damage inside embassy. Bullet holes in wall. Clock stopped at 3:03. Soldiers check Embassy grounds. Troops carry wounded on stretcher. Aftermath of battle in Tet Offensive. Wrecked trucks and destroyed buildings. (Vietnam War period).
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