United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the Joint Session of Congress in Washington, unveiling what became known as the Truman Doctrine. He urges the Joint Session of Congress to take steps to halt communism by providing financial aid to Turkey and Greece (during Greek Civil War).
Major General U.S. Marine Corps Smedley Darlington Butler bares 'Business Plot' at Newtown Square in Pennsylvania. He reveals that he had appeared before a congressional committee to reveal what he knew about those who had asked him to head an army of 500,000 men in a 'Fascist' March as part of an attempt to takeover the functions of government and setup a fascist dictatorship in the United States. (This was also sometimes called the failed Wall Street Putsch or The White House Putsch, a coup to overthrow President Franklin Roosevelt.)
Los Angeles City Hall (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States) visible in the background. Hotel Pacific seen. San Pedro Hotel at 206 1/2 San Pedro in "Little Tokyo." The Sumitomo Bank Ltd Los Angeles Branch office in the street. Theatre Fuji seen, with some Navy sailors walking past. Store fronts for Gashin Grocery and Bamboo Room bar. Two Japanese-American women exit the grocery. Pedestrians walking near intersection of First Street and San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo.
Interview in Manila with freed female internee Georgette Kramer from the Japanese operated Los BaƱos internment camp (liberated 13 days before the interview). A microphone is set on a tripod stand for the interview. Ms. Kramer relates how she was wounded by a stray Japanese bullet during the February 23, 1945 liberation operation. During the firefight with Allied forces a bullet went through her mother's arm, through Ms. Kramer's abdominal wall, and into her friend's hand. Wounded, they were rushed to a tank. She says one other internee was also shot through the hip. When asked what she wants to do now that she is free she says she is not sure. A young girl, Ms. Kramer's sister, Aoife Kramer, runs up to the camera and says she wants to say something too. The interviewer lifts up the child in his arms. The girl says she wants to go to the United States. (World War II period).
Strafing of Japanese buildings, inland, during World War II. Area of the buildings visible from aerial view. Rounds fired at ground target buildings; tracers visible. Smoke rises up. Shot from a United States aircraft during World War 2
Gun camera images of strafing attacks by United States aircraft during World War II in Okinawa. From high altitude for strafing, tracer rounds are seen firing at lines of communication. Pilot fires several rounds at a cliff overlooking a harbor and beach
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