A film about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York City. Scenes of Harlem, New York City, at dusk and nighttime during the Great Depression. Elevated train carrying passengers uptown to Harlem. Commuters coming out of subway station. Kids gathered on the sidewalk. Actor, Ossie Davis, early in his career, is seen at a lunch counter talking to another man. Couples in an upscale restaurant. Exteriors of various ball rooms. African American people dance, including Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and other dancers performing at the Savoy Ballroom. Couples talk. African American high-society debutantes and young couples in formal dress dance to ballroom music. Several girls tap dancing at Smalls Cabaret as jazz musicians play instruments including saxophone and drums. A man enters an apartment building at night. Aerial view of Harlem at night. (Harlem Renaissance period.)
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.
Disarmament of Japanese soldiers by Allied troops in Pacific Theater after World War II. Soldiers pull loaded carts. Houses in the background. In the background the soldiers wait to board a train. Allied soldiers check Japanese soldiers' bags and supplies in carts. Military vehicles driven on a road. Pedestrian traffic on the road.
A royal wedding in Nancy, France. Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen enters the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers (66 Grande Rue, 54000 Nancy, France) in Nancy, the capital city of Lorraine, the ancestral land of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. At least 6 bridesmaids carry the 22 feet long train of Princess Regina’s wedding dress, made of tulle and brocade. Otto von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria, enters the church. Pope Pius XII conducts the wedding and gives his blessing to the couple. Princess Regina and Prince Otto von Habsburg stand after the marriage. People gathered to see the wedding. Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria and his mother former Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma in a procession. People run to meet the wedded couple. Princess Regina and Prince Otto von Habsburg wave to the crowd.
United States General (and future President) Dwight David Eisenhower visits the Netherlands. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in the Netherlands with other military officers. Eisenhower reviews naval recruits standing at attention. Eisenhower looks through binoculars and observes Dutch Army soldiers performing drills and firing guns in training exercises. Army soldiers of the Netherlands climb barricades and perform other drills while practicing. Exteriors of Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, welcome Dwight David Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
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.
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