A visit of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Queen Victoria on U.S. cruiser Memphis in the United States. U.S. Ambassador Hammond, Mrs. Haamond, U.S. Navy Captain R. D. White and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Roger Welles pose on the deck of U.S. cruiser Memphis. King Alfonso talks to two U.S. sailors of Spanish descent. The sailors salute a boat going away from the ship. King George V of the United Kingdom aboard a U.S. ship.
Bombing by Japanese forces in Shanghai as part of the so-called "January 28 Incident" or "Shanghai Incident." Chinese civilians rush on streets of the Bund during time of attacks by aircraft from Japan. A streetcar goes by and pedestrians quickly cross streets. Japanese Major Harada talks to Japanese pilots of 8th Japanese flying squadron at Japanese airfield. Japanese swift aircraft drops bombs on North Station and destroy ancient native Chapei section of Shanghai, China. Views of wrecked city, dead bodies on road. Civilians leaving in hand carts and trucks. Civilians crossing garden bridge. Chinese troops take up defensive positions behind sandbags in bombed area of city. Bagpipes announce arrival of Argyll and Sutherland Highland Regiments from the United Kingdom. United States Marines present and on patrol at American Concession, guarding the lives of nationals in Shanghai.
United States Navy junks warships in accord with London Treaty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cruiser USS St. Louis (C-20), World War transport veteran, being scrapped. Americans dismantle the ship. Large pipes being lowered with the help of a crane.
United Kingdom Embassador to UN arrives. Chinese delegation arrives in Buick automobile and is escorted into the hall for a United Nations meeting in Lake Success,New York, United States. Representatives of different countries take their seats.
Delegates to the United Nations Security Council are seated in horseshoe pattern around a table at Lake Success, New York. Delegates of United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and Canada are seen.
A US Navy Escort Carrier carrier being launched from Kaiser Shipyard of Vancouver, Washington, in the United States during World War 2. The ship USS Natoma Bay (CVE–62), a Casablanca class escort carrier, is ready to be launched. Sponsor at the launch is Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Wood (née Onslow), Countess of Halifax, (Wife of 1st Earl of Halifax who was the United Kingdom's Ambassador to the United States; and she was daughter of 4th Earl of Onslow). The Countess of Halifax hits a bottle of champagne against the ship hull and it slides down the ways. The escort carrier gets underway at sea.
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