French Forces fight the Communist forces in Vietnam, French Indo-China. Aircraft in flight. French soldiers descend on land through parachutes. A soldier watches them. Other soldiers erect bunkers on the land. Some of them stand along the barbed wire entanglements. An aircraft in flight. Bombarding on the field causes the smoke to rise. Soldiers look at the rifles and other ammunitions. Smoke from fire in the background as forces from Communist Vietnam and France battle.
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower aboard USS Helena, Pacific Ocean. He is en route home from his Korean visit. He is accompanied by the Defense Secretary, Charles Wilson and General Macarthur. The President talks to the officials.
The freighter SS Yorkmar, owned by the Bethlehem Steel Company, and operated by the Calmar Line, is aground on an open beach north of Grays Harbor, Washington State, United States. A ship's officer and some members of the crew are seen briefly,on the shore. A Coast Guard helicopter hovers over her stern while carrying a line out to the ship from the shore. Crew members are seen standing in the water near the Yorkmar,and pulling on a line from the ship to the shore. Others climb a rope ladder up the side of the Yorkmar. The crew remains with the ship awaiting tide to refloat her. (Note: The SS Yorkmar, seen here, should not be confused with a ship of the same name that was torpedoed in 1943. This ship was originally a Liberty Ship, launched in 1944, and named the "Walter Kidde." After the war, she was operated by Calmar SS Corporation of New York and renamed the "Yorkmar," in 1947.)
Generalissimo Juan Peron opens a special session of Congress in Argentina. He addresses people in the hall. Other dignitaries sit with him on the platform. He speaks about the new five year plans.
The U.S. Navy films and records the voices of service men's loved ones in California. They conduct a program to bring Christmas cheer to American soldiers far from their homes and families. People arrive at the program. Women with their children. Cameras seen recording a family with a woman and her children on the stage, to send to the husband and father overseas. A clown is on stage behind the family to entertain the children, and a Christmas tree is beside them.
Commando troops display their skills in Malta, Mediterranean sea. The troops demonstrate the crossing of a river and negotiate a cliff side handily.