Major prison riots of the year 1952. North Korean POW soldiers of the Korean War stage a mass rebellion at POW camps in Koji islands and Pongam Island, off South Korea. U.S. and U.N. guards quell riots at the camps, resulting in death of North Korean prisoners and injuries. Medics are seen treating injured North Korean prisoners. U.N. guards escort prisoners in lines after the riots. Scene shifts to the the United States where damaged prison property in Michigan and New Jersey is seen after prison riots. Broken window glasses and furniture strewn about in a multi-story room of the New Jersey State Reformatory. Scene changes to Southern Michigan State Prison, also called Jackson State Prison, following riots there. Four prisoners including ring leader Earl Ward (second from left) are seen inside the building behind bars, during the standoff where they seized a cell block and held guards as hostages. A prison guard on watch with rifle in hand, looking from an elevated post downward onto a Jackson State Prison courtyard.
Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers on beach at Naples Italy harbor preparing for launch toward Southern France as part of Operation Dragoon. Allied LST (Landing Ship Tanks) and LCT (Landing Craft Tanks) at the harbor. LST loaded with jeeps as barrage balloon flies overhead. Vehicles loaded aboard LST.
Opening scene is an animated map showing Coast Guard Stations on Long Island, New York and on New Jersey coasts. Aerial view of Coast Guard Station Number 75. Narrator says manual life boats are launched into the surf from this Station. Camera pans closeup over the station, showing its buildings. Aerial view of inlet on South shore of Long Island from which powered life boats can launch into calm waters. Aerial view of the Fire Island (Long Island) Coast Guard Station with launching runway for power boats. Ground level closeup of the Fire Island Station. A power lifeboat being launched down its runway. Water level view of the power lifeboat speeding along the inlet towards the open sea. View from a height of the path the power lifeboat will follow to the sea. Change of scene shows map of life guard stations along Eastern shore of Maryland, the coast of Virginia and area around the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, with focus on cities of Norfolk and Newport News. It also extends South to outer islands of North Carolina. Battered hulk of a ship in surf in this area.
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War 2. A group of officers of airborne infantry having a discussion at a sand table on a beach. The sand table depicts Tagaytay Ridge. Airborne troopers parachutes and equipment. Soldiers in a group being briefed. Potable water in cans. Rations and ammunition boxes stacked in piles. (Note: The sand table image is Tagaytay Ridge, located south of Manila where a road links it further south to where the U.S. Navy ferried a contingent of troops at Nasugbu beach in Batangas.)
1939 Chillán earthquake in Chile, South America. Thousands of people are killed, and houses destroyed because of an earthquake. Destroyed houses and buildings in Chillán, south-central Chile. Soldiers walk through rubble. Smoke rise from pile of debris. Men view the destruction caused by the earthquake and walk through the debris.
Views from a biplane, aloft, of the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship as it flies Southward over Manhattan Island, New York City. Another plane flies past in the background. Skyscrapers of Manhattan are seen below. Hindenburg leaves Southern tip of Manhattan behind, as it heads South toward Lakehurst New Jersey.
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