French military officers seated in a transport aircraft in flight over Indochina. Marius Moutet, French Overseas minister, seated at a table with associate. They read newspaper and book and look out the window. Minister Moutet waves symbolically, out the window. Low level aerial views out airplane cockpit window of several buildings, including Angkor Wat, in Cambodia and a Cathedral. View of many small boats in and on the shore of a river.
Joint Office of Sino-American Police Headquarters in Tsingtao, China. A Marine shares his experience of overseas duty with his wife in Hawaii. U.S. Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft coming from Guam lands in Tsingtao, China. Aircraft parked on flight line. Chinese soldier looks on. Sign reads 'Home of VMR (Marine Transport Squadron) 153'. Native couple in a horse drawn carriage. Sign reads 'Pacific Road'. Jeep comes to a halt at roadside. U.S. Marine Corps MP (Military Police) gets off the jeep and enters Joint Office of Sino-American Police Headquarters. Chinese Army MP, Marine interpreter and U.S. Marine talk.
Islands and shoreline can seen from the rear of French patrol boat sailing off French Indo China Coast. French sailor pulls anchor chain. Officers on barge of French patrol boat. A sailor throws out anchor from the boat. Shows anchored French patrol boat. Passenger ship 'SS Pasteur' pulls toward the patrol boat. Sailors on patrol boat watch as they pass the passenger ship 'Pasteur'. Shows two sailors seated on the bow of patrol ship. 'SS Pasteur' and two native Junks(Chinese sailing boats) move away from the French boat.
Children of foreign diplomats from Foreign Embassies take part in a special Christmas broadcast, Washington DC. Children from different countries stand on stage. Flags of various nations on the stage. Children dressed in their traditional costumes. Children from the Embassies of China, Ecuador, Liberia and Ireland greet the viewers. All the children on stage wish America a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas.
United States Army General George C. Marshall takes oath of Secretary of State in Washington D.C. U.S. army General Marshall, wartime Chief of Staff, returns from China and assumes his new role as Secretary of State. Chief Justice Frederick Moore Vinson administers the oath, while President Harry S. Truman and members of his cabinet look on. People outside a building of State Department (Old Executive Office Building, 1650 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States). Secretary of State George C. Marshall works in office.
Japanese war crime trials at International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo, Japan. USN (United States Navy) Commander Cole presents American phase of Class B offenses and reads out the murder of three American airmen in Changsha, China and the indiscriminate bombing of Hankow.