USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) returns home to San Francisco, California. Fireboat with fire hoses welcomes USS Philippine Sea. Men hold colored balloons. The balloons are tied to line watch. The ship enters the port. Squadron of planes passes overhead. Golden Gate Bridge in the background. San Francisco dock area. Planes on flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Stern of the carrier. Ship passes under bridge. Men in uniforms on flight deck and walk along catwalk. F9F Panther aircraft on flight deck.
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) returns home to San Francisco, California. Men in uniforms on flight deck and walk along catwalk. Colored balloons in view. A huge crowd gathered on the pier to welcome USS Philippine Sea. Sign on pier reads 'Welcome Home'. Family members wave as ship comes alongside pier. Men on side of the ship.
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) returns home to San Francisco, California. Men in uniforms on flight deck and walk along catwalk. A huge crowd gathered on the pier to welcome USS Philippine Sea. Family members wave as ship comes alongside pier. Automobiles on the pier. Officers greet wives on pier. Men pick up children in their arms. People hug each other. Family members greet sailors. People go aboard the aircraft carrier. A large crane lowers F9F Panther from deck on the pier at Dartmouth Naval Air Station.
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) returns home to San Francisco, California. Planes on flight deck. People go aboard the aircraft carrier. A huge crowd gathered on the pier to welcome USS Philippine Sea. Family members wave as ship comes alongside pier. Officers greet their wives on pier. Men pick up children in their arms. People hug each other. Family members greet sailors. A large crane lowers F9F Panther from deck on the pier at Dartmouth Naval Air Station, Alameda. Men in uniforms on flight deck walk along catwalk. Colored balloons tied to welcome the ship USS Philippine Sea.
Japanese troops surrender on board United States Naval ship Missouri in the Pacific Theater. Officers sign surrender documents and General Douglas MacArthur delivers a speech. People celebrate the end of World War II. Harry S. Truman, Molotov and Gromyko and delegates of 50 other nations sign United Nations charter in San Francisco, California. American troops return after the war.
The Committee for a Free Asia in San Francisco, California. Men stand near a banner. The banner reads: 'Committee for a free Asia'. Other banner in a building reads: 'Seeds for democracy'. Women stand near a table. Mails on the table. The committee receives huge contributions from all parts of the country. They are being shipped to the Philippines.