Film about Social Section of the League of Nations. View of poor British children gathered and playing on cobbled street of England. Baby in a pram is also present and a small dog. Exterior views of prison building and a single prison window in England. View of a British street with shot of hotel sign, '27 Hotel' in England. A solitary woman walks on the street in Britain. Commentary explains the League's work in the abolition of brothels and prostitution. Campaign against dangerous drugs and narcotics. Boats and junks in a harbor, probably Hong Kong Harbor. Old Scotland yard. View of illegal drug heroin, hashish and other illegal drugs and paraphernalia seized and laid out on a table with identifying signs on each.
In the first exchange of Allied and Axis wounded prisoners of war, the British Hospital Ship, Atlantis, with number 33 painted on her side, steams into port, at Leith, Scotland, (and then on to Liverpool, England) during World War 2. She is returning Allied wounded from Germany, by way of Goeteborg, Sweden. British soldiers are carried off ship on stretchers. Several ambulatory American soldiers leave ship on foot. Railroad train seen right at the port.
British Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald and French Prime Minister Edouard Herriot in the United Kingdom. They stand on stairs of a building. Several men stand in the background. A British leader Stanley Baldwin walks on a paved road between gardens.
Contestants of China, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and United States walk on the ramp during the 1961 Miss World pageant at the Lyceum Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Miss World 1961 1st Runner-up Grace Li Shiu-ying (Republic of China) on stage. Miss World 1961 judges such as Bob Hope, Richard Todd, John Spencer-Churchill, Kathleen Manners, the Duchess of Rutland, and Countess Ethel Beatty, sit behind table. Large audience cheers the participants. Miss United Kingdom Rose Marie Franklin wins the competition and is crowned by Hollywood star Bob Hope. Winner and runners-up pose for photographs.
USS Manley, 4-stacker, flush decker destroyer, painted in camouflage,underway in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At location in United States, Battleship, USS Arizona, underway, with its 3-gun forward turret visible. U.S. battleship Texas, underway, in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At a different location, U.S. 4-stacker Destroyer making way slowly. Many small sailboats in distance.
1924 Democratic National Convention, at Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, 1924. The alphabetical process of nominating candidates begins with Alabama and Forney is seen Johnston, putting Senator Oscar Underwood's name into consideration. View of men at the podium. Bernard Baruch, a supporter of William McAdoo, is seen standing in background. View of the crowded Madison Square Garden, filled with delegates. Some carry a banner reading: "Wilson 1916 for McAdoo 1924." The various State delegations are identified by signs with their State names on them. Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Hawaii (U.S. territory) are seen. As the camera pans the gathering, many more State signs are seen. Outside , in Madison Square Park, a loudspeaker is set up on a truck and a crowd is gathered to listen to events. Back inside Franklin D. Roosevelt, Al Smith's campaign manager, is seen giving a speech nominating Smith for President. Supporters hold up Posters displaying Smith's picture. Closeups of some of the banners. Ticker tape being thrown to celebrate the end of the convention, which ended on July 9th after the 103rd vote finally carried for compromise candidate, John W. Davis of West Virginia. Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska was selected as the vice-presidential nominee.
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