'Excavating for a New York Foundation '. A crew of laborers can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden wagon. A full wagon is slowly lifted out of the pit to street level by a steam driven early design crane. Advertisements and campaign posters can be seen on the wall of the building in the background, including a large billboard for Cremo cigars. Location is West 29th Street between Fifth Avenue and Broadway, looking east, in lower Midtown, Manhattan. Policeman talks with laborers at top of excavation, who are awaiting the filled wagon. They guide the wagon to an elevated landing on the perimeter above the excavation site.
German Parliament Bundestag seen. Members sitting in the Assembly. People seen coming down the stairs in the building.German President Konrad Adenauer signs documents of NATO membership. Brandenburg Gate, at border between West and East Berlin,Germany. United States Army and Soviet soldiers patrol their respective sides of the border. U.S. soldier uses binoculars. A Berlin taxi driver is interviewed by AFN (American Forces radio Network). Three men read newspaper 'Morgenpost'. American troops during inspection. Sign reads: "Andrews Barracks, Special Troops,United States Army Garrison Berlin." U.S. Military police vehicles patrolling. Bundeswehr (Federal Defense Force of Germany) trained by Americans. German paratroopers jump from C-119 aircraft.
Newsreel 'France torn by strikes'. Army guards and Police keeps vigil on labor strike in Lyon. Communists inspired striking workers at the Great Rail Center of Lyon. A train has been seen leaving. Empty trucks seen standing. Snowfall in Paris.
Long lines of depositors seen in front of the Dresdener Bank. The police keeps vigil on the crowd. Disorders are averted.
Friendly crowd standing on either side of the roads as French Statesmen Premier Pierre Laval and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand come for an official visit to Berlin Germany, to discuss economic relations between France and Germany. The French Statesmen are heavily guarded by Police. The throngs are held back by ropes.
United States Army Air Force fighter planes and B-17 bomber aircraft seen in flight, including close-up aerial views looking down on B-17 in flight. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Hustlin Hussy” of the 385th Bomb Group in flight. Views of American bombing on the German supply lines outside of Rome Italy during World War II. U.S. planes bomb railroad marshaling yards near Rome. Allied forces cover the Mediterranean Sea. Explosions seen on ground as filmed from Allied aircraft over head. Fifth United States Army advance from the Anzio beachheads toward Rome. General Mark Clark in aircraft as he inspects the operation via aerial view. Close up views of General Mark Clark after he exits airplane to inspect operations. U.S. 5th Army troops on the ground bombard German positions with mortars and artillery. Explosions seen along German lines. American soldiers seen passing through small bombed-out villages in Italy. The town of Anzio heavily damaged after bombing. Group of Italian refugees greet American troops. German prisoners of war who have surrendered are marched in Italy, including many being marched double time. German prisoners marching, passing by a sign with arrow that reads “Military Police H.Q.”. They are seen being loaded into the same invasion ships that brought the Allied forces to Italy.
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