Opening scene shows policemen keeping things calm in a group of men gathered outside the Ford River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Union organizers of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are passing out newspapers, or Union flyers of some kind. Policemen circulate among the men as this is happening. At time 00:37 a man is seen talking with UAW President, R.J. Thomas (Roland Jay Thomas). More scenes of men mingling. Policemen seen now include one on horseback. At time 00:52, R.J. Thomas is talking with his organizers again. Scene shifts to UAW women representatives passing out the papers to workers carrying lunch boxes. The women wear hats reading "Aux No 5." Views of policeman directing heavy traffic passing the Ford plant. A blind man with a cane is escorted across the street. Workers are lined up for buses.
Berea College prepares students for life. A woman and man on chair read a book. Men and women on dining table eat their food. Boys come out of a class with books in their hands. Students take a ride on horse cart and enjoy. A woman in a common room reads a book. She is accompanied by a man. Students gather near a union church.
Police battle the Union pickets at the port of San Francisco, California. Police officers on horses, clash with demonstrators during labor stirke. Officers fire guns and tear gas to quell rioting Longshoremen. People gather around a wounded man. Riot scene with vehicles toppled, on the streets of strike-paralyzed port.
A process during construction of a Liberty Ship at shipyards in California during World War 2. Workers union melt bottom shell with a machine. The machine moves, as it melts. A worker assists in the process with a tool. Another worker drills into the bottom shell. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)
General Jan Christiaan Smuts poses as the newly elected Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. Crowd in the background. General Smuts poses in front of crowd of men, and then walks away.
French Union Para-troopers attack the outer ring of Communists besieging Dien Bien Phu in a new measure to relieve pressure on the isolated garrison during Operation Castor. Troops move ahead through fields. A map shows the area of battle. French Para-troopers jump from planes and ascend. Troops advance amidst machine gun and mortar fire. A soldier in position on the ground shoots. Smoke from firing and explosions. Soldiers fire from behind barricades. Soldiers discuss a map. View of the conflict area. Airplanes in the sky.
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