United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Prime Minister Anthony Eden of the United Kingdom, Nikita Khrushchev, and Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin arrive at Geneva Summit Conference. The Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Cameramen take pictures. Leaders seated around square table in conference. Flags flying near the armillary sphere. Building in the background.
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. Pius XII excommunicates Peron. Street riots. Headquarters of Labor Confederation looted.
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.
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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