Views in semi-darkness of U.S. Navy sailor survivors in life boats, from the USS Wasp (CV-7), approaching the Cruiser, USS Helena (CL-50) during World War 2. Smoke rising from the USS Wasp (CV-7) as viewed from the Helena. As night falls, the fires aboard the USS Wasp are all that is visible.
Sister Helena, a Chinese nun of the Roman Catholic Order of St Anne from Hankow, China (Shashi, Hubei, China) expresses her relief at the World War II coming to an end in Manila, Philippines. Standing beside her is interpreter Sister Ursula Mary. She speaks about her gratitude to the American forces and their experience living under a concentration camp in Manila in her mother tongue.
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower aboard USS Helena, Pacific Ocean. He is en route back to the United States following his visit to Korean during the Korean War. He is accompanied by the Defense Secretary, Charles Wilson and General Macarthur. The President talks to the officials.
Hairstyle adaptions being created by Joseph at the Helena Rubinstein salon, New York. Joseph giving hair style to women in beauty parlor. Women seated and displaying push-up hairstyles.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) in the South West Pacific Theater of World War II. A CL (Light Cruiser) underway at sea. Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft on the deck of a ship. CL fires guns in background. 5 inch AA guns fired. The USS Helena & St. Louis underway. SOC on a catapult. Two CLs in a column. Stern of a ship in foreground. Men lounge aboard a ship.
Entertainment in the United States Zone in Munich, Germany. German woman read a poster. The poster advertises the performance of operetta “Die schöne Helena” (“The Beautiful Helena”) by Jacques Offenbach at the Bavarian State Theater. Advertising column (known in Germany as Litfaßsäule) on screen indicates huge variety of entertainment to German civilians. Advertisement for “roman einer Tänzerin” (“Novel of a dancer”) with German actor Conrad Veidt. Advertisement in English language of dancing lessons for occupation troops. A crowd outside cinema. A man plays mouth organ and sits on debris. People look at advertisement of a play 'On borrowed time'. Actors perform in theater.