Wide shot of building in Washington, D.C., possibly the Department of Labor. Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, steel industry chief negotiator R. Conrad Cooper, and Steelworkers Union leader David J. McDonald gathered at a table. James P. Mitchell announces settlement of the 116 day steel strike of 1959, which started on July 15, 1959 and ended with an October 21 court injunction which was upheld by the Supreme Court on November 7. Mitchell explains that a "recommendation for settlement" was made, but that his announcement was pending ratification. The three men shake hands after the announcement. The narrator explains that the pact has benefits "totaling some 39 cent an hour."
A policeman answers a call from a lady. A woman with bouffant hair, reclining on her luxurious pink bed, reports a stolen necklace to the police on the phone. The woman fans herself with a pink handkerchief while calling on the phone. The woman reaches out for the remote, turns off the television. Title of show on TV is “Supersleuth”. A police officer hands a document to a policeman, the two policemen salute each other. Pedestrians walk on busy street outside a Union Trust bank building in the Washington, D.C. area. African American traffic policeman directs traffic. A maid holds out a pearl necklace in front of the reclining lady talking on the phone. Annoyed policeman smiles on the phone before politely ending call.
German prisoners are led out of Paris during Allied liberation of Paris during World War 2. M3 half-tracks roll into Paris as French citizens watch from sidewalks in front of the Hotel Scribe at 1 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France. M3 half-tracks carry Allied soldiers guarding captured German prisoners. Union Jack (United Kingdom) flags are hanging on buildings. German prisoners hold their hands up on board a half-track. Happy French men and women cheer and waving.
Victory march by Allied forces after Liberation of Paris during World War 2. United States soldiers and tanks crowd in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Tanks moving away from the Arc de Triomphe. French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc marches with a large crowd in Montparnasse, Paris. Parisian men and women watch from sidewalks and balconies. General Leclerc and marching crowd pass by the Le Select brasserie (99 Boulevard du Montparnasse, 75006 Paris, France). Soldiers in armored vehicles accompany General Leclerc and men marching in along the Boulevard du Montparnasse. Soldiers in tanks moving on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. French crowds hold banners saying “Vive la France”. French tricolor and British Union Jack flags hang outside a shop.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh performs a stunt flight during a Pan-American Conference in Havana, Cuba. Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis lands on the airfield. Famous pilot Charles Lindbergh visits Cuba as part of his goodwill tour to Latin America. Cuban officials and delegates from twenty-one nations gather for the Pan-American Conference. Flags from Pan-American Union countries on flagpoles waving in the background. Delegates cheer for Charles Lindbergh, also known as the “Lone Eagle”. A motorcade for Charles Lindbergh, hailed in Cuba as the “Caballero del Aire”. Charles Lindbergh’s motorcade arrives at the Presidential Palace, now known as the Museum of the Revolution Cuba (Refugio Street 1, between Monserrate and Zulueta, Avenida Bélgica, La Habana 10600, Cuba). Cuban President Gerardo Machado stands in the balcony of the Presidential Palace with Cuban officials Orestes Ferrara and Miguel Mariano Gómez. Crowds welcome Charles Lindbergh. President Machado greets Charles Lindbergh. President Machado, Charles Lindbergh and Cuban officials pose together for a picture outside the Presidential Palace.
A tribute to the passing of British Commanding Officer Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey. Funeral of Sir Bertram Ramsey in Saint-Germain-en-Laye New Communal Cemetery during World War II. Sir Ramsey deliberating plans to invade Sicily with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in North Africa. Sir Ramsey exits a building with United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower before the invasion of Normandy. Sir Ramsey and General Eisenhower talking. Military officials and troops attend the funeral and internment of Sir Bertram Ramsey in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The coffin of Sir Ramsey is draped with the Union Jack flag and is carried on a gun carriage on a snow covered road. General Eisenhower and other Allied generals attend the funeral march. British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) women stand at attention in the snow. A chaplain leads the funeral service. Troops fire the three-volley salute during the military funeral. Dwight Eisenhower and other generals salute and pay their respects.
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