Various processes at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for creation of plutonium from uranium, for nuclear weapons and nuclear power. Chemist scaling glass tube containing some gases with a blow torch. The thick-walled equipment to prevent any radiation are shown. Women in uniform checking the effects of heat and radiation on a uranium piece with an Geiger Counter. Clothing of worker uniforms is scanned for radiation levels.
Members of the Cease Fire delegation arrive in Beijing (also known as Peking or Peiping), China. They seek to negotiate a peace between the Chinese Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Communist insurgents led by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). Delegates descending from an airplane include Walter C. Robertson (in charge of Chungking affairs for the US), General Ye Jianying (Yeh Chien-Ying) of the Chinese Communist Army, and General Cheng Kai-Ming of the Nationalist Forces. Delegates pose for a photograph.
Two U.S. soldiers inspect a concentration camp in Dachau in Germany, a year after the end of World War 2. A signboard saying 'This area is being retained as a shrine to 238,000 individuals who were cremated here. Please do not destroy'. A wooden box which was used to store the ashes of cremated victims. Multilingual signboard 'Pistol range for executions' Soldiers inspect pistol range, a mound of earth used to stop bullets. They talk to a Polish farmer, a survivor of the Camp Dachau. Signboards saying 'Crematory, Dachau Concentration Camp' and 'Ashes were stored here'.
Two U.S. soldiers inspect a concentration camp in Dachau in Germany. Soldiers inspect site of graves which holds a multi lingual sign board saying ''The Grave of Thousands Unknown". Trees used for mass hanging have impressions of ropes of those hanged. Soldiers talk with each other and walk.
Two U.S. soldiers inspect a concentration camp in Dachau in Germany. A signboard saying 'Crematory- Dachau Concentration Camp'. A tree used for mass hanging of the Nazi prisoners. The tree holds a multi-lingual sign board saying 'Hanging Tree'. The two soldiers walk out of the camp.
Colonel Juan Domingo Peron takes charge as the new President of Argentina in an official ceremony at Buenos Aires in Argentina. Previous President Edelmiro Farrell congratulates him. The First Lady Eva “Evita” Peron witnesses the ceremony. Peron and other dignitaries walk out of a hall and review a parade of Argentine troopers. A huge crowd waits outside the hall for the new President.
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