Pope Pius XII delivers an Easter message to a quarter of a million Easter pilgrims from St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City) in the Vatican City. A huge crowd gathers at the square to attend the Pope's Easter Urbi et Orbi address. People walk through flooded streets in New York City. People cover their heads with umbrellas and boxes to avoid getting wet while entering Saint Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). A woman holds a live Easter rabbit.
U.S. General Joseph Taggart McNarney rides across two new bridges over the Rhine in Germany. Two bridges over river Rhine. One bridge for automobile traffic. General arrives by car and crosses the bridge. Board reads 'General George C Marshall Bridge, constructed by Engineer Special Service Regiment'. General arrives as officers greet him. Train arrives and leaves. New railroad being observed by General and other officers.
A News Theater in Japan. 'News' written over a theater building. People buy tickets from a woman at the box office window. A large cardboard cutout of American cartoon character, Betty Boop, stands on the sidewalk in front of the theater
Development of New Towns in Siberia. Scenes of the new town of Angarsk, in Irutsk Oblast, Eastern Siberia, Russia. A forest region. Buildings under construction. Cranes being used for construction. A man works on controls. People walk on streets in the background. Roads being constructed. A tram on tracks. People get off the tram. Cars and people on the street. Women stand in a balcony and talk. A residential area. Children play with mud. They make different things out of clay. A building with a hall inside the building. Chandelier hangs from the roof. Women walk on the pathway. People on streets. Buildings in the background.
Arrival of new cadets with poor physical fitness at Army training academy in the United States. Group of new U.S. Army recruits exit a Greyhound bus, dressed in civilian clothes. Some are white and some are African American. They line up for instructions from a uniformed officer. Drill Sergeant trains the cadets in physical fitness. Cadets do push ups and other exercises for strength and coordination. Cadets march, run and sprint to improve physical fitness. They relax and cool off after the training session.
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.
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