Togolese Prime Minister and President Sylvanus Olympio raises his fists during a celebratory motorcade in 1961. Newly independent countries in Africa and Asia celebrate their independence. Sign reads “Proclamation de L’Independence du Togo 27 Avril 1960”. Sylvanus Olympio speaks to the Togolese people after his election as president. The flag of Togo is raised. Togolese women raising their hands. The United Nations seal. An African delegate speaks to the United Nations (U.N.). The host and narrator shows a map of Europe to the audience. He points to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on the map. He also points to other Eastern European countries such as East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary that fell under Soviet influence after World War II.
Group of Chinese prisoners in bad physical shape at the Chosin Reservoir, during the Korean War. Faces of the Chinese prisoners. A prisoner pours something out of a can into his hand which he puts to his mouth. A U.S. Marine gives a prisoner a drink of water. The prisoner's frozen hands. A prisoner who was captured barefooted. His feet are frozen solid with ice around the bottom of trousers. A prisoner smoking a cigarette.
Narrow streets of Kyongyong, heavily crowded with civilians. Japanese soldiers march on the side of a street. Native men and children follow the troops. (World War II period).
Many refugees standing on the east bank of the Pyongyang River in Pyongyang awaiting ferry, during the Korean War. Korean people waiting in line. Men women and children are in the group. One woman bends down so her child can climb on her back. She then stands up, carrying the child and her belongings. Another is seen breast feeding her infant.
United Nations army troops in trucks during the Korean War. UN troops pulling out for new positions, men seated in truck. Trucks moving.
U.S. supply trucks bring supplies in Kachil-Bong, Punchbowl area during Korean War. Supply trucks come up road trail. Trucks move on mountain road.