Views of buildings situated around the United States Capitol, Washington, DC. The Capitol can be seen in the background. Several pleasant looking apartments on a Washington street. A row of tenement houses in Washington, with clothes hung from back porches. Side-by-side apartment dwellings, in disrepair. A woman with several small children in doorway. A little girl sits on front steps. A dog walks past. Broken front door on apartment. A neat row of side-by-side apartments, in excellent condition. Alleyway view of poorer neighborhood. Wash hung on lines at back of houses. Capitol dome in view. A row of apartments with broken front doors and other signs of disrepair.
Interior of Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Bundles of U.S. currency notes are there. Printing, stacking, cutting, examination and compilation of U.S. currency notes. Exterior of the Building of Bureau of Engraving and printing. 1948.
A camp of the U.S. 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea. A sign identifying the unit stands near a command communications truck. The Regiment is drawn up in formation. A major reads orders received. The Colonel commanding the Regiment issues orders to its officers. The United States flag is furled and placed in a case, as are the Regimental colors. Color guard marches with furled and cased colors while troops present arms. The Regiment marches away. View of the command communications truck and Regiment sign, with American and Regimental flags beside it. Scenes of unit tents and canvas being loaded into truck, and equipment being sorted and arranged in piles for salvage. Large quantity of personal gear, like mess kits, etc. being discarded. Regimental cooking equipment being sorted and inventoried. Unit lanterns set aside. Rifles are being wiped down and piled for salvage.
Troops of the Republic of Korea (ROK) during the Korean War. ROK soldiers marching along a road in full field gear with rifles and backpacks. They scramble through rough terrain with natural foliage on their helmets and packs, as camouflage. Shells seen bursting in the air with smoke descending. ROK troops firing recoilless weapon and shells seen striking distant targets. An ROK machine gun nest, with crew firing. Numerous artillery shells seen bursting on targets.
Exhibition of drawings and paintings of white house rooms and interior. The pictures are suspended from wires, around the room. Numerous persons walk through the exhibition and make notes about the pictures. People seated as auctioneer stands at podium. Views of some of the pictures, themselves.
President Harry S Truman arrives by car at Washington National Airport. Secret Service agent jumps from car while it is still moving and holds the door for the President. An Air Force Brigadier General greets the President and accompanies him to a waiting U.S. Air Force C-121 Lockheed Constellation aircraft, where they both pose briefly, before ascending steps to the airplane. President Truman waves his hat. An airman with an armband reading "MATS" (Military Air Transport Command) signals for the pilot to start engines. The aircraft taxis out and takes off. Landing gear can be seen retracting, as aircraft completes takeoff.
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