Interview with Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff, who was United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Kennedy Administration. Shortly after President Kennedy's assassination. He talks about his visit to the White House to pay last respects to former president John F. Kennedy. He speaks high of Kennedy's term in the office as the President and ensures that newly appointed President will carry forward Kennedy's philosophy and work towards a better nation. The secretary also supports the idea of passing impending legislation in the name of former president Kennedy to pay homage to him.
Delegates of different nations like China,United States exchange greetings. Priests and bishops are also seen meeting and greeting people. Delegates take their seats as convention begins. The congress' president,Fredric Joliet-Curie opens the ceremony and delegates rise from their seats to clap. In his speech he appeals for a world organization to control atomic bomb. Another Italian representative Pietro Nenni in his speech criticizes the Atlantic pact and American action in Korea (during Korean War period).
A horse driven carriage escorted by royal guards carrying a Japanese dignitary passes over the Nijubashi Bridge inside the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) in Japan. A horse-drawn carriage moves inside the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Honor guards salute to United states Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Patricia Nixon, as they exit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after visiting Emperor Hirohito. Vice President Nixon and Pat Nixon enter a waiting a car, during their stop in Tokyo on their Far East trip in the fall of 1953.
A German documentary about ten-year-old piano prodigy Richard Korbel. He is shown as a typical young boy who enjoys ordinary activities and play. Korbel is seen at home. He is lying on the floor drawing and coloring at his home. He plays marbles outdoors. He roller skates. Posters advertising his Carnegie Hall concert are seen. He plays piano at Carnegie Hall (881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019, United States) in Manhattan in New York. Once he finishes the audiences applauds in appreciation and he bows in response.
People wave to celebrate the victory over Japan ("V-E Day") in the second world war, as they stand by a street corner in North Platte, Nebraska. Police officers and their families move in a procession through the middle of the road. Two officers drink champagne to celebrate the Victory over Japan day in World War 2. A man and a kid riding on a horse back and holding a flag of United States pass by a street amidst heavy traffic. Cops sit in the middle of a road and drink.
After the division of Berlin, workers in the eastern part of the city protest against the Communist regime. Workers protest on streets by setting ablaze various parts of the city of East Berlin. Police arrest a number of protesters and Soviet military tanks roll on roads to control the situation. Communist flag torn down from Brandenburg Gate by protestors. With support from Marshall plan the people of West Berlin start rebuilding the city with the aid provided by United States and other countries. Views of the city undergoing transformation and rebuilding following World War II.
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