Russian propaganda newsreel shows scenes from election day in 1949 in Hungary, as citizens vote in the parliamentary election. Farm workers coming in from fields and preparing to vote. A decorated tractor on election day. Men carrying an election banner. Men and women with families walking toward centers to cast their ballots. Scenes beside ballot boxes with citizens casting their votes. Communist posters visible including those of the Hungarian Working People's Party. Men and women dressed in traditional Hungarian costumes arrive at a voting center. Elevated view of a Hungarian city and bridges over water in the foreground. Hungarian people dance in groups. The happy crowd surrounds First Secretary Mátyás Rákosi when he arrives at a voting center. Matyas Rakosi seen casting his vote in a ballot box. The President of Hungary, Árpád Szakasits, also seen casting his vote. Election officials look on as Arpad Szakasits folds his ballot. A huge crowd gathered on the streets in Hungary for a night time parade. They carry caricatures that parody democratic world leaders and democracy, including U.S. President Truman and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, among others. Hungarians in traditional clothing dance and celebrate
United States pilots aboard USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) in United States. Two U.S. pilots stand in ready room. A map hung on a wall of the ready room. The pilots talk and examine the map. The pilots shake hands. Officer runs his finger along a relief map.
Ammunition transfered from USS Great Sitkin (AE-17) to USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) in Korea, during Korean War. 250-pound bombs. USS Great Sitkin and USS Philippine Sea underway during ammunition transfer operations. Planes above the USS Philippine Sea. Crew members on hangar deck. U.S. Navy aircraft F9F Panther lands aboard. F9F Panther taxis forward.
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) underway at sea in Korea, during Korean War. F9F Panther taxiing forward on flight deck of USS Philippine Sea. Admiral Ewen talks to a pilot on bridge. USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Valley Forge (CV-45) underway. Bullets strike water near a floating mine. A man uses a signal light. He wears a helmet and foul-weather gear. Minesweepers in operation. Two men manning a twin 20 MM gun.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) REFORGER II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operations. US helicopter UH-1D Huey in flight over Germany. UH-1D Huey helicopter lands. The troops board the UH-1D Huey helicopter. Helicopter takes off. APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) cross field. Men loaded on the APC. Buildings in the far background. Black smoke rises from hills.
View inside pilot's Ready Room aboard the USS Princeton (CVA-37) during the Korean War. Intelligence officer discusses a map with a pilot from Fighter Squadron FS-191, who wears the "Satan's Kittens" patch on shoulder of his leather jacket. The pilot and intelligence officer also speak with two other fliers seated, who consult their own maps. Upon conclusion of briefing, the three fliers pick up their helmets and oxygen masks, and leave the ready room. A loudspeaker is shown, presumably in use. (Note: Squadron FS-191 is made up of former members of the Navy's "Blue Angels" demonstration team, which was dissolved when the Korean War broke out.)
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