Telenews Digest: Feb. 1949 #2 Housing, World Problem - Journey in the Past - Bull Fighting

UN headquarters, report on world housing problem, UN official speaking about crises. Slums of Rome, children wandering in slums, women hand washing clothes, men building new houses. Sprayed plaster used in building, man beating plaster wall with hammer. Brick of plaster tested, small house model set on fire. Assembly line producing metal sheeting. Trucks hauling prefab houses, men assembling houses. Women having coffee in living room. Political rally in France, DeGaul parading through crowded streets. French communists sitting in reviewing booth. Singaporean troops being reviewed by commander. 17 gun salute, guns fired. Mexico celebrating Constitution Day, parade in streets. New buildings, politicians at various ceremonies. British army soldiers going through obstacle course to test equipment. Gear being examined. Archaeologists looking at artifacts. Aborigines fishing, making fire, making bark canoe. Displaced persons unloading off boat in NY, customs officials looking through baggage. DC official speaking about problem of immigration. Funeral at Arlington Cemetery, soldier refused burial in his hometown in Texas because he was Mexican. Madeline Carrol, movie star, presented with Humane Society award. Women giving men shoe shines. Fashion shots of models, discussion of hemlines going up, fashion designers interviewed. Mexican bullfighting, toreador attacked in ring, crowd shots. Ski jump contest in Finland. Pairs figure skating. Downhill skiing competition, female competitors.