A film titled: 'Showroom to the world' about the functions of the United States Trade Center. People walking on sidewalks and traffic in streets around 7th Avenue garment district in in New York. Workers transporting garments and materials on handcarts, weaving around other pedestrians and office workers in the area. Buildings along the sides of the street. Exterior of the building where the Sherry Manufacturing Company is on the 30th floor. It manufactures beach wear and t-shirts. Clothes displayed on mannequins in the showroom. A woman trying on a t-shirt. Vice president of the company talks about the recent successful display of company products at overseas trade centers. He also talks about the response of the buyers at the trade centers. View of car and bus traffic in Paris and the Arc de Triomphe in the distance. Exterior of the United States Trade Center in Paris with French and American flags hanging in front of the building. A sign reads: 'Registration' inside the building. People arrive at the trade center. They view displays of various products including trophie manufacturers, a Ski Wheee distributor, Pro Keds sneakers and athletic shoes, and medical equipment.
Sergeant Elvis Presley being interviewed in Friedberg, Germany. Cars arriving at the U.S. Army Ray barracks. A Volkswagen bus and Citroen are seen in front of building where press is gathered. Motion picture camera magazines and cameras labeled "CBS News" are carried into building by newsmen. Reporters gather around Elvis to interview him. Elvis Presley who served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and is now being released from the service. When asked about his experiences in the Army, Elvis notes that, "it is good to rough it, and put yourself to the test."
View from cockpit of a U.S. Navy PBY airplane circling to land at the Naval Air Station Kanoehe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. View from the land, as PBY taxis in toward beach after landing. A man stands by a white flag at beach front to guide the seaplane. A crewman seated on the wing of the seaplane. A man swims out to the PBY, as it approaches the beach. Several flights of Curtiss P-36 Hawk aircraft fly overhead in formation.
Film opens showing a large well equipped gymnasium in a Japanese school. Some boys are holding onto climbing ropes, watching as several boys run toward the camera, jumping over obstacles. Two of them do somersault vaults over theirs. Next, a large group of boys in meager undershorts and bathing caps run down down the steps of their school behind their teacher, who wears a regular bathing suit. Next, the boys run under a battery of showers to enter a swimming pool. One takes a large beach ball with him. Several closeups follow, of boys and girls standing in front of their school building. Film ends showing very closeup views of an individual boy and girl.
North facade of the Palais Bourbon (126 Rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris, France) in Paris, France. Vehicles pass on the street in front of the building. Cameramen stand on the street outside the building. Dignitaries come out of the Élysée Palace in Paris. French Prime Minister Maurice Bourges Maunoury, French President Rene Coty and the Members of the Government pose after their meeting to discuss the Algerian War at the Élysée Palace.
A small boy walking in front of 7 camels along a dusty road in Amman, Transjordan (under British mandate for Palestine; later Amman Jordan). They move suddenly and startle the boy. He poses for the camera as the camels pass. Then he runs away with another boy. Views of Amman, from overlooking hilltop. Inhabitants engaged in ordinary pursuits. Several cars on the road. Merchants with goods in burlap bags, and on carts. A fuel truck and a car drive past the camera. A small contingent of policemen stand in formation.
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