Wrecked German 6-engined Messerchmitt 323 D-1 (possibly RD+QG) at El Aouina airfield in Tunis. Two engines and props remaining on one wing and one remaining on the other. Wrecked fuselage of the airplane. Portion of landing gear laying on the ground. Damaged wheels of the airplane. A U..S. airmen sits in the wreckage framework and appears to be cutting something from it.
A unit of the "Legion of French Volunteers" gathered at the Velodrom d'Hiver in Paris, German occupied France, under the Vichy government. Banners hung at various places. Officers and soldiers seated. Official at podium gives Nazi salute. A band plays at the ceremony. French politician Jacques Doriot takes to the podium and addresses the troops. (World War II period).
President Harry S Truman holds his last official cabinet meeting in Washington DC. The President with his cabinet team seated around a table. He is presented with a chair at the head of the table. Plate on chair reads 'The President April 1945.' New York: President-elect Dwight D Eisenhower with his future official family poses for pictures. The future President with his cabinet seated and standing.
President-elect Dwight D Eisenhower, his brother and Mayor Dewey help launch The Heart Fund in New York. Dignitaries and guests seated at the venue. President Eisenhower's brother with the chairman of the Drive Mrs. Preston Davie. Governer of NY Thomas Edmund Dewey also seated on stage. President Eisenhower arrives for the function. Speeches by Mrs. Davie and Eisenhower's brother. A standing ovation by the guests. Certificates distributed.
President Dwight D Eisenhower meets United States diplomats at the White House. The President along with Secretary of State John Dulles talk to the newly confirmed Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Charles” Chip” E. Bohlen. Cameraman taking a video. Ambassador Charles Bohlen and President Eisenhower shakes hands before Ambassador Bohlen departs the White House. President Eisenhower meets the first female Ambassador to Italy, Clare Boothe Luce. Ambassador Luce departs.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. The gathering of military officers and government officials. The President arrives. Band plays as officers salute. Cameramen capture the event on film. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. President awards the medal to Sgt Hiroshi Miyamura, United States Army, and congratulates him. He then awards the medal to Lt James L Stone, United States Army and congratulates him.
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