German People move with their belongings in a refugee transit camp in Germany (likely East Germans fleeing to West Germany). A man checks paperwork of entering people and directs them in the building A man holding a baby comes and sits at a desk. The refugees enter into the building and papers are checked. People walk with their belongings and get into a bus. The bus is driven away. A baby in a pram. A woman cook serves food to people in a mess hall or dining hall. People eat the food. People and families seated at in a hallway and talking. People enter into the building. Children sitting at a desk play with toys.
People meet relatives and friends at a harbor in Middle East. A large crowd gathers on a pier. At the terminal building, a man waves the flag of Lebanon. A ship arrives and people disembark from the ship. Some enthusiastic greeters climb up side of ship. Life preserver on ship shows name SS Mir...(remaining letters obscured) and registered port of Monrovia. People meet their relatives. Two men hug each other and smile. A man with his family members.
General Alfred M. Gruenther stands with other top NATO officers as he begins his assignment as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). Others seen include U.S. Air Force General Lauris Norstad; British Field Marshal Montgomery; and French Marshal Juin. Flags are lowered and then all NATO country flags are raised. General Gruenther speaks briefly from the podium. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) emblem is seen on shoulder of a soldier. General Gruenther is congratulated by several of the other senior NATO officers.
A large gathering of rural Koreans in hilly country. U.S. and Republic of Korea military officers stand behind a U.S. Major General who speaks to the gathering. Rural workmen erect frames of dwellings. Views of the local people, men women and children. Local Koreans are seen walking past several dwellings near completion. Two Korean children draw water from a stream, using cans tied to a pole. Rustic homes are seen.
French troops (French Far East Expeditionary Corps) attack the Vietminh Red troops in Vietnam, French Indochina. Soldiers fire artillery (M114 155 mm howitzer). Explosions far in the field. French and Vietnamese soldiers marching through a field. Two soldiers wading in a river, carrying an injured patient. A French soldier with foot injury from Vietminh traps made out of nails. Man showing a foot trap by the Vietminh. Reinforced by eight new French Battalions, French and Vietnam forces launch the heaviest attack of the eight year old war. French and Vietnamese soldiers cross a rice field.
Farmers protest against the government in France. Farmers barricade the roads with wooden wagons and farm equipment, a traditional gesture of protest in France. Cars and police trucks stop near farmers' barricades. Angry farmers against removal of farm price. Policemen arrive, talking to the farmers. Farmers watch calmly as policemen remove barricades.