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Flag raised during the dedication ceremony of the Marine Corps War Memorial in Virginia, United States.

Dedication ceremony of the Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial)in Virginia, United States. Inscription at the base of the statue. American flag being raised on the statue. Officials at attention as flag is raised. A woman Marine salutes. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks past the statue. He shakes hands with officials and get into a car. Vice President Richard Nixon at the podium as he delivers a speech. A man at the base of the statue as he blows the bugle. Marines salute in the foreground.

Date: 1954, November 10
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022014
President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon at the dedication ceremony of the Iwo Jima Memorial in Virginia, United States.

Dedication ceremony of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (The Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Sculptor Felix de Weldon and photographer Joe Rosenthal shake hands with the statue of flag raising in the background. Chaplain says a prayer at a ceremony. Spectators seated with their hats off. President's car comes own the drive way followed by others. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with Navy personnel. Vice President Richard Nixon talks to a Marine who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Nixon poses with the three survivors of the original flag raising at Iwo Jima. Statue of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. A sign at the base of the statue reads 'Felix de Weldon 1945-1954'.

Date: 1954, November 10
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022015
French General Charles de Gaulle is feted in Chicago during his visit to the United States in 1945

Film opens showing people in an American city (possibly Chicago) celebrating the Allied victory over Japan on VJ Day, August 15th, 1945. Scene shifts abruptly to Chicago, Illinois, where French General Charles de Gaulle is seen saluting in a reviewing stand at Victory Plaza near Lasalle Street entrance to City Hall. (On August 24th, he had accepted an invitation from Mayor Edward Kelly to stop in Chicago on August 27-28, 1945, during his visit to the U.S. and Canada.) Next, general de Gaulle and Mayor Kelly are seen in an open car in a motorcade amidst crowds of well-wishers. Enthusiastic spectators run along side their car. Glimpse of a dense crowd of people, including a contingent of sailors in dress whites. Final scene shows General de Gaulle speaking with reporters and photographers near a sign reading "W-G-N." (A Chicago radio station). (World War II period).

Date: 1945, August 28
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022066
Drivers compete in race of small, high-speed motor boats in the United States.

A motor boat race in the United States. A race of small, one-person, fast motor boats gets underway. A commentator at microphone. A motor boat driver in water after his boat upturns in the water. The driver emerges from the water.

Date: 1945
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022067
Major Donald S. Gentile prepares for flight of a P-80 Shooting Star at Wright Field, 1946

Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star serial 44-84995 parked at an Wright Field, Dayton OH. Side and nose views of the aircraft. Part of a USAF transport aircraft hanging out the back of a hangar in the background. The pilot, MAJ Donald S. Gentile, smiles for the camera. Pilot gets ready to board the airplane.

Date: 1946
Duration: 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022068
Former war correspondents arrive in Washington DC and meet President Truman

An American Overseas Airlines aircraft arrives in Washington D.C., United States. It is on a multi-leg journey carrying 45 former War Correspondents back to Europe for celebrations commemorating the 5th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of World War II. Aerial views of the White House and Washington Monument, including the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings. Dignitaries get off the American Overseas Airlines aircraft. They are greeted by American officials. They meet with President Harry S. Truman at the White House West Wing. Truman speaks to the former War Correspondents.

Date: 1949, June
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022069