U.S. 28th Infantry Division returns to Boston, Massachusetts during World War II. A ship approaches a harbor. WACs (Women's Army corps) wave as the ship arrives. Soldiers and officers aboard the ship. A sign on the ship reads '28th Infantry Division'. Soldiers wave as they return from the European Theater of War. Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania and Governor Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts shakes hands with General Sota.
War anniversary celebrations in Canada after World War II. Officers escort an official at a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Canadian War. Official reviews troops. An official places a wreath at a memorial. Officers salute at the ceremony.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech in the United States. President Truman speaks about a 20 billion dollar cut in the annual salary in the private industry. This would lead to a decrease in the salaries of workers and further lead to deflation. President Truman warns that such a situation would lead to unemployment.
Industrial production gets underway in the United States after the end of World War II. Men at work in an automobile plant. Men work on machines. Workers assemble cars. Tires being manufactured at a plant. Men and women work on refrigerators, radios and stoves in factories. A cordless iron being used to iron clothes. Refrigerators, cars, stoves and other gadgets on display in a store.
Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita is tried for war crimes in Manila, Philippines after World War II. General Yamashita arrives before a military tribunal for a World War II war crime trial. Members of the tribunal including Chairman General Russel Burton Reynold take their seats. Flags of the United States and the Philippines behind the tribunal. Lawyer talks to General Yamashita before the trial. General Yamashita is tried by the tribunal.
War bonds being sold in the United States during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman opens a bond drive as he buys a war bond from Secretary of Treasury Fred M. Vinson. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright with Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania during a ceremony to promote the sale of war bonds in Philadelphia. Wainwright's family at the ceremony. A bond rally at former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park. In a drive organized by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, Hollywood stars sell war bonds. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt seated in a chair. Hollywood celebrities including Merle Oberon receives applications to register for the Roosevelt bond.
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