Spectacular skating reviews in Paris, France. Ice skaters, ice dancers, and figure skaters perform. A skater gives a performance. The skaters perform novelties.
Members of the Washington DC press corps scribble furiously taking notes at a press conference. Afterwards, one of the reporters rises and goes to a microphone to ask a question.
French political official on inspection tour confers with French Military leaders and examines troop readiness in Indochina. He inspects troops in camouflaged positions. He visits hill top for overview of the area. A signpost reads: "Vinh-yen."
French political official visits French forces and installations in Indochina. Aerial views of the French military installation at Vinh-Yen. A sign:' Vinh Yen' painted on roof of building to be easily seen from the air. A French sentry stands on the roof of a building. The French political official and military officers confer. The official and his French military entourage visit the royal compound in Laos. Several small Laotian flags with the elephant symbol on them are seen on front of building. The Laotian military escorts take off their shoes at the entrance. The French official and military walk on a road. Laotian children line both sides of the road waving small flags.
The role of women as active community members in the United States. An aerial view of the suburban town. View of the houses, buildings, snow covered area and roads. A railroad train arrives at a railroad station. Close views of the locomotive with sign "Erie" on the front. Men discuss a town zoning map on a wall. A garbage man throws garbage into a garbage truck. A post man delivers postal mail. He walks outside a house. He delivers a mail to a woman. The woman standing outside the house and takes the mail. Interior of the house. The woman sits with her family. A man reads a newspaper. Children have their breakfast. The woman opens the mail and views a sample ballot sheet listing the candidates of local elections. Little girl spills glass of milk on table. Her mother cleans up the spill. A woman shops in a grocery shop. View of small town grocery counter and shelves. The post man delivers mail to a woman in the grocery store. A woman sitting with her children gets mail from the postman. A man takes out a mail from a letter box. A woman stands with him. She reads the mail. Exterior of a school building. Interior of a class room. HIgh school or college age students studying. A young woman views a sample through a microscope. A post man walks on a road and vehicles move past, including a bus with sign "Lake Region Bus Co." Women come out of the bus after it comes to a stop. Destination sign on side of bus reads, "Monroe" (most likely Monroe New York). People stand in a line outside firemans hall to vote in local election.
The role of women as active community members in the United States. A woman addresses members of the League of Women Voters. The posters of the candidates of elections on a table. Posters on a wall. Children play in a hall, being babysat by one woman as the other women meet. A woman walks with a baby in a pram. She talks to another woman. The League of Women Voters disseminates information on issues and candidates. Women members search the voters, make a list of the voters and call them to give them the information. Women make phone calls. A woman pastes the posters of candidate on a wall. People seated in a hall. Candidates address the women and talk to them about why they should vote them. People applaud. People line up in front of a hall on the election day to vote. The parents-teachers association (PTA) plans a new dance hall and organizes dance for high school students. Students dance and enjoy in the hall. They dance a square dance (Virginia Reel?) Narrator describes the new dance hall and activities there as an established weapon against juvenile delinquency. The kids eat food at the new hall. Boys attend a movie screening (sponsored by the PTA and the board of eduction) on human Birth and Growth. A lecturer points out parts of the human body in a skeleton diagram on the screen. The association sponsors dental examinations and a school lunch program for the school children. Elementary age school children receive hot food in a school lunch cafeteria line and sit together at tables eating lunch. A dentist examines the teeth of a child. A woman teaches drawing to children.