Mass shooting at the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. Student Charles Whitman opens fire from the University of Texas Main Building tower (110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78705, United States). People running about in the campus to escape the fire. Students hide behind cars. Wounded students being carried away. Police cars in the campus. Rifles and guns discovered from Whitman being displayed. The University of Texas tower shooting killed nearly 15 people.
U.S. Military Police car parked in front of United States Army Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse along Berlin Wall in West Berlin, Germany. A van from AFN ( American Forces Network) Berlin pulls up at the checkpoint. Army reporter Specialist Ted Shrady comes out to broadcast from Checkpoint Charlie. He stands on street and speaks over microphone about the weather conditions in Berlin.
Tourists walk around at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom. View of bronze lions in Nelson's Column in the background. Flocks of Trafalgar Square pigeons on the ground. The South Africa House building (South Africa House, Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DP, United Kingdom). Fountain in the center of Trafalgar Square. Equestrian statue of King George IV of England. British police officers patrol on foot. Tourists visit the place.
The United States Military Police jeep leads a convoy of military trucks through the gate of the Fifth Motor Pool Transportation Squadron (The Mule Train). The Fifth Air Force Insignia outside the post in Korea. Workers unload tables and other stuff from the trucks.
Film starts showing United Press wire service receiver with report in it. "Tokyo" is superimposed on the image. A huge gathering of Japanese people is seen, most holding umbrellas on a rainy day. Camera view from behind some of the crowd, with the National Diet (Legislative) building in the background. Groups of men rush through the crowd creating disturbance. They protest the Treaty of San Francisco on April 28, 1952, which ended U.S. occupation, but levied heavy penalties on Japan including confiscation of all assets owned by the Japanese government, firms, organization and private citizens, in all colonized or occupied countries. Closeups of some surrounding a uniformed policemen and roughing him up. Views inside the House of representatives chamber, where members are in a state of turmoil. Member are dragging one legislator. Closeup of him sitting on the floor and of another legislator waving a fan to cool off. A cadre of uniformed officers enters the assembly room and forcibly removes several struggling legislators. Following that, a group of legislators forces another to the Chairman's position in the chamber. (Note: Political conflicts, between supporters of politician Hatoyama Ichiro and those of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida resulted in the Prime Minister declaring an “Out of the blue” dissolution of the House of Representatives in August, 1952.)
Japanese student protest at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan. Banner in Japanese read “Chuo University Neighborhood Association”. Young boys throw stones and swing sticks. They listen to a young man speaking into microphone. Police arrives to control the mob. Students enter a building with flags in their hand.
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