U.S. Ambassador to France, Jefferson Caffery occupies the U.S. Embassy in Paris, following its liberation from German occupation in World War 2. A sign on the entrance gate to a building reads 'Rue De La Paix' and another sign reads 'Londres - New York'. The U.S. flag on the American Embassy building. Two guards with the U.S. flag in one of the balconies of the building. Two men look at the guards from another balcony of the building. Two American Military Police open the gates of the U.S. Embassy. U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery with other officials enters through the gates of the building and stands on a path. The officials hold their hats in their hands. American Military Police lined up on the sides of the path. 'MP' written on the helmets of the guards. The U.S. flag on a pole in a courtyard. The officials walk past the guards.
Unrest in Germany in decade following World War I. Rally and demonstration in Munich in Marienplatz area, between Communist KPD members, police, and NSDAP brownshirts. This was known as the Beer Hall Putsch or Munich Putsch in November 1923. Crowds opposing the Treaty of Versailles. Trucks and jeeps loaded with policemen at the riot place. Buildings in the background. Scene shifts to a Nazi rally at the Lustgarten in Berlin on May Day (May 1, 1938). A tall May Pole is seen decorated with Nazi flags and streamers. Adolf Hitler addresses a large crowd from a dais on the steps of the Altes Museum. Swastika sign on panels on either side. German biplane aircraft fly in formation overhead, demonstrating German military buildup, re-militarization, and rearmament of Germany leading up to World War 2.
German civilians move out with baggage in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia near end of World War 2, in Europe. Long line of German prisoners march through country side. Grasslands seen on either side of roads. American soldiers with guns and rifles stands near the tanks. German civilians expelled from Czechoslovakia with their baggage. Army vehicles moves ahead through the Czech town. Buildings on either side of the streets. Czech civilians watch as the vehicles pass through the streets. Armored vehicles and tanks pass the truck of German prisoners. Czech civilians and police wave. Happy Czech crowd of men, women, children, and Czech policemen cheers for the Allies. Sign on rural road indicating Praha (Prague) ahead. German prisoner soldiers on vehicles, horse carts, and on foot move on road, and include some Russian Liberation Army (ROA or Vlasov Army) and Czech soldiers riding on captured German tracked vehicles. Some soldiers walk at side of road.
Over two million four hundred thousand dollars discovered in the trunk of an old car, in a run down garage in Jersey City, New Jersey. A row of run down garages. In one of the garages workmen discover the millions of dollars in two bags in the trunk or boot of an oldautomobile, along with the criminal file stolen from the local prosecutors' office. Police and special agents hold the discovered money in custody and say that the money belongs to an imprisoned gambler. Police speak to the reporters. Photographers click photos of the piles of money discovered.
Exterior view of the headquarters of Police (Ministry of the Interior) in Algeria. FLN leaders Ben Bella;Mohamed Booudiaf;Hocine Ait Ahmed;Mustafa Lacheref and Mohamed Khider, have been arrested after the French military forced down a Moroccan aircraft carrying them from Morocco to Tunis. They come out of the building, in handcuffs. The stand in a courtyard, surrounded by policemen. They are photographed and then walk back into the Ministry of Interior building.
Ministry of Interior compound in Algeria. Aerial view of buildings. Trees in the foreground. A car enters a building gateway. Policemen stand on either side of the gateway. Soldiers move across a field. A board on a building reads "Ministere De L'Interieur". Cars parked outside the building. FLN leaders, have been arrested after the French Military forced down a Moroccan aircraft carrying them from Morocco to Tunis. FLN leader,Hocine Ait Ahmed, passes between policemen in a hall and then climbs a stairway inside the building. FLN leader, Mohamed Khider, comes out of the hallway and also ascends the stairway. Mohamed Boudiaf, and then, Professor Mustafa Lacheref follow the other FLN leaders, out of the hall and up the stairs. Professor Lacheref is seen shaving himself at a lavatory sink, and then dressing in good clothes. Luggage of the FLN leaders is seen stacked in corner of a room.
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