India builds city for Tibetan Refugees on a former United States Airstrip. Indians make a city with houses of thatched roof and bamboo huts. 12000 refugees fled the terrors of Red Chinese Repression. Indians give light weight woolens to the refugees from Tibet. Doctor examines sick refugees.
Insular Police Headquarters building in San Juan, Puerto Rico. American flag flies over the building. Vehicles parked in courtyard of a building. Governor Luis Munoz Marin, dressed in tropical suit and tie, examines pile of papers. Woman brings him some more. Later, he is seen, on a bench, in a garden, with tie removed and shirt collar opened, reviewing papers.
International Polo Cup series in Westbury, New York. United States Polo team plays against the British team on soggy turf in Westbury. One of the player falls during the game. A doctor examines the injured player. Spectators watch from the fenced area. United States team wins over the British team with a score of 11-7 in the first game of the series.
Following an attack by elements of the North Korean Peoples'Army, a U.S. Army 3/4 ton truck with canvas cover sits on dirt road. Its left front and rear tires are flattened. Several papers are scattered on the driver's seat. View from across the road. Two military policemen (MPs), assigned to the Joint Security Area, examine the truck. Front view of truck shows numerous bullet holes in the windshield. A tee shirt hangs on the radio antenna. Bumper contains identification reading : "UNC-USASS.JSA-16." Another vehicle drives around and behind the truck. MP comes from behind the truck and leans his weapon against its left rear fender. (Note: this U.S. Army Support Group truck was ambushed South of the Joint Security Area on April 14, 1968. During the encounter, two U.S. soldiers and two Koreans, augmenting the U.S. Army, were killed in action and two U.S. soldiers were wounded in action. )
F4U with tail code "V" in flight, during the Korean War. View of an Aircraft carrier from the air. Controller tracking an aircraft with sighting equipment on deck of an aircraft carrier. AD-4 Skyraider aircraft on final approach passes overhead of camera. Another AD-4 lands. Flagman directing landing aircraft. An F9F of CVG-5 (Tail code "S") lands. An F4U passes over the camera. Another F4U of CVG-5, lands, followed by a Skyraider. Another AD-4, of VA-55, CVG-5, lands in a partial crab and manages to straighten and stop. Pilot walking away from his aircraft. Deck crewman examines plane's wheel and brakes, as well as damage in wing. An aircraft being lowered on elevator. Aircrews in ready room discussing missions. View of aircraft carrier's wake. Another carrier visible in distance.
Shell back initiation ceremonies underway aboard The USS Edisto in the Pacific Ocean. Ensign Nelson, dressed as a cigarette girl, sits on a ladder and hands out gum and cigarettes to the sailors. The sailors tease him about his dress. They break an egg on a Pollywog's head. Another sailor act as a dog and follows his master with a rope in his neck. Doctor Savage dressed as a doctor examines the Pollywog. The ice-breaker USS Edisto (AG-89) was under the command of Commander E. C. Folger, USN. The ship was headed for Antartica, as part of the U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Project, a continuation of the 1947 "Operation High Jump."
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