United States President Harry Truman meets King George VI on British battle cruiser HMS Renown in England. President Truman accompanied by United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy disembarks from USS Augusta. HMS Renown at sea. President Truman goes to the British cruiser to meet King George VI and returns back to USS Augusta. Dignitaries and sailors on the ship deck. United Kingdom and American flags on the mast of battleships. A band playing on the ship deck.
U.S. military officers make plans following encirclement of U.S. forces in Korea near Chosin Reservoir in November 1950. General Douglas Macarthur gets out of a car and is greeted by an officer. He walks inside a building in Tokyo, Japan. Scene changes to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A board reads 'Commander in Chief Pacific and United States Pacific Fleet'. The Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Command, Admiral Arthur William Radford, sits at a desk in his office and signs a document with orders. Scene changes to Tokyo again, with exterior sign and awning that says "Commander Naval Forces, Far East." Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy directs support for the imperiled forces in Korea. He places orders for commander of 7th Fleet, Commander Carrier Division 15, Commander of Fleet Marine Air Wing to move forward with maximum support. A board reads 'Far East Navy Forces'. Different boards read '315th Air Division Combat Cargo', '5th Bomber Command' and '5th Air Force'. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen observes rough sea from a ship during a winter storm. A naval officer looks through binoculars. An officer transfers between ships via breeches buoy. Water splashes over the deck of U.S. Navy ship during heavy storm.
Construction of railway tracks in Germany. Railway tracks and small huts. The railway track goes into a tunnel. A man works at the entrance of the tunnel. Cranes and machines above the tunnel on the ground. Work in progress in the construction site. Different locomotives and wagon machines under work. Railway tracks under construction. Several wooden logs piled up. Construction materials laid near the track. Men work with materials.
Invading German infantry are seen advancing at a slow pace into Polish regions bordering Germany. They carry weapons and supplies on pack horses. Austrian troops and Mountaineers ascend hills and mountains on the Southern flank. Views of residents happily welcoming the invading troops in former German areas (West Prussia, Poznan, and Upper Silesia). Women and children throw flowers to German troops riding in a Sd.Kfz. 11 special motorized vehicle (Sonderkraftfahrzeug) towing an artillery piece. They throw flowers at German soldiers in a Sd.Kfz. 231 8-Rad armored personnel carrier. A group of mostly women and children wave enthusiastically from the front of what looks like a school building. Another group of welcoming residents includes several men in military uniforms. They wave as mounted German troops and horses pass. A local man tears down a Polish street sign. Crowds watch and cheer a passing German Panzer IV Ausf E with a short-barreled 75-millimeter gun. German officers riding in open staff cars are surrounded by cheering crowds as they make their way with difficulty through the throng. Crowds give Nazi salute and call out "Sieg Heil." German troops march with difficulty through the center of the crowds.
A U.S. Army officer is accompanied by a soldier as he leaves a dugout in a trench. They walk along a boardwalk path in the trench to another dugout. Soldiers,in the trench, are adjusting their leggings. A manual gas alarm is seen nearby. Views of an Army field mess set up in an abandoned building in France.
U.S. Army troops march along the streets, and American officials and civilians honor them in New York City. Crowd with American flags. Soldiers march along under the Arch at Washington Square. People watch the march from street level and high up on building tops. A man is seen waving a small American flag while perched dangerously on a steel girder high above the festivities. Views from high up buildings of the victory parade below. Soldiers march followeb by military trucks and cars in the parade. Crowd gathers to watch the procession. Aerial view from moving aircraft during th parade, showing the parade underway below and various New York buildings and monuments along the way. U.S. Army troops march in uniform. People wave hands and caps to the U.S. Army troops.
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