Spring training camps for the 1957 baseball season, held in Florida. Brooklyn Dodgers practice and train at Vero Beach. Several Dodgers players seen, including Don Newcombe, Sal Maglie, Fred Kipp, Don Zimmer, and Pee Wee Reese. Visiting Japanese players from the Tokyo Giants stand and watch along side Walter O'Malley. New York Yankees practice at Saint Petersburg, including players Al Cicotte, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz and Mickey Mantle (brief closeup of Mantle). In Tampa, Chicago White Sox players like little Nellie Fox, Jim Wilson, Dick Donovan, Jack Harshman, Larry Doby and Walt Dropo practice.
Pope Paul VI visits Istanbul and Ephesus Turkey. Officials gather at the Istanbul Airport. Pope Paul VI coming out of an aircraft Pan Am 707 Jet Clipper (Clipper Saint Paul). Officials greet Pope Paul VI. The Pope meets Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras. A man taking photographs. Soldiers standing in formation. Pope Paul VI passes by a military band playing music. Turkish Christians attend a mass in the ruins of Ephesus, three kilometers southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. Pope Paul VI addresses the people during a mass in House of the Virgin Mary Catholic shrine (Sultaniye, 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Turkey) in Ephesus. Catholic churchgoers make the “Sign of the Cross” during mass.
Italian and Spanish officials gathered on the athletic field of the Italian School in Tangier, Morocco. In celebration by Italy of "Spanish Day", and of the Patron Saint Ferdinand by the right-wing nationalist Spaniards, an assembly is held. School boys march, some in a uniform of white short sleeve shirts and dark shorts; others in an all blue paramilitary uniform. Some of the boys carry rifles or drums. The students stand at attention with hands waved in a fascist salute while the Italian Minister and Dr. Avierno inspect. Then the boys march by the dignitaries. Festive streamer flags and flags of several nations wave. An audience of citizens is in the background in a grandstand. On behalf of Franco, Dr. Avierno is present and addresses those gathered. The other primary dignitary with him is the Italian Minister, in military uniform. He is joined by an honor guard of Italian Navy sailors. Palm trees visible behind Avierno speaking.
A Dewoitine D.520 belonging to the French Air Force after it was shot down by German forces in Dunkirk during World War II. Destroyed French and British aircraft and military vehicles in the aftermath of the Battle of Dunkirk. Town sign reads “Dunkerque” (“Dunkirk” in French). Aftermath of Dunkirk after German occupation. The Belfry of Saint-Eloi (Rue Clemenceau, Dunkerque) with a flag waving. The town of Dunkirk is devastated. Military vehicles, guns and equipment left behind after the Battle of Dunkirk are scattered all over the town. Devastated ships in flames at the Dunkirk Harbor, emitting dark smoke.
Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl I and wife, Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma, meets military officials and commoners in Vienna shortly after their coronation. Empress Zita receives flowers, shakes hands with children. Austro-Hungarian citizens welcome the new emperor and his wife. Empress Zita and Emperor Karl receive more flowers from adoring children. Emperor Karl I meets Austro-Hungarian generals and infantry. Emperor Karl I speak to soldiers fighting for Austria-Hungary during World War 1, giving them reassuring pat on the back. Emperor Karl I rides a horse with retinue. View of Italian prisoners-of-war in Austria. Emperor Karl I onboard SMS Szent István, also known as His Majesty's Ship Saint Stephen (the last of four Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy).
Anglo-Canadian soldiers holding the city sign saying “CAEN” after a successful capture from German forces in World War 2. Debris from houses damaged from bombings. Caen almost completely wrecked. Bulldozer clears out debris in the city center. The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey"), is seen from the background. A Nazi propaganda poster written in French, depicting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a vulnerable woman. “Aurai-je assez” (“Will I have more”) is written on the poster. Debris and a road sign showing the direction to “Paris Rouen Le Mans Laval” in front of a pharmacy. Anglo-Canadian soldiers perform a mop-up operation near the pharmacy. French locals gathered to raise the flag of Free France (France Libre et les Forces françaises libres) in front of the Lycée Malherbe (building is now the Caen City Council 9 Place Mgr. des Hameaux).