Argentine leader Juan Peron ousted by Argentine Army, Air Force, and Navy elements and excommunicated for a long campaign of religious prosecution. Men march on street. An official speaks at microphone. Men listen. Catholic priests and followers protest Peron. Some of the anti-Peron protesters hold rosaries. An old woman protesting. Street riots. Headquarters of Labor Confederation looted. A bonfire outside the headquarters.
President Dwight Eisenhower during his illness. The President on wheelchair followed by few nurses in Denver. Crowds lines up street as he returns to his home in Gettysburg from Denver. Crowd waves flags lined up on sidewalks to welcome Eisenhower. Eisenhower walks into a building accompanied by other officials. Eisenhower seated with other officials around table.
Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom rejects her suitor, Royal Air Force Captain Peter Townsend. Princess Margaret arrives. Crowd gathered upon the princess’ arrival. A man writes on a sign. Sign reads 'The Nation Waits Evening News'. Royal Air Force Captain Peter Townsend arrives and enters a church. Princess Margaret walks with an Anglican priest into the church. Princess Margaret rejects the proposal of Captain Townsend as a divorcee.
Riots in France's Colonial Empire in North Africa. Tanks patrol streets. Wrecked vehicles. Men around rubble in street. Riots forces return of Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef from exile to Rabat in Morocco. Sultan's car surrounded by a large crowd after his return in Rabat. Crowd cheers. Sultan gains the power back. Sultan sits on his chair.
Union Leaders gathered for a Labor meeting in New York. Meeting is conducted to achieve merger between AFL (American Federation of Labor) and CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations). The President of AFL-CIO, George Meany and Vice President, Walter Reuther jointly bang the gable to open the meeting. Crowd cheers. Meany and Waler raise hands together. Crowd claps.
The signing of the Austrian Peace Treaty brings about the withdrawal of Soviet troops in Austria and the return of POW's from many years in Soviet prison camps, ten years after the end of World War 2. Shows repatriation of German Prisoners of War to Austria as the freed prisoners return in a railroad train. Families of prisoners wait for prisoners' arrival. Women hold hands of prisoners from train windows. A prisoner kisses his wife. A father hugs his son as the boy cries.
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