1952 Miss Universe contestants participate in a parade in Long Beach, California. The contestants ride floats of their respective countries. Miss South Africa Catherine Edwina Higgins waving at the crowd. Women on top of a Universal- International Pictures float. Miss Uruguay Gladys Rubio Fajardo, Miss Sweden Anne Marie Thistler, and Miss Finland Armi Kuusela, on small floats with large shell designs. A large crowd gathers and cheers. The Contestants line up for photo shoot and pose before the camera.
Close-up view of hands of man writing on a notepad while smoking a cigarette. Close-up view of hands of male artist painting a picture on a canvas at an easel. Close-up view of hands of music composer writing a musical composition. A sculptor with a mallet working on his stone sculpture. Hands of a person such as a film editor seen examining a long strip of movie motion picture film. British children sitting at wooden desks in a school classroom in England reading books. Radio operators in a studio room working at large radio broadcast equipment. Close-up of hand of radio studio engineer operating a dial on radio equipment. A radio broadcaster in a studio sitting in front of a microphone.
Interview with Ernest Green (one of the Little Rock Nine) who attended Little Rock Central High school in Arkansas during its integration in the civil rights movement. Interviewer questions Daisy Bates, adviser to the Little Rock Nine, and holds her book titled 'The Long Shadow of Little Rock'. She shows a rock that came through her window during the integration crisi period, and speaks about the rights of African Americans.
Shows U.S. Army transport ship Leviathan underway in harbor at Brest in France during World War I. U.S. Army troops debark the Leviathan ocean liner at the Port of Brest. Unloading of food and supplies at the port. Armed U.S. troops march. 306th Division troops of the 1st Army queue to board railroad train cars, bound for the war front. Sign on side of cars shows capacity of 36-40 men per train car, plus 8 horses. A steam locomotive surrounded in steam and smoke as it gets underway, leaving the railway train station with a long train filled with soldiers and horses.
First aid being administered to wounded American Soldiers at Couveres-et-Valsery in France during World War I. Soldiers being bandaged in the field near of a battle site. Wounded soldiers are carried away on stretchers by groups of U.S. Army soldiers, some wearing long trench coats.
Telephone poles and lines scattered across a country side in United States. The New York-Chicago telephone cable is joined at a celebration. Employees work at the long distance headquarters in New York.
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