1952 Miss Universe contestants participate in a parade in Long Beach, California. The contestants ride floats of their respective countries. Miss South Africa Catherine Edwina Higgins waving at the crowd. Women on top of a Universal- International Pictures float. Miss Uruguay Gladys Rubio Fajardo, Miss Sweden Anne Marie Thistler, and Miss Finland Armi Kuusela, on small floats with large shell designs. A large crowd gathers and cheers. The Contestants line up for photo shoot and pose before the camera.
Meeting of League (League of Nations) Committee on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland. Speeches by Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, H.A.L. Fisher, Lord Robert Cecil, and the President of the Committee, Karl Hjalmar Branting of Sweden.
The founders of the League of Nations. Shows Woodrow Wilson reading newspaper.; Lord Arthur Balfour; M. Branting, Sweden; Gustav Stresemann, Germany; Fridtjof Nansen, Norway; Aristide Briand, France; Count Albert Apponyi, Hungary; Vittorio Scialoja, Italy; and Ignaz Seipel, Austria.
Show jumping event at Berlin Olympics, Germany in 1936. Horse riders make their horses jump over obstacles to win the Equestrianism event. Shooters from various nations participate in pistol shooting events and pentathlon. Van Oven of Germany wins the rapid fire pistol shooting event and Ullman of Sweden wins the precision pistol shooting event. Captain Ludwig Stubbendorf of Germany wins the Combination Cross Country Equestrian event. He gives a Nazi salute. Garland of victory placed at the brow of Ludwig. Silver medal for modern pentathlon goes to Charles Leonard who steps forward to receive recognition and garland of victory. Leonard had taken first place in the shooting portion with a perfect score. Audio commentary is in Italian.
Miss Universe Contest in Long Beach, California. 17 Contestants pose in the stage. They walk on the stage waiving at the crowd. Miss Argentina Ileana Carré smiles on stage. Marina Orschel of Germany waves to the audience. Miss USA Carol Morris chosen as Miss Universe comes up on stage to receive the crown. Crowd cheers as she walks on the ramp with the crown. Miss Universe 1955 Hillevi Rombin of Sweden crowns Carol Morris.
Ten horses of the U.S. Olympic horse jumping team are loaded aboard a Pan American World Airways DC-6 Cargo Clipper in New York City. They are bound for Stockholm, Sweden. A trainer is seen leading a horse up a long ramp, into the aircraft cargo hold. Members of the U.S. Olympic Team: Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus (Team Captain), Hugh Wiley, and Warren Woffard. pose in front of the aircraft: View inside the aircraft, as the horses are being secured in their stalls.