Elevator aboard LST comes up to deck with 6x6 truck. Truck backs away from elevator. Truck is backed up onto LCT. Men walk alongside truck. Man with spool of wire follows truck. Men load equipment aboard LCT.
Twenty-six students from thirteen countries have come to visit England under auspices of Council for Education in World Citizenship, organized by the United Nations Association. Scenes show the group visiting notable landmarks including: Tower of London, Houses of Parliament, and other sites. Pedestrians,,cars, and double-decker buses seen on streets of London, England. The students also go Paris, where they see the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.
Algeria attains independence and Ben Bella becomes the President. Head of the provisional government Benyoucef Ben Khedda addresses the press as he informs them about the end of provisional rule and attainment of independence. Ben Bella the new President of free Algeria arrives after seven years of confinement. He gets off the plane and is given a warm welcome. People celebrate their independence. People loaded in trucks. Ben Bella with important statesmen.
View of Mont Blanc in the Alps. A cable car in transit. French and Italian workers riding on an open narrow gauge railroad train carrying cases of champagne to celebrate the "holing through" of a 7 mile tunnel,through Mont Blanc from Chamonix, on the French side of the mountain, to Courmayeur in Italy. It is to facilitate road travel directly between the two countries. Workers fasten French and Italian flags,to the tunnel wall. Professor Loris Corbi, in charge of the Italian tunneling project is seen with his French counterpart, Professor Andre Borie, as they exchange congratulatory kisses. The French and Italian workers cheer and celebrate this remarkable engineering achievement.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for the Paris Peace Conference, following the armistice in World War I. USS George Washington leaves Hoboken Port in New Jersey. A board reads "US Army Transport Service'. Small boats along USS George Washington. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Passengers embark an ocean liner at a pier in New York City. Friends and family wave from the pier as tug boats guide the ship away from the dock. View of the New York skyline as the ship heads out to sea. View of 4-stacker ocean liner at sea (the Cunard Line's SS Aquitania). Ship's officers seen in the wheelhouse. Passengers stroll the decks; play deck games (shuffleboard); rest on deck chairs; and have drinks at the bar. Scenes of fancy food displays and chefs at work. One chef pours wine into food being cooked, and then takes a swig from the bottle, himself.
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