Launching of the last Liberty ship in Richmond, California. 'Benjamin Warner' written on a Liberty ship in the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards. A miniature model of the Statue of Liberty is unveiled in the presence of Henry Kaiser. People cheer as the ship is launched.
U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace visits China during World War II. Generalissimo of the Nationalistic Government of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking (Chongqing) to greet the U.S. Vice President. An aircraft lands and Henry Wallace disembarks from it. He is greeted by dignitaries. At a Red Cross Service Men's Club, he is greeted by Red Cross workers. Wallace shakes hands with U.S. soldiers and plays volleyball with them. He visits an orphanage with Madame Chiang (Soong Mei-ling) and other dignitaries. The girls at the orphanage. At Chiang Kai-shek's summer residence, a reception is given in Vice President's honor.
The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, during World War 2. A railroad train pulls into a train station. Delegates of the member nations at the station. A van brings the delegates to the venue. Representatives from China. The representatives from the U.S. are headed by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. He opens the conference. The conference in progress. All the delegates pose together after the conference. (Led to establishment of International Monetary Fund. Bretton Woods System was precursor to World Bank.)
Charles de Gaulle visits the United States. An aircraft lands at Washington National Airport in Washington DC. People at the airport. The leader of the Free French Forces General Charles de Gaulle disembarks from the aircraft. He is greeted by dignitaries. U.S. Army General George Marshall, U.S. Army Air Forces General Henry Arnold and U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King salute as the French National Anthem is sung. De Gulle also salutes and shakes hands with these and other dignitaries. He gets in a car and leaves for the White House. At the White House he is greeted by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, his daughter, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal. He visits Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute at the Grave of Unknown Soldier. In Manhattan people line the streets and cheer as De Gaulle's car moves towards the New York City Hall. He addresses the people of the New York City from the top of the RCA Building. (World War II period).
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Kamikaze aircraft in flight. Burning aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) is seen. The kamikaze aircraft crashes into the burning carrier. A huge cloud of smoke rises from the carrier. Firemen on the deck of the burning carrier. They try to douse the fire.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Thick black smoke rises from a fire burning on light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). The Carrier, USS Franklin (CV-13) also burning from Kamikaze attack is seen in the background. Sailors on the deck of the burning ship.
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