Mouloud Religious Ceremony held once a year in Tangier. Arab women dressed completely in white are massed together on terraces and rooftops. Mounted police carrying sabers, followed by others carrying rifles, lead a parade in the Avenue d' Espagna. The Mendoub representative arrives. Seen are Signor Mariani, M. Le Fur, the Administrator of Tangiers and the Mendoub's representative. Armed men perform a daring and noisy dance that includes firing their rifles into the ground. Children are among those enjoying the festivities.
Fulbright Program in United States. A Television Journal titled 'Longines Chronoscope'. Television host introduces coeditors of the program. Board on wall reads 'Longines-Wittnauer Show'. First is Mr Larry LeSueur. Second is Chief Editorial Writer of New York Herald Tribune. They talk to Senator J William Fulbright about the Fulbright Educational Exchange Program ("Fulbright Program"). Larry LeSueur asks the Senator about the amount recommended in budget for the program. Senator answers the amount 7.5 million dollar is not enough for the program. In response to the effects of the program. Fulbright says that these programs are of great advantage to increase understanding between two countries. It is better to live in a country and know its propaganda to increase understanding about that country. Interviewer asks is it not better to use broadcasting service instead of exchange program to enhance understanding? Fulbright says broadcasting has its own resistance to propaganda. Senator tells that there are about 4000 students from both side exchanged under this program.
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).
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).
Guerrillas with guns gather in Havana, Cuba. Cuban President Fidel Castro addresses them. Military trucks on road. Ships in water. An illustrated map of Cuba. Planes fly by. Guerrillas practice. A man meets a United States Army officer at an air base. American President John F Kennedy with Lyman Lemnitzer, Chief of the Joint Chief of Staff, George Decker, Chief of the Land Forces section, Curtis E LeMay, Chief of the Air Force section, General David M Shoup, Commander of the Marines, and Admiral George W Anderson Jr., Chief of Navy Operations. Curtis E LeMay waves towards people. People on ship.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovon asks the public to send pictures taken abroad to Colonel L. E. Norris in the United States during World War II. Employees sorting still photographs sent by the public. Various pictures showing foreign harbors and coastlines. Colonel L.E. Norris of the OSS examines the photographs at his desk. The employees examine filmstrips and photographs at a desk.
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