Public buildings in Washington DC, United States. Department of the Interior Building. Wordings over the door, 'The Department of the Interior'. United States flag raised on the building. Vehicular traffic on the street. Entrance to the Federal Reserve Building. Eagle over the door to the Federal Reserve Building.
Public buildings in Washington DC, United States. The Union Station. The United States flag raised on the building. Vehicular traffic on the road. Snow plows scraping snow off snow from walk in front of Union Station. Statues over the entrance of the Union Station.
Public buildings in Washington DC, United States. Post Office with traffic in the foreground. Heavy vehicular traffic passes by. Sign over entrance 'US Post Office'. Sign over the door reads 'US Post Office'. Statue in front of the Federal Trade Commission. Wording over the door of Federal Trade Commission. Cars parked in front of the Federal Trade Commission Building. United States flag on building.
Swearing-in ceremony of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Inside an office of the Pentagon, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, stands by Admiral Nimitz. Then Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal stands alongside Admiral King, while Admiral Nimitz completes the oath. Forrestal and Admiral King congratulate Admiral Nimitz. The new CNO sits at his desk and confronts a stack of papers.
United States President Harry S.Truman decorates Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. The President pins a medal on Admiral King, and then holds it and admires it as he converses with Admiral King. The President shakes hands with Admiral King.
Film opens as camera pans over views of factory buildings in China after World War 2.. Closeup of a Chinese soldier pointing to a sign posted on a wooden building reading "U.N.R.R.A. It Is Belonged To Our Office. No Admittance To Anybody Or Armies To Enter." (UNRRA refers to the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.) Views inside an abandoned factory with remains of product scattered about as if occupants left in a hurry. Camera pans over outside of factory buildings that all seem quite intact.
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