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Meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee as Henry Wallace is nominated as the Secretary of Commerce in the United States.

Nomination of Former Vice President Henry Wallace as Secretary of Commerce in the United States. Meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones addresses the committee. He speaks about the qualifications and background which he deems essential in one who aspires to head the lending agencies which deal in billions. Wallace addressing the officials and talks about the RFC.

Date: 1944, January 25
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076583
The WAC nurses treating the wounded soldiers and officers in a hospital in the United States.

The recruitment of Women Army Corps (WACs) for medical units in the United States during World War 2. Surgeon General Norman Thomas Kirk and commanding officer of the WAC Oveta Culp Hobby seated at a desk. A wounded soldiers on stretcher on a field. Soldiers carrying another wounded soldier. Medics treating the wounded in field hospital tent. An ambulance carrying the wounded soldiers arrive at a hospital building. Doctors and nurses perform surgery on wounded in operating room. Wounded lying on hospital beds. Nurses treating them. Women in a large room examine specimens under microscope. Women filing medical records. Woman lowering a X-ray machine device into position over a patient. Woman delivering completed xray films to a doctor for review on lighted background. A woman chemist works in a laboratory. A woman assists a recovering soldier with physical therapy. A woman helps a wounded soldier light his pipe. A recovered officer shakes hands with the nurses and leaves the hospital.

Date: 1944, January 25
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076584
The U.S. officers being greeted by and meeting other officials in China.

U.S. officers arrive in China. Commandant of the U.S. forces in China General Albert Wedemeyer makes an inspection tour of the American installations in China. He comes out of an aircraft. Other officials greet him. U.S. Ambassador to China Patrick Jay Hurley arrives and meets Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill meets local leaders in Athens, Greece.

Date: 1944, January 25
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076585
Heavy columns of smoke arises due to the fire at the Navy yard in Norfolk, Virginia.

Damage due to fire at the Navy yard in Norfolk, Virginia. The fire spreads to adjacent piers. A huge loss to property and many people wounded due to the fire. Firemen dousing the fire with fire hoses. Heavy columns of smoke arise due to fire. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, January 25
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076586
The robot bomb launched from the proving ground for testing in the United States.

The manufacture of the robot bomb in the United States. Interior of a building. Men working for the construction of the robot bomb. The finished parts are attached to complete the bomb. Engineers inspect the finished robot bomb. The testing of the bomb. The bomb launched from the proving ground and in flight. Smoke arises as the bomb explodes. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, January 25
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076588
Civilians cheer as the Allied troops enter Rome after liberation from the German army (WW2)

Liberation of Rome, Italy from German forces by Allied troops during World War 2. Opening scenes are of German occupation of Rome earlier in the war during winter campaign, and German forces marching British and American captured allied forces through the streets of Rome. The Roman Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) seen in background as Allied forces are marched by German armed guards. Buildings along the sides of the street. Damaged buildings and wrecked equipment scattered are seen in the city. German Field Marshall Albert Kesselring looking through field glasses at battlefield. Smoke arises due to firing and bombardment from the Allied and the German army. Heavy artillery is fired including German 280mm cannon. After Germans retreat, the U.S. forces of the 5th Army enter Rome in triumph. U.S. Army General Mark Clark enters with other officers and soldiers in the city. Civilians cheering and applauding. U.S. troops and tanks passing through the city. Bells of Saint Peters basilica ringing. A large crowd gathers in Saint Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City) inside the Vatican. Pope Pius XII addressing the crowd. Prince Umberto II of Italy arrives in front of the crowd. Crowd cheering and applauding. American soldiers queue to enjoy real beer served from wooden barrels, made from supplies shipped from the United States. Smiling soldiers fill metal cups with beer. Wrecked railroad marshalling yards in Civitavecchia Italy are seen, as U.S. Army soldiers inspect an abandoned large German Krupp K5 rail gun (Krupp 28-cm-Kanone 5 (E). The gun shown here is either "Robert" or "Leopold" as termed by the Germans, also known by Allied names "Anzio Annie" or "Anzio Express".

Date: 1944, June 15
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076589