Representatives of United Nations who fought in the Korean War, gather for a ceremony at the UN Memorial Cemetery (93 UN pyeonghwa-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, South Korea) in Pusan (Busan), South Korea. The event is led by U.S. Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway. Troops standing in attention with flags of various countries. Officials and officers of various countries, stand. A military band plays. Flags of United States, France, Britain, India and various countries are seen. Military personnel hoist the flag of United Nations and salute. Graves at the cemetery.
Representatives of United Nations countries, who participates in the Korean War, gather for a ceremony at a cemetery (UN Memorial Park) in Pusan, South Korea. Troops stand in attention. Officers and officials come and greet other officers standing beside the path. Troops and sailors stand in attention. Flags of United States, France, Britain, India and various countries are seen on poles over the cemetery. A contingent of 4 Australian soldiers stand before their national flag, where a wreath lies at the flag pole base. U.S. Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway is seen leading the representatives in the proceedings.
Contingents of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces collaborate to provide relief to towns suffering from disastrous floods in the Netherlands. Relief supplies are trucked to a waiting Italian Air Force Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 trimotor transport aircraft. Italian aviators stand beside the aircraft. The relief supplies are in flat wooden boxes. "Croce-Rossa-Italiana" is written on several of the boxes. Warehouse (hangar) filled with supplies and military personnel preparing them for airlift. Two American fliers consult with another NATO officer about relief airlift mission. A United States Air Force C-119 cargo plane taxis for takeoff. View from open rear cargo door as it lifts off from the runway. U.S. Air Force crewmen push relief supplies out the open rear cargo hatch. Supplies drop by parachute onto town and surroundings. Flooded areas seen in background.
NATO assists Netherlands in flood relief operations. Netherlands troops work on dikes. View from inside a U.S. Air Force C-119 aircraft dropping relief supplies, including inflated rafts, over flood threatened areas of Netherlands. Netherlands troops dump material from a truck to reinforce dike. Troops and civilians work on dikes.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States, during the Great Depression. View of 'Closed' sign on factories during high unemployment. Jobless, hungry, and homeless American workers appear depressed. Americans stand in a queue to receive food relief. Scenes of better economic times in Massachusetts: Factories start and workers get jobs. People and families celebrate after getting employment. Streets in Springfield being paved and sewer pipe installed. WPA workers at construction work on demolition projects. Local labors use native materials in construction work. Women get jobs and work at a sewing projects. Woman designs a costume. WPA artists paint shore scenes.
A sledgehammer pounds a fence stake into the ground. A plow is used to break the land of the Great Plains. A farmer takes soil into his hands and throws it back as it crumbles in his hands. Combine harvesters pulled by teams of mules harvest a large wheat crop. Wheat grain pours into a sack on a harvester.
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