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Four British working men and four American counterparts visit officials concerned with war production, in New York City and Washington DC (WW2)

A British film entitled, "People to People." Four British working men, visiting America, are seen in overcoats on the deck of a ship passing the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor during World War II. They are accompanied by four American workers who were returning on the same ship, from a similar visit to England. Closeup of the eight men, named by the narrator, who calls them trade unionists on an exchange visit. Brief view of Chiang Kai-Shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference in 1943.Camera pans closeup over Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-Shek. Brief views of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943. Closeup of Roosevelt and Churchill, with Anthony Eden standing immediately behind them. Closeup of Stalin and Roosevelt, with U.S. Army Air Force Chief, General Henry H.(Hap) Arnold and British General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, conversing behind them. Scene shifts back to the men aboard the ship in New York harbor, with the New York City Manhattan skyline of buildings in the background. Next, the eight men are seen climbing steps to New York City Hall. Inside they are welcomed by New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The group is then seen entering a building in Washington, DC, where they sit down at a table with Donald Nelson, Head of the U.S. War Production Board. In the Department of Labor building they meet William Hammatt Davis, Head of the War Labor Board, and also the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins. After that they are seen heading into the White House, where they are met by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who comes out of the White House to greet them on the porch. (Narrator says she later invited them inside for tea.) The men are next seen climbing the Capitol steps. Vice President Henry A. Wallace comes out to greet them and comments about industrial production not only during the war, but in the time of peace to follow.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029522
The bombing of Rekata bay, near Munda in the South Pacific,on August 24th 1943.

Bombing of Rekata bay (near Munda and Guadalcanal in the South Pacific) during August 24th 1943. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers of the 13th Army Air Forces in flight at a high altitude over the bay. Bombers drop bombs on Japanese targets at Rekata bay. (World War II period).

Location: Munda New Georgia Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, October 11
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030931
Post-war economy of Britain; start of Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe; New York City auto show scenes

"Get your new ration books and identity cards here" seen written on a sign. British civilians line up to obtain new post-war ration books, after the end of World War 2. Women shopping for rationed food. British ships idle in ports as exports wane. View of New York harbor with tugs and barges and Manhattan skyline and skyscrapers in background. Woman holding poster advertising First International Auto Show (held from February 5-10, 1949, at the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory, Twenty-fifth Street and Lexington Avenue, in New York City), including European cars to be shown in New York City. British cars in their first car show. One of the cars shown is the 1948 Ghost Minx with two women seated inside it. A 1948 Jaguar convertible is also shown. Communist parades in Europe and Asia. Start of Marshall Plan to help Europe rebuild after the war. Newspaper shows President Truman signing Foreign Aid Bill.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065563
An American Legion Mission including National Commander Milo Warner leave for Britain.

An American Legion Mission leaves for Britain from New York City. National Commander Milo Warner also included in the Legion Mission. The Legion Mission studies civilian defense measures in Britain. Men stand together at the harbor. Several people boating in a small craft. Clipper aircraft in water. The plane gets ready for take off. Several men stand at the harbor.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1941, February 6
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053552
A ship sails in the sea to examine the conditions prior to the departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain.

Preparations for departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain, at the end of World War II. Naval officers aboard the ship. Bow of ship cruises in the sea. A sailor watches other boats with binoculars. Other boats at the horizon seen from the ship. Meeting of Maritime Commission members and representatives of British Ministry of War Transport, at New York City. Ship ready for sail at a harbor in New York.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036988
At a UN Security Council session held in Lake Success, Alexander Cadogan speaks about a truce between Palestine and Britain.

A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan speaks about a truce between Palestine and Britain after the formation of the state of Israel. He speaks about withdrawal of British troops from Palestine. Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko sitting next to Cadogan.

Location: Lake Success New York USA
Date: 1948, May 25
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070162
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