League members arrive by car at the Assembly of League of Nations (Rue du Général-Dufour 24, 1204 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva, Switzerland. Swiss policeman on duty. Views of League's interior hall and assembly meeting in progress. Empty rooms of Council with horseshoe shaped tables. Council in session. Delegates leave after meeting including Maxim Maksimovitch Litvinov of Russia.
Shows an apartment building collapsed due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall and melting snow in Lyons France. Police and firemen work to dig out the buried causalities. 40 people were buried alive.
French President Charles de Gaulle visits Canada. Canadians cheer during Charles de Gaulle’s state visit. Flags of countries participating at the Montreal Expo 67. Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson viewing exhibits. A Montreal speech includes the radical "Free Quebec" slogan of French-Canadian separatists. President Charles de Gaulle visits the Montreal Expo 67. A man holding up sign reads “Vive le Quebec LIBRE!”. Canadian police arrest separatist demonstrators outside the Montreal Expo 67.
African American man speaks on the assassination of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King. King' picture near him. Scenes of riots after King's assassination. Roy Wilkins condemns the riots and looting. Scenes of looting. Police maintain order. Sammy Davis junior makes a speech.
Shows African Americans looting shops during the riots following Martin Luther King's assassination. Crowd of people looting and stealing from stores. The Rev Wyatt Walker, close friend of Martin Luther King Jr, condemns the riots. Police maintains law and order. James Brown makes a public speech.
Red Ball Express trucks carry military supplies from Cherbourg, France to the front lines in operation during World War II. Red Ball Express trucks disembark from ships on the beachheads of Normandy. War materiel gathered beside trucks. Jerry cans loaded by soldiers. A Military Police (MP) directs Red Ball trucks on the road of a village. Officers discuss plans. Animated map showing Red Ball Express truck round trip route from Cherbourg to the Western Front. Maintenance station signage such as “Check Tires” along the Red Ball Express Road. A man changes truck tire. Red Ball Express truck drivers, including many African American soldiers, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes on their breaks. Men refueling trucks using gasoline stores they carry with them. Allied truck convoy in France. Allied soldiers in French countryside. A brick wall with hole showing truck convoy in the background.
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