Chinese Military Mission at a house in Washington DC during World War II. Exteriors of a house used by Chinese Military Mission. Chinese flag flies from the building. Interiors show Chinese officers at desk, Lieutenant General Hsiung Shih Fei and Captain M. H. Robert Lee seated. Group at tea table includes Colonel Wen-Tehih Tesi, Lieutenant General Hsiung Shih Fei, Major Tuh-Foo Chiang, and Captain M. H. Robert Lee.
White House in Washington DC, United States. A cat sits. Side view of White House. Guard walks along a road. Cars parked outside the White House.
Former U.S. Ambassador to UK, Joseph Kennedy, records a speech in Washington DC., United States during World War II. He speaks about the remarkable morale and courage of the British people and questions whether the Germans are just as tough. He says a prediction, now, of England's defeat, would be senseless.
First color television broadcast from Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Color Television Monitor Tube photographed at the National Guard Armory in Washington DC. Television broadcast shows "Patty Painter," (real name Patricia Stinnette) displaying colored pieces of cloth. (Note: Reportedly, the U.S. Naval photographic unit that did these tests tried to record color images from all three of the proposed color systems at the time: the CBS field-sequential system, RCA's dot-sequential system and CTI's line-sequential system.)
Air strikes on Viet Cong positions in Vietnamese jungles by U.S. Air Force aircraft during Vietnam War. F-100, over a mountain, turns to attack a target deep in jungle foliage in a valley. Explosion and smoke are seen.A flare of fire erupts. Another F-100 drops napalm that creates flash of fire on ground. Fighters continue to pummel targets, raising fire and smoke. F-100 is silhouetted against white sky.
Retired 5-star General, Dwight David Eisenhower (now President of Columbia University in New York) enters the office of the U.S. Secretary of War, James V. Forrestal, in the Pentagon. The two men shake hands and begin conversing. (Note: The War department was renamed the Department of Defense when President Truman signed the National Security Bill on August 10, 1949.)
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