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.
An autoclave at the Lenox Hill Hospital (100 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, United States) in New York, United States. An attendant supervises the functioning of an autoclave. He turns the wheel to the autoclave door. Various pressure gauge on the wall. He opens the door and removes bundles of linen from the autoclave. He slides the clothes onto a mobile stand and shuts the autoclave door.
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".
'Navy and the fourth Liberty Loan' Navy band plays and marches in Washington DC, United States. Navy Band from the Great Lakes Training Staation seen outside Union Station train station after arrival. Lieutenant John Philip Sousa with two other officers. Drum Major MF Tennant instructs the band. Men and women enter the newly built Navy Building. Exterior views of new building for Department of the Navy. Cars parked outside the building. United States Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniel and Rear Admiral Thomas Jefferson Cowie address a gathering regarding Liberty Loan drive outside the State Navy and War building.
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