Inauguration of a library and an auditorium in Germany. View of the new library and the auditorium building dedicated by the Free University of Berlin. U.S. City Commander General Frank Howley and his wife arrive at the new library. Howley receives an honorary degree during the ceremony.
Cargo loaded aboard a merchant vessel in San Francisco, California. Merchant vessel 'Korea' docked at a harbor. A large crowd of civilians gathered at the harbor. Men haul a trolley loaded with barrels and bags. A crane loads cargo aboard the vessel. A flag flutters in wind atop the vessel mast.
A carrier aircraft launched by a steam catapult at sea in the United States. A U.S. Navy carrier aircraft taxis on a deck. Men hook the launch bar of the carrier aircraft to the steam catapult shuttle just before the launch. The aircraft takes off.
Tractor plows make furrows in Holland, Netherlands. The tractor plows make furrows to recover salt poisoned land which was caused by a flood. A man walks in a furrow.
A U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre jet crashes into a neighborhood during landing approach after a supersonic training flight in California. It kills seven people as it smashes into a residential area. It sprays flaming fuel oil and completely destroys two houses. The demolished houses are seen. Army Personnel check the wreckage. Toys of children found in the wreckage. Signal Hill Oil Field seen. Several people take their belongings.
President Dwight Eisenhower awards Medal of Honor at the White House. He awards the medal to Lieutenant Edward Schowalter, Private Ernest West and Navy Hospital Corpsman William Charette all veterans of Korean combat.