Corn Tones Blood Donation Show at AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service) Radio Studio in Tokyo, Japan. The Corn Tones play music and sing a song. Members of the Corn Tones who are the Signal Corps play their own song called 'Heartbreak Ridge'. The song is about a wounded man who is spotted by the medics on Heartbreak Ridge, brought in and given a transfusion that saves his life. Lieutenant Bill Glaza signs off stating that this show commemorates National Blood Donor Campaign. He makes a final appeal for blood donation.
American President Woodrow Wilson in France. President Wilson and Mrs Wilson arrive at the Palace of Versailles during the signing of Peace Treaty between Germany and the Allies at the end of World War I. French Premier Georges Clemenceau tips his hat before he gets into the building. Delegates assembled in the Hall of Mirrors for the signing of the treaty. Premier Clemenceau opens the assembly and addresses the delegates. President Wilson, U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing, chief advisor to President Wilson Colonel E. M. House, U.S. diplomat Henry White and Lieutenant General Tasker H. Bliss walk up to the table to sign the Peace Treaty.
Inauguration ceremony for a new blast furnace at the state-owned Ensidesa steel factory in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. Francisco Franco visits the factory. He converses with military officials. A dignitary arrives at the site and shakes hands with officials. A man instructs a team while they tour the blast furnace factory. Exterior and interior views of the factory. A board reads 'Ensidesa Horno Alto nº1: Carmen'. (The furnace was named "Carmen" in honor of Francisco Franco's wife.) Francisco Franco addresses the crowd during a banquet following the inaugural ceremony. People clap their hands. (The Ensidesa factory is now part of ArcelorMittal.)
Russian people in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Soviet Union. (Narrator states it is also called Gorky.) People at a fair. A barker at the fair talking and gathering a crowd. A small baby seal in a pool. Children enjoy themselves on vintage amusement park rides including swings, ferris wheel and merry-go-round that is hand-cranked by an operator. View of musical organ for carousel. Children buy ice-cream from a vendor with a wheeled cart. Aerial view of industry and factories in the area. Circa 1929-1930.
Vichy France leaders in France during World War II. Chief of State of Vichy France Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain and President of the Council Pierre Laval in an office. Henri Petain sits in a chair and talks to Pierre Laval. Inside view of the office of Vichy France. Marshal Petain and Pierre Laval on a bench discuss a document.
Around time of partition of India into separate states of India and Pakistan. Independence ceremonies in Asia. Governor-General of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah along with other officials arrives in a car in Pakistan. People wave. The Pakistani flag flying atop a flag pole. A large crowd gathered on a street in India. Buildings along the street sides. Mounted Sikhs in parade. People stand holding banners. Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru gets off a car. He addresses people. The Indian flag flying atop a flag pole. Mounted Indian police drive back the crowd. A great crowd in front of a palace.
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