Birthday party for Nancy Gayle, daughter born of a dwarf couple in Austin Texas. Nancy's birthday cake has one candle and "Nancy Gayle" written on it. Other young children attend the party.. Baby Nancy sits on a rocking horse as her dwarf parents and family stands behind her. Father holds the baby girl in his arms.
Circus family training at home. A woman walks on a low tight rope followed by a girl who is helped by her parents on the tightrope. Man rides a bicycle on tightrope as a child sits on his shoulders. Man climbs a ladder and walks from one end of a high tightrope to the other. He stands upside down on his head while walking on the rope. He also rides a bicycle over the tightrope as he holds a balance pole in his hands.
President Harry S.Truman signs an acti, bill, or other document in the White House in Washington DC, United States. To the right of the President (L to R in first scene) are Secretary of State, George Marshall and Attorney General Tom Clark. Cameramen, press, and media record the President and other officials.
A reenactment shows a man pressing a switch to open an electric door in United States. He presses the switch and moves out from the door. View of a busy press room for a newspaper, filled with newsmen and reporters. A number of men work on their typewriters in the room. A man speaks over phone as other men continue to type.
President Harry S. Truman along with members of his cabinet aboard his new yacht Williamsburg at Washington Navy Yard in United States. Among those seen on the yacht are: Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson; Secretary of Commerce, Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of Interior, Harold L. Ickes; Attorney General, Tom C. Clark; and Secretary of Labor, Lewis B. Schwellenbach; In separate segment, Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal, presents Admiral William F.Halsey , who is about to retire, with certificate of promotion to Five Star rank of Fleet Admiral. Witnessing are Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, and Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. In a third segment, President Truman is seen pinning a medal on Henry Morgenthau, who has just resigned as Secretary of the Treasury. The President also presents and award to another official.
A dramatized enactment showing a North Vietnamese interrogator sitting at a desk as he lights up a cigarette. He interrogates a Prisoner of War standing before him. (Camera slate indicates 'Operation Homecoming,'). A guard hits the prisoner several times with a club in the stomach and throws him on the floor during interrogation, for not cooperating with the Interrogating Officer.
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