Crowd gathers at the National Horse Show in New York. Men on horses participate in the hurdle race. Horse jumps off the hurdles. People watch the competition between two young Canadian and English equestriennes. Canadian teenage female rider Shirley Thomas wins the Goodwill Challenge Trophy. Canada's Mounties perform their Coronation ride for a colorful closing of evening.
Operation Big Switch at Freedom village in Munsan-Ni, Korea. United States General Maxwell Taylor and his party arrive in the Freedom village. Marine climbs on ladder and marks a sign at Panmunjon, over map of road to Freedom village. He lowers it down to a river and then to a village.
Operation Big Switch at Freedom village in Munsan-Ni, Korea. Ambulance arrives at parking area in front of processing building at Freedom village. Prisoners of War get off from ambulance. The flags of United States and United Nations. The United States General Maxwell Taylor and Secretary of Army, Robert Ten Broeck Stevens welcome prisoners and shakes hands with them. Black prisoner gets off ambulance. Taylor talks to a Lieutenant. High ranking officers stand outside the Freedom Gate. Sign reads 'Welcome to Freedom Village'.
Men discuss improving the living conditions aboard ship in United States. Ship in the sea. Smoke from the stack of the ship. Sailors fire from the ship. crew in the ship. Officers discuss about the living conditions in the ship. They discuss a plan. Ships in the shipyard. Other vehicles parked on the street near the shipyard. Men write on a paper. Ship in the sea.
The USS Meredith (DD-890) chosen as a "laboratory" for improving living conditions on U.S. Navy vessels. Poor living conditions on the ship. Crewmen face difficulties in adjusting to the living conditions. Animation shows the plans regarding the improvement of the living conditions. Improved conditions on the ship. Tidy and well managed beds in the compartment. Proper illumination in the compartment.Crewmen sleep on the beds. Proper spaces and places provided to keep personal items. Well furnished compartment. Sailors sit on chairs and play chess. Another man reads newspaper.
Views of unsatisfactory living conditions aboard the USS Meredith (DD-890). Cramped messing facilities. Difficulties in access and egress. Improved furniture on the ship. Beds in the compartment. Crew sleep in the compartment. The interior design of the ship on a paper. Improved beds in the compartment. Crewman sits on a chair and writes something. Lockers in the compartment. Seamen converse amongst themselves.