President Dwight Eisenhower awards Medal of Honor at the White House. He awards the medal to Lieutenant Edward Schowalter, Private Ernest West and Navy Hospital Corpsman William Charette all veterans of Korean combat.
United States first jet turbine automobile tested for experimental purposes at Arizona. It is driven by auto speed racer Mauri Rose. Several other men stand near the automobile as it is tested. Mountains in the far background.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) troops undertake a new kind of operation in the Rhine River. The frogmen slip off fast moving craft to practice bridge sabotage. They are then picked up by vessels traveling at top speed.
International doll show for the benefit of Italian Red Cross in Italy. Dolls of 36 nations put on display. People gather to watch the exhibition. A man and a woman viewing Japanese dolls. Dolls such as Ballerina dolls, bisque Japanese dolls and baby dolls are seen. Mrs. Therese Dupuis, the wife of the Canadian Ambassador helped in organizing the show. Mrs. Dupuis turns a baby doll’s head to change its facial expression. A pair of Canadian dolls depicting a Canadian Mountie and a Indigenous Canadian girl. A doll with a dresser. Children watch the dolls in the show. A group of Dutch girl dolls. A pair of Dutch dolls and a miniature windmill.
Teenage girl Bobby Porter of Herscher, Illinois keeps a lion as a pet in her home. The teenager combs the mane of her pet lion. Bobby’s older brother, Bill, attempts to open the mouth of his sister’s pet lion (named “Kinsabe”), and plays rough with it. The lion lives in captivity behind bars in the living room of the Porter family. Young woman Bobby raised the 325-pound jungle lion from a cub. The girl feeds the lion with meat. Girl hugs her pet lion after brushing its teeth. Lion yawning. Other family members also handle the lion.
Amateur boxing annual competition 'Golden Gloves' in New York City at Sunnyside Gardens . Participants in the ring during the contest. A huge crowd gathers to watch light middleweights, at 147 pounds, compete. Crowd cheers the boxers. Michael Devita seen versus Hamilton Sherman. Then Alfred Henrick versus Adonis Kelly. Kelly gets a TKO over Henrick.