President Harry S. Truman of United States addresses the United States people after returning home from the Potsdam Conference, during World War II. President sitting at a desk and speaking into a microphone, talks about atom bombs. He says bombs were dropped against those guilty of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and those who have starved and beaten American Prisoners of Wars. Further he says that the atomic bomb has been used to shorten the duration of war, thereby saving numerous lives. He says the U.S. will continue to use the atomic bomb until Japan surrenders. He notes that the United States, Great Britain and Canada have the technology to produce atomic bomb, but that it will not be revealed until means have been found to control the bomb, so as to protect the world from total destruction. He talks of preventing the misuse of atomic power, and the importance of countries using it for the service and betterment of mankind. He describes it as an awful responsibility, and he thanks God that it has come to the United States and not to its enemies, and that the U.S. prays that God will guide it to use atomic power for His ways and His purposes.
President Harry S. Truman of United States addresses the American people from the White House, by radio, after his return from the Potsdam Conference of World War II. President Truman states that victory in Europe is a victory of common human being. He discusses methods to sustain long lasting peace over all countries of the world. He talks about the basic proposition of the worth and dignity of man as the strongest force in the world. He talks about a coming just and lasting peace.
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. A 1931 Plymouth roadster is seen parked on the West side of the Lincoln Memorial. Several other automobiles drive past during the brief filming.
Huge crowd of workers at a ship building yard in United States during World War 1. Thousands of workers walk out from a ship building yard. Residential quarters of the workers. A horse cart unloads wooden logs to construct more of such quarters. A ship yard for building American ships. Cranes and scaffolds at the yard. A warship under construction, wooden logs and ladders for workers, kept on this ship. Another ship fully constructed slides down into the water after complete inspection of its hull.
Worker at a munitions factory in the United States during World War 1. Naval and field artillery barrels. A war production worker inspects the breach of one of the barrels. A completed field artillery piece is moved in the factory by an overhead bridge crane. Naval and field artillery barrels during the manufacturing process. Worker using a hand file on a naval artillery shell turning in a lathe. Naval artillery shells being moved by an overhead crane. Glass bowl with 10500 capsules for the first draft lottery in 1917.
Draftees of the United States Army at an Army camp during World War 1. New recruits move towards an assembly ground near the military quarters. Draftees assemble as marching troops. The military leaders inspect the troops from a reviewing stand made of wooden tables.
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