Dedication ceremony of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (The Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Sculptor Felix de Weldon and photographer Joe Rosenthal shake hands with the statue of flag raising in the background. Chaplain says a prayer at a ceremony. Spectators seated with their hats off. President's car comes own the drive way followed by others. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with Navy personnel. Vice President Richard Nixon talks to a Marine who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Nixon poses with the three survivors of the original flag raising at Iwo Jima. Statue of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. A sign at the base of the statue reads 'Felix de Weldon 1945-1954'.
Chaplain school at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts during World War 2. A sign reads 'Headquarters Chaplain school'. White and African American Chaplains come out of the school building and march. Chaplains perform a drill.
Chaplains training at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts during World War 2. Chaplains at an outdoor first aid class. Chaplains learn to wrap a bandage around an arm. They learn to prepare a plaster in case of a fractured arm. The Chaplains look at a map and confer as one of them looks through a sighting instrument. An African American Harvard chaplain holding a sighting instrument.
Harvard University chaplains undergo training outdoors in Cambridge, Massachusetts in World War 2. Chaplains lined up in a field with bags on their shoulder. They take out gas masks from the bags and wear them. Chaplains wearing gas masks walk towards a door. They enter and exit the door as smoke comes in through the doorway. White and African American chaplains lined up on the field. An officer inspects the Chaplains.
Film opens showing people in an American city (possibly Chicago) celebrating the Allied victory over Japan on VJ Day, August 15th, 1945. Scene shifts abruptly to Chicago, Illinois, where French General Charles de Gaulle is seen saluting in a reviewing stand at Victory Plaza near Lasalle Street entrance to City Hall. (On August 24th, he had accepted an invitation from Mayor Edward Kelly to stop in Chicago on August 27-28, 1945, during his visit to the U.S. and Canada.) Next, general de Gaulle and Mayor Kelly are seen in an open car in a motorcade amidst crowds of well-wishers. Enthusiastic spectators run along side their car. Glimpse of a dense crowd of people, including a contingent of sailors in dress whites. Final scene shows General de Gaulle speaking with reporters and photographers near a sign reading "W-G-N." (A Chicago radio station). (World War II period).
A motor boat race in the United States. A race of small, one-person, fast motor boats gets underway. A commentator at microphone. A motor boat driver in water after his boat upturns in the water. The driver emerges from the water.
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