A meeting of the Motion Picture Industry Council (MPIC), including representatives of Screen writers guild, Screen directors guild, Screen actors guild, Association of motion picture producers and Hollywood A.F.L. Film Council, and similar organizations, in Los Angeles, California. Among those attending is Ronald Reagan, President of the Screen Actors Guild, who was also Secretary of the MPIC. A letter dated September 17, signed by the MPIC officers is shown.
President Harry S. Truman along with members of his cabinet aboard his new yacht Williamsburg at Washington Navy Yard in United States. Among those seen on the yacht are: Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson; Secretary of Commerce, Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of Interior, Harold L. Ickes; Attorney General, Tom C. Clark; and Secretary of Labor, Lewis B. Schwellenbach; In separate segment, Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal, presents Admiral William F.Halsey , who is about to retire, with certificate of promotion to Five Star rank of Fleet Admiral. Witnessing are Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, and Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. In a third segment, President Truman is seen pinning a medal on Henry Morgenthau, who has just resigned as Secretary of the Treasury. The President also presents and award to another official.
American military trucks and tanks traverse New Road through village of Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. An African American soldier drives one of the trucks. An overhead crane pulls a 2-1/2 ton cargo truck,two wheeled trailer aboard a ship. Trucks and two M1 tanks drive through, turning in front of the Abbey Printing Works. Several townsfolk stand in front of V.F. Pike & Co.Ltd. shop and watch tanks driving past. U.S. soldiers ride in an open stake trucks pulling field artillery. View from vehicle moving along village street past army trucks and entering a courtyard, between stone pillars. A U.S. Military policeman directing truck traffic in center of town. View from truck driving over rails and into port where large ship is being loaded by cranes.
Newsreel titled 'Jumps into Potomac to test new suit' shows Jimmy Clark wearing a new water tight life saving suit in Washington D.C.,United States. He gets into a biplane aircraft at Naval Air Station Anacostia (NAS Anacostia). It takes off. He jumps and makes a parachute landing into Potomac river. Clark being congratulated by Assistant Secretary of war, F. Truebee Davison.
Aerial views of the Ford Motor Company industrial complex in Michigan. Glimpse of another airplane flying the opposite direction below. View of Ford Motor Company airport, Detroit, Michigan. Large letters: F O R D displayed in the airport grass.
United States Navy FJ-3 aircraft of U.S. Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails) being towed by a yellow tractor up the deck of the carrier, USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in waters off coast of California. The aircraft displays "G" tail code of Carrier Group 21. In background is a McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee aircraft with tail code "PP" from composite squadron VC-61. FJ-3 plane armed with sidewinder missiles on underside of folded wings. Plane being towed to port catapult and parked on the deck.
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