Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan during World War II in the United States. Officials of the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack gather in the court room. Officials seated at their desks and Major General Walter C. Short, U.S. Army (retired), addresses them about the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. He states that he appeared for the hearing of Pearl Harbor attack in August 1944. No indication was made by the war department about the attack. No information was furnished by them. If they had furnished the information, some decisions or actions could have been taken. He talked to officials of the war time division, but no conclusions were made.
Vice President elect Harry S Truman and Vice President Henry A Wallace welcome President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) to Washington DC. They escort him to the White House. People cheer and wave. Victory Emblem is formed by motorcycles. Civilians and other soldiers watch. The American flag. On Armistice Day, President Roosevelt lays a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of World War I at Arlington Cemetery. Soldiers salute.
Office of Price Administration (OPA) workers check the prices of toys at their office in Washington DC. OPA men and women price wooden toys. A wooden truck. Teddy bears on display. A doll with a price tag of 8 dollars. A man puts price tags on different toys. Tags show prices up to 10 dollars for various toys. A woman hugs a doll.
U.S. service women view cherry blossoms during spring season in Washington DC. Washington monument and Jefferson Memorial in background. Women work in daffodil fields and daffodil harvest in Washington state. U.S. service woman holds a bouquet of daffodils. U.S. Serviceman marries a U.S. service woman.
Greece receives a lend-lease Submarine Chaser (USS PC 622) in Washington DC. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Officers and sailors of the U.S. and Royal Hellenic Navy attend the formal transfer ceremony at at the Washington Navy yard. Greek sailors wear caps displaying the words, "B Naytikon." The United States flag is lowered and the Greek flag hoisted on the ship. (The Greek Navy renamed the ship the "Vassilefs Georghios II.")
A portrait of Thomas Jefferson. A sketch of one proposal, incorporating a Roman Pantheon, in design for United States Capitol building. Views of the current Capitol building, in Washington, DC, and people near it. A map of the Louisiana Purchase and animated tracing of its outlines and along the river courses to be followed by the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore it. A picture of the Lewis and Clark expedition in a boat. Scenes of Naval combat, related to the War of 1812.