A documentary film depicts life of cadets at West Point Military Academy in the United States. The man arrives at the academy. He stands at attention in front of an officer. Cadets get hair cut. An officer instructs the cadets. They receive basic military training. They march and drill. The statue of Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer who was an early superintendent of the West Point Military Academy. The cadets watch the statue. The man reads a letter and watches photographs. The cadets are called plebes in the first year. The plebes stand in formation. They march holding rifles. They attend classes as the academic year starts. An officer instructs the plebes. Every plebe is given individual attention during the training period.
A documentary film depicts the life of cadets at West Point Military Academy in the United States. The building of the military academy. Plebes walk on the academy grounds. Exterior of a chapel. The plebes and officials inside the chapel at Christmas time. They pray in the chapel. The plebes go home during the Christmas breaks. The man meets his family members and friends. A snow covered area. The man returns back to the military academy after his holidays. He watches the statues and the area surrounding the West Point.
A U.S. Army Second Lieutenant narrates his experiences as a West Point cadet in the United States. The narrator gets ready in his room for classes at the West Point Military Academy. He puts on his uniform and walks towards the classes. Cadets attend the classes. They are in a laboratory. The cadets are seated in a class room. An officer instructs them with the help of a television. The cadets seated at a desk discuss amongst themselves. They pray in a chapel.
A U.S. Army Second Lieutenant narrates his experiences as a West Point cadet in the United States. Cadets run towards a sports field for the athletic program of the West Point Military Academy. The cadets swim in a pool and play badminton. They exercise to improve their physical fitness. The cadets wrestle and box in a ring. Some of the cadets do gymnastics and play golf. The cadets ski over snow. Some of the cadets play a match. The narrator watches the match with a woman and other cadets. They cheer. The cadets play a football match. A large crowd gathers to watch the match. People cheer and applaud.
The 1966 Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Theatre Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Women beauty pageant contestants seen on the stage include contestants from Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Syria, Venezuela, USA, France, Yugoslavia, and India. Miss India, Reita Faria, sits on the throne while Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom, crowns her as Miss World 1966. Italian artist and director Beni Montresor is seen as one of the judges. Reita Faria walks the stage carrying scepter and wearing crown.
Legislators entering a hall in Czechoslovakia, in 1948. Inside,an image of the Small Coat of Arms of the Republic of Czechoslovakia (1920) dominates the scene. New scene shows Gustav Husak, acting Prime Minister, delivering an address urging support for the Communist Party. The next sequence shows violent Communist-led demonstrations, as armed trade unionists riot in the Prague streets, attacking the offices of the political opposition. Police attempt to restore order. On February 25, 1948, the communists achieve a Czechoslovak coup d'état. On February 27th, Czech President, Edvard Benes, receives a delegation including communist Premier Klement Gottwald and the 12 new members of the cabinet, at the Presidential Palace. He is seen signing documents accepting the communist cabinet. Change of scene shows Czech Foreign Minister, Jan Masaryk, giving a speech rejecting the change. (He remained in office, but died under suspicious circumstances on On March 10, 1948.) View of Masaryk in his casket. Mourners at his funeral.The Czech Parliament Building with flag at half staff. President Benes seen strolling, using a cane, accompanied by his wife, Hana Benes, in the garden of their summer home, Benesova vila, in Sezimovo Usti. Narrator notes that he refused to sign a new constitution drawn up by the communists. He died of natural causes at his villa on September 3, 1948. Scenes of his funeral and of him in his casket. Views of Benes' state funeral, with mourners lining the streets. View of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Narrator describes circumstances using Churchill's term "Iron Curtain." A communist parade in an Eastern European city. A person who was roughed up on the street. View of East German uprising in 1953, being suppressed with Soviet tanks. Uprising in Poland in 1955 being put down by local police and Russian soldiers. Polish musicians playing and examples of Polish political cartoons permitted under relaxed communist rule.
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