A Benefit Premiere, "A Countess from Hong Kong," directed by Charlie Chaplin, has its gala opening at the Sutton Theater, 205 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022. Hollywood movie celebrities seen include Bobby Darin, Jules Stein, Sydney Chaplin, Henry Fonda, Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Senator Jacob Javits, Lew Wasserman, Van Johnson, Pamela Tiffin, Lynda Bird Johnson, Milton Rackmil, Jack Valenti, and Susan Stein, daughter of Jules Stein. The premiere is a benefit for 'Research to prevent blindness' founded by Jules Stein.
Ski jumpers participate in the annual Tokle Memorial Jump at snow covered Bear Mountain in New York. Trees in the background. Canadian ski jumper Jacques Charland wins the jump. Crowd watches the event.
United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, United States. People in Belgium protest against the violence against Belgians in Congo. United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the Congo crisis. A heated argument between the Soviet and American representatives takes place. The Council votes in favor of sending forces to Congo to control the crisis.
Army Experimental Station at Pine Camp, located in Great Bend, New York, United States. Signal Servicemen check recording instruments and play sound deception records on phonograph player at Army Experimental Station. Signal Corps Sonic Company soldiers (sometimes referred to as the Ghost Army) stand in review in front of tanks and trucks. U.S. Army officers reviews them. Animated diagram shows Company headquarters and Administrative Platoon. U.S. Army servicemen skilled in sonic deception and decoy sound in World War 2 are seen recording the sound of tanks and other armored vehicles. Officials check graphs at the headquarters. Board reads AES School. Instructor takes a class in a classroom at AES School. Servicemen undergo training at the test Station. A group of students operates the sound amplifier. German headquarters shown on an animated map. Animation shows various tanks sending out sounds to the German enemy as decoy to disguise and mislead the enemy regarding actual troop movements.
Senator Hubert Humphrey is chosen by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson to be a candidate for the Vice-Presidential elections. Senator Hubert Humphrey and President Lyndon Johnson driven off in a car. President Lyndon Johnson at the U.S. Capitol building during the oath ceremony after winning the Presidential elections. His supporters cheer holding banners. President Johnson waves at the crowd. President Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson in New Jersey. A crowd cheers and applauds on hearing the President's speech.
In New York, United Nations mediator, Folke Bernadotte returns to Zion for final settlement of Arab-Jewish War. People come out from a building at airport. Folke Bernadotte, United Nations mediator, and his wife Estelle Manville talk at the airport. UN mediator, Bernadotte, leaves in a plane for Rhodes to achieve a truce for Arab-Jewish War.
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