A happy family reunion in New York, United States. Teenage boys Constantin and Peter Georgescu, held by Romania's Communist government for 7 years in an effort to force their father to spy on the United States, disembark a plane with their father and are greeted by their mother at a New York airport. They pose for photos by press.
SS Gripsholm (Ship) arrives in New York, United States in World War II. Cameramen take photos as SS Gripsholm as it arrives at New York harbor. The rails are crowded with Americans. She docks at Pier F in Jersey City and ambulances roll away with wounded soldiers. Six hundred and sixty-two repatriates from German internment camps come ashore. S. Pinckney Tuck, excharge d'affairs in Vichy seen. Douglas MacArthur (General Douglas MacArthur's nephew), approaches with his dog. Passengers are happy to come in home. Ralph Heinzen of the United Press gives an intelligent analysis of internal conditions in Germany today. Stalingrad was the turning point, he states. Germany began losing the war with that defeat and Hitler started losing prestige.
Jewish section in New York City, United States. Sign on a store window reads 'Finklestain Machine Co.' Two signs, one is Hebrew, other is English (Orthodox Restaurant and Bakery). Jewish-American Boy Scouts take a Scout Oath. People come out of Synagogue of Congregation Rodeph Sholom (7 W 83rd St, New York, NY 1)0024, United States. Sign indicates Rabbi is Louis I. Newman. Several signs. View of entrance of Congregation Rodeph Sholom.
United States Army General George C. Marshall takes oath of Secretary of State in Washington D.C. U.S. army General Marshall, wartime Chief of Staff, returns from China and assumes his new role as Secretary of State. Chief Justice Frederick Moore Vinson administers the oath, while President Harry S. Truman and members of his cabinet look on. People outside a building of State Department (Old Executive Office Building, 1650 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States). Secretary of State George C. Marshall works in office.
La Martinique nightclub in New York, United States. Interiors of the night club. Spectators watch stand-up comedian Danny Thomas performing at the La Martinique (57 W 57th St., New York, NY 10019, USA). Audience laughs and applauds.
Formation of Israel in May 1948 and events leading up to it. October 1947: Jewish refugees from Europe aboard two ships arriving in Palestine, only to be turned away by British authorities and sent to internment in Cyprus. They get off from the ship Cyprus. A Jewish woman with her child at the dock. A sign reads 'United Nations Palestine Commission'. Delegates seated in a hall debating about the partition of Palestine between the Jews and the Arabs. Destroyed houses and buildings in Haifa after fighting between Israeli and Arab forces. Jewish troops holding guns walk on the ruins of building. The dead Jewish people on street. The troops stand in a group. Captured Arab prisoners in the Negev desert area, being directed by Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF). The prisoners with their hands up enter a vehicle. Cars and people on a street with a traffic circle in Tel Aviv. Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben Gurion, enters a building on May 14, 1948, to be installed as leader of the new government. The Jewish soldiers stand holding guns. A flag of Israel flutters in the air on a flag pole. United Nations soldiers stand holding a white flag and join Israeli troops in recovering bodies of Israeli soldiers killed in ongoing skirmishes with Arab forces. The troops stand on a border. President of Israel Chaim Weizmann, a Jewish patriot, walks with officials. Soldiers stand on the side. The Israel delegates go to the United Nations and seek for Israel to be admitted to the United Nations. Delegates seated in hall. Middle Eastern Arab country representatives of the UN walk out of the hall in protest after Israeli receives the vote admitting it to the UN. The empty seats of the Arab countries. The new state of Israel is born. Flags are raised at the UN including the flag of Israel. People cheer and celebrate. From a July 2, 1964 newsreel of "Yesterday's Big Story".
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