Large crowd gathered at a stadium to witness a soccer (football) match in Spain between Real Madrid CF and an opponent. Players from both teams pose for photographs. Play begins, teams score goals as people cheer their favorite team. Real Madrid CF star player Alfredo Di Stefano is seen in the footage.
Scene is Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany, during a three-day, French-directed war game, called Exercise Jupiter, involving Allied forces in Europe. An Italian Air Force crewman stands waiting, near an Italian de Havilland DH-100 Vampire Jet aircraft. Italian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Romano Palmera arrives at the aircraft, in his flight suit, donning his helmet with oxygen mask and microphone connectors visible. He climbs into the cockpit of the jet as several airmen from his unit surround the aircraft. One helps Palmero with his seat, shoulder harness and seat belt. Closeup of the Colonel in his cockpit. Below the cockpit are stenciled the words: "Rompere qui in caso di Emergenza." (Break here in event of emergency). View from the side of Palmera's jet. Other Vampire aircraft are parked in a row with other aircrew near them in the background. Fire seen behind his jet as the engine is started. The engine soon settles into operation without any visible flame.
A dramatization: Heroic deeds of Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham during World War I. Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham of 353rd Infantry, 89th division leading his platoon even after getting serious injuries in Limey, France during World War I on September 12th, 1918. It urges people to contribute towards Liberty Loans. Two soldiers eat and talk in a trench. Germans fire artillery and explosions occur. American soldiers in trenches as shells burst. Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham advances with his platoon. Men crawl to advance. Lieutenant Wickersham and his orderly get serious injuries due to bursting of a shell. He binds up orderly's wounds and get out of the hole and lead his men forward. Shells continue to burst and Lieutenant Wickersham dies in an explosion. Dead soldiers. A soldier removes a cross from a dead German soldier's uniform.
Bodies of concentration camp victims who died in transit. German civilians look at mass of dead bodies at Dachau Concentration Camp outside Weimar Germany. Women seen apparently feeling ill as they come out of the building. Clothes of the prisoners hung outside the building in which prisoners were gassed to death. Interiors of the gas chambers. Gas vents, dummy shower heads, engineer's room, intake and outtake valves. Hand valve to regulate gas pressure, a can of cyanide and crematories with ovens. Remains of dead inside the ovens. Feeble prisoners show the effects of Nazi brutalities. (World War II period).
Major events of the year 1957. People gather in large numbers to mourn the death of the President Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines after a plane crash. President Ramon Magsaysay on board a ship. President Magsaysay meets crowds of Filipino civilians. President Magsaysay receives a kiss and a hug from his wife Luz Magsaysay and their daughter Teresita. Aga Khan III, Imam of the Shia Muslims dies as family members mourns his death. Men carry the casket of Aga Khan's body. Women offer prayers. Karim Aga Khan succeeds him as Aga Khan IV.
Major sports events of the year 1958. A man waves a flag and the Indianapolis 500 miles race begins. In the very first lap driver Pat O' Connor dies in a 13 car pile up. Large crowd gather to watch the race. Jimmy Bryan finishes first as a man waves a checkered flag.
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