U.S. President Harry S Truman honors General George C Marshall in Washington DC. President Truman along with his wife Bess Truman presents General Marshall with a plaque for distinguished services given by the United States Conference of Mayors. General Marshall accepts the plaque and smiles. Other dignitaries stand behind the dignitaries and applaud.
United States President Harry Truman returns Washington DC after cutting his vacation short. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath and other dignitaries welcome President Truman at the Washington National Airport. The White House assistants and officials arrive to meet President Truman. Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force along with Chief of Staff Omar Bradley arrive at the White House summoned by the President for a conference.
Allied forces raid the coast of Normandy in France on the D-Day invasion during World War II. United States Army paratroopers board transport planes and gliders to land on enemy areas. Infantry soldiers prepare to reach for aid of paratroopers. Armada of Allied warships, boats and landing crafts sail in sea to reach the coast. Guns on ships fire shells at the coast. Fired empty shells on the ships. Allied bombers raid Nazi air bases and headquarters in Normandy. Nazi German warships in a canal destroyed by Allied bombers.
Military Police in Cologne, Germany after World War II. They do daily exercises instructed by an officer of the United States Army Pedestrian and cyclists civilians on roads near huge buildings. Company of Military Police authorized by military government, arranged in files on roads. The company is inspected and drilled by a U.S. Army officer.
German newspaper printed by Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in Cologne, Germany after World War II. A military truck parked outside a courier building is loaded with the papers. Two soldiers of the United States Army with their rifles stand outside the building. A man and a worker load newspapers into the military truck. Notices pasted on the doors of building. The truck driven away after all the newspapers are loaded in it.
The officers of the newly formed German police under the supervision of the Allied Military Government in Cologne, Germany after World War II. The officers of the Military Government Police get instructions from United States Army Captain. A company of officers stand outside a partially damaged police headquarter building and wear armbands given by the Army Captain. The U.S. Army soldiers talk to each other. The junior soldier distributes armbands inscribed with the words 'MG Police' to the officers.
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