A mass Communist demonstration by indoctrinated Germans in Berlin, Germany. Communists resort to violence in France against Marshall Plan aid. In Tokyo, Japan Communists demonstrations crushed by the police. Communists resort to violence at Union Square in New York, United states. Valentin Gubitchev,a Soviet employee in United Nations, being deported, after being sentenced for obtaining secret documents from Judith Coplon.
Aftermath of a C-124 plane crash in Japan that killed 129 United States servicemen. Policemen carry dead bodies on litter. People throng around the plane wreckage as rescue operations continue. Dead bodies covered with clothes lined up in a field.
Major events of the year 1957. George Metesky charged with bombing of 21 places in New York after arrest by police. Photographers take his pictures. Colonel Abel, a Soviet spy, after arrest by Marshal Agents in Brooklyn, New York.
American troops preparing for the invasion of Europe during World War 2. United States Army soldiers on board an LST (Landing Ship Tank) docked in England, three days before D-Day. (Slate month is wrong.) Soldiers eat C rations on the deck of LST. They rinse their mess kits in hot water. Several soldiers assigned kitchen police duties wear helmets displaying "KP." Soldiers sit along gunwales of Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) number 88. (This craft is one of five that will land on Omaha Beach on D-Day, as part of Assault Group O-1, Commanded overall by Captain Fritzche, U.S. Coast Guard. The LCI(L) 88 belongs to Flotilla 10, and is commanded by Lt. Henry K. Rigg, USCGR)
Trans Atlantic flight to Ireland. Douglas Corrigan prepares for Trans Atlantic flight to Ireland in Curtiss Robin. Corrigan speaks to a policeman before take off. In Minneapolis, Minnesota Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden receives a warm reception. The Crown Prince arrives in a car. Cavalry units wave flags to welcome him. Dancers perform at a colorful ceremony to welcome the Crown Prince.
German prisoners of war in Loriol, France under American guard. Two French female collaborators in a United States military jeep lead the procession of German prisoners in Loriol, France in World War 2. U.S. Military police herd the POW group along a small mountain road.
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