Film 'Regional Geography of the United States' the establishment of Washington DC. Animated map show the location of Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House. View of the Pierre Charles L'Enfant's tomb (Pierre Lenfant Gravesite Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia United States) in Arlington, Virginia. The tomb made in memory of L'Enfant who planned the city of Washington DC. View of a large stone building that was George Washington's headquarters.
In the opening scene, many civilians (mostly women) are seen queued up outside the corner entrance to a building, where they receive something from a man (who appears to be a clergyman). A dog is with someone at the corner. A private Opel Blitz bus, with belongings on the roof covered by a tarpaulin, passes in front of the camera. It is pulling a trailer, also covered with a tarpaulin. Scene shifts to closeup of a young blond boy standing in front of apartment houses. He smiles and poses. Debris covers the area between the sidewalk and the apartment building. As the boy moves, some structural damage to the building in the background is seen. Two United States soldiers in a Jeep pass behind the boy. Next, a woman walks on a sidewalk. Behind her are destroyed buildings. Another view of destroyed buildings in the city. More views of several people walking in a street lined on its sides by rubble from bombed out buildings. Views from rear of a vehicle moving along street of a destroyed business district. More views of wartime destruction. People (mostly women) gathered in a backyard, read announcements posted on a large bulletin board.
Japanese officials arrive to coordinate arrangements for a formal Japanese surrender, at a Conference in Manila, Philippine Islands. Headed by Lt. Gen. Torashiro Kawabe, Vice-Chief of the Army General Staff, the sixteen-member Japanese delegation descends steps from U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport Aircraft, tail number 44-9045, at Nichols Field, near Manila. General Kawabe salutes American Colonel Mashbir, coordinator of the Allied translator and interrogator Section. Major General Charles Willoughby, Director of Intelligence, leads them to waiting cars. Meeting in the City Hall in Manila, the Japanese officers surrender their personal swords and present documents delegating them powers Plenipotentiary by the Japanese Government. They file into a conference room, where they and American counterparts take their places across a long, black table. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Richard Kerens Sutherland, General MacArthur's Chief of Staff, presides over the discussions, accompanied by Major General S. J. Chamberlin, General MacArthur's Operations Officer. They are supported by Allied translators and interpreters. The conference is concluded successfully and sets the stage for the final formal surrender of Japan. (Note: Plans for this critical conference were developed by Colonel David Larr, Chief of Planning on General Chamberlin's staff.) The clip concludes with views of many U.S. warships and of cargoes being loaded in readiness for the occupation of Japan.
North American bomber B-25 Mitchell sprays DDT (Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane) in Rockford, Illinois. Military officials fill 500 gallons of DDT in the aircraft. Bomber B-25 Mitchell in flight sprays DDT over the city to eradicate polio.
The Cyprus Riots in Cyprus. The British strive to preserve law and order. Hanging of two Cypriot rebels brings violence in the city. Rioters and British troops battle on streets. Troops throw tear gas bombs. The rioters held captive by British troops.
Yugoslavian Marshal Josip Broz Tito in Moscow, Soviet Union. Marshal Tito arrives by train. Premier of the Soviet Union Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin, Premier Nikita Khrushchev and other Kremlin officials escort Tito through the city. Huge crowd at the Moscow Kiyevsky railway station (Kiyevsky Station Square, 1, Moscow, Russia, 121059) to welcome Marshal Tito.
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