U.S. Generals with pioneer of American commercial radio and television David Sarnoff in an office in the United States. Interior of the office shows U.S. Army Major General Spencer Akin, Chief Signal Officer, with United States Air Force General Harrison Thyng, David Sarnoff and others.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson makes a speech from his desk at the Pentagon in Virginia. He mentions Korea and states that, as always, Labor has offered patriotic services which has helped to keep America free through the years. As in the past, Labor and the armed forces are one, willing to work and fight together, and die, if need be, in that cause.
Exhibit about African American military service personnel at Pentagon in Virginia, United States. American lawyer John P. Davis, publisher of the magazine 'Our World'. Poster of jet fighter aircraft pilots. White and African American servicemen, servicewomen, and officers gather in the building. They look at an exhibition of photographs which pictures the activities and contributions of African Americans in the armed forces of the United States military. Mr John P. Davis shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. Mr Davis, Mr Johnson and an African American official at the ceremony as they cut the ribbon which opens the exhibition.
An exhibit at the Pentagon in Virginia, focusing on the contributions of African Americans in the United States military. American lawyer John P. Davis, publisher of the magazine 'Our World' stands with the United States Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. Davis is introduced to Johnson. Mr Davis speaks at the microphone and explains the idea behind the exhibition of the photographs. Mr Johnson addresses people and talks about the exhibition, referencing President Truman's Executive Order 9981 regarding racial integration in the military, ending the practice of racial segregation among troops. Johnson and Davis cut the tape to inaugurate the exhibition.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington D.C., United States. Officials at the platform. The graduates seated in chairs. Johnson stands at the podium. Other officials seated in chairs at the platform. Johnson addresses the class of graduates. British Air Marshall Arthur William Tedder seated next to an American officer. Secretary Johnson shakes hands with an officer. U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General J. Lawton Collins, hands out diploma.
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson gives a speech in Washington D.C., United States. Johnson stands at microphone. Trees in the background. Johnson speaks on the Korean War situation very early in the war. He talks about the development of a force in South Korea to ensure the security of the country in the face of attack from North Korea and from possible other countries assisting North Korea.