A United States ship at the coast in Normandy, France soon after the D-Day Invasion of Normandy by the Allies. Barrage balloons seen above, in distance. Wounded soldiers on the deck of the ship. Dead soldiers being loaded on to a boat alongside.. High waves strike at the coast as a number of ships remain anchored at the harbor. Troops disembark from a landing barge. Wrecked and rusting jeep in foreground. A pile of spent cartridges in bottom of boat. Formation of Bombers flies overhead. Troops onboard a troop ship participate in a Roman Catholic Mass led by a Chaplain in ecclesiastic attire. (World War II period).
Formation of B-26 bombers overhead. Landing craft move toward shore. Normandy, France. Clutter of ships and vehicles. Barrage balloons overhead. Beach landing scene with United States Army Troops wading ashore past German obstacles on beach. Troops board landing barge. Wading ashore. Off-loading ammunition and supplies from truck. MPs direct traffic ashore. (World War II period)
A number of ships are seen as barrage balloons fly over them in Normandy, France. Sailors of United States aboard a ship. High waves break at the pier. A container being lifted with a hook attached to a crane. Sailors fire a ship's deck gun. (World War II period).
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.
A newsreel titled 'Handbag harmony' shows fashion models displaying Milady's handbags and purses at the Saint Regis Hotel in New York City, United States. Women models show a variety of handbags. A model dances with a man as she holds a handbag. They appear to kiss, but view of the kiss is blocked by a handbag.
A newsreel titled "Jap atomic equipment destroyed" shows United States occupation troops looking at Japanese atomic research equipment in Japan a few months after the end of World War II. U.S. Army officers and soldiers tour the Nishina Laboratory of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, better known as the RIKEN Research Institute, at Komagome, in Tokyo, Japan. Laboratory director Dr. Yoshio Nishina is seen in the lab with the American forces. American soldiers are seen dismantling, destroying, and disposing of the the atom smasher cyclotron equipment. Occupation troops in an outdoor field rig demolition charges to some of the equipment and blow it up.
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