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Postage stamps printed commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Motion Picture Industry in the United States (WW2)
Motion Picture postage stamps printed in the United States during World War II. Chairman of the War Activities Committee George J. Schaefer and Assistant Postmaster General Ramsey Black looking at postage stamps rolling off presses. The postage stamps printed at the Bureau of Engraving in Washington to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Motion Picture Industry. The men looking at the stamps. Close view of a stamp which depicts a group of U.S. Soldiers in the South Pacific watching a movie. Men standing in a line outside a counter at the New York Post Office collect the stamps. A stamp with 'United States of America' written across the top and '3c, postage' and '50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures' written across the base of the stamp. The first letters bearing New York cachet are stamped. Men stamping the letters. An envelope with a stamp. A signboard behind men at a counter reads 'New York, N.Y., Cachet Applied Here'. Schaefer holding a framed sheet of stamps is flanked by New York Post Master General Goldman and Post Master General Frank Walker. The Chairman expresses his thanks to the Post Master General during his speech at a function in New York. Hollywood stars gathered at a post office to express their thanks. Maria Montez, a motion picture actress, autographs on a giant envelope addressed to the Postmaster General Frank Walker expressing their thanks for his appreciation. A group of stars holding the envelope. Maria Montez with the envelope.
The United States Constitution created at the Philadelphia Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The history of the United States. 1783: Soldiers of the new republic after their victory in the American Revolutionary War. Soldiers on horseback meet new citizens. They watch as men carrying baggage walk away. A banner on a road separating two states reads 'New Hampshire Boundary'. A merchandiser demands money from two men to cross the border. Pictures of the land which farmers gave up because they could not pay back. Bankers inside a building. People on the streets. Delegates at the Philadelphia Convention in Pennsylvania. Pictures of people demanding new central government. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the US, walks supported by two men to the convention building. Several people stand around and watch. General George Washington, the elected President of the convention. He delivers a speech. He states the need for unity, a sound financial system, war debts to be paid, trade to be encouraged, national government to protect rights and perform functions. The delegates speak at the convention. The convention in progress. President George Washington with Benjamin Franklin and a few men at a final private conference during which they decide the government should have clearly defined substantial powers. The Preamble to the United States Constitution created on 17 September 1787, read out at the convention. Benjamin Franklin gets up with the help of two men. George Washington signs the constitution. Benjamin Franklin with George Washington. The carving on George Washington's chair. George Washington, the first President of the United States. People greeting the President. Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, organizes a bank to receive taxes and import duties that pays off national debts.
A film in the United States shows different ordnance like trucks, aircraft, landing crafts being used during a combat.
A film titled 'Trends in Ordnance' about the importance of ordnance and military equipment. Various flashback scenes from the recently ended World War 2: U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft in flight. A bomb bay door opens and bombs drop out. The bombs explode and smoke rises. Trucks with soldiers and tanks advance. Artillery being fired. A technician in a laboratory conducting an experiment with chemicals as various beakers and tubes are nearby. A man works on a drafting table. Ammunition being tested on test grounds. Interiors of an ordnance factory. Battle tanks being built by war production workers on production floor. Bomber aircraft being assembled. Trucks lined up at a factory. A railroad train loaded with military supplies. Aircraft in flight and paratroopers aboard the airborne airplanes. The paratroopers jump and descend. Troops get off a Higgins boat at a beach. A DUKW (amphibious truck), trucks and movers in action.
Two former Japanese sailors meet again, 20 years after WWII, and reminisce together
Japan roughly twenty years after World War II. The front page of a Japanese newspaper. A Japanese banner. A large outdoor gathering of Japanese people kneeling. They rise all together at the beginning of some event. A family of three, father, mother and daughter, seated on the floor in a house. The man reads from a scroll, perhaps something written by his daughter. A Japanese newspaper showing a map of the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding regions. Pedestrians move along a street. A man drops a rolled piece of artwork and another pedestrian picks it up. He hands it to the man who dropped it and expresses pleasure at recognizing him from the past. The two of them go to the artist's studio. Oil paintings in the studio, some on a wall and some rest against tables. The visitor admires the paintings as his host, the artist, bends over small Hibachi. The two men squat on the floor over a Hibachi. One of them looks through a magazine of art work from around the world. Two men talk. View of studio shows tubes of oil paints, paintings and sketches of warships, painting of Japanese Naval war ensign, and paintings and books on a shelf. Models of warships in a bookcase. The two men converse, as one smokes. Papers pinned on a wall include a painting of a warship; a warship recognition chart; a picture of a submarine and a picture of a Cruiser warship. The two men lie on the floor and reminisce. Articles on furniture in the room include: radio; a bust; model airplane; model of a naval warship.The two men settle down to sleep, on the floor, still reminiscing.
The miners work on various machines while mining salt from Malagash salt mine in Nova Scotia, Canada (WW2)
Salt mining operations in a Nova Scotia mine in Canada during World War II. The Canadian miners work on clips and mountains in Malagash salt mine to extract salt. A miner wearing a miner's helmet work. Miners dig salt with shovels. Miners work on various machines. Water being sprayed on the salt walls. Miners on boat. Hand of person showing a salt rock. The salt being packed in sacks for war. A miner sits and eats his lunch. He picks up a pinch of salt from his side and puts it in the food.
Pope Pius XII blesses crowds and various other officials display festive moods in separate events in the European Theater.
The film 'Two Down and One to Go' talks about the activities of the Axis powers Italy, Germany and Japan during World War II. United States Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson at a desk. Animation shows a swastika being exploded over Germany. Caricatures of the late Duce of the Italian Social Republic Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, the late Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo. A cross being superimposed on the two dictators. The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Pius XII blesses the crowds in St. Peter's Square. 1st Military Governor of the American Occupation Zone in Germany Dwight David Eisenhower, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin display festive moods in separate events. People cheer.
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