7th War Bond drive opens at Times Square in New York City, during World War 2. A large number of people gathered at the occasion. Crowd gathered around a statue of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan. (This is the original plaster edition created by sculptor Dr. Felix W. de Weldon, which served as the model for the future Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington Virginia). Soldiers seated as they look at the flag raising statue. Three survivors of the flag raising raise the American flag at the ceremony to promote the sale of bonds during the 7th War Bond drive: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, Pfc. Ira Hayes and PhM 2/c John H. Bradley, USN.
General Douglas MacArthur (Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area) steps from the wood and palm structure, serving as Headquarters of the 6th Army, on Goodenough Island, New Guinea, during World War 2. He poses with Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger, Commander of the Sixth Army in the South West Pacific Area. Members of Kreuger's staff pose with them. After the picture-taking, MacArthur shakes hands with one of the staff officers, as the group make their way to jeeps. Next, MacArthur is seen posing with several armed soldiers wearing steel combat helmets. They salute MacArthur as he walks away. General Kreuger stands in front of the headquarters hooch conversing with two of his staff. He and one of his staff hurry to a jeep, with two stars on the front plate. They drive away. . Generals MacArthur and Kreuger are seen sitiing in back seat of a jeep with modified roof cover. MacArthur converses with staff officers. They are next seen walking through a grove of trees, with staff officers behind them. Later, MacArthur leads the entourage along a pathway, with tents visible in background. As they walk, he converses with Major General Edwin F.Harding, Commander of the 32nd Infantry Division. An official photographer lingers in background. MacArthur and Kreuger lead the group past a large mess tent. (At this point the footage repeats starting back with their entry into the grove of trees and ending as they pass the mess tent.) After that MacArthur is seen speaking to two bareheaded officers. He then speaks with several soldiers, individually, as Generals Kreuger and Harding stand nearby. MacArthur converses with a Field Grade officer. He visits an infirmary tent and speaks to a patient and to members of the medical staff, including a woman Lieutenant nurse. He and General Kreuger are seen inspecting various areas in the camp.
A promotional documentary about fight against poverty in East Harlem, New York City. African American scouts with American boy scouts as a result of mobilization. African American boy scouts do push ups. A boy gets into a sleeping bag. Boys exercise and practice fencing as they fight with swords. Activity of City Mission Society Cadet Corps. African America boys play musical instruments, including percussion steel pans, drums, and bongos, during a practice. An African American woman performs a native dance at an afro arts culture center to bring artists and audiences together. Men beat drums as the woman performs.
46th Annual Regatta at Larchmount in New York. 143 sail boats underway at the finals of a regatta organized by the Larchmount Yacht Club. The boats head for the finish line.
Various turf events mark the 34th Meadow Brook Cup Chase in Westbury, New York. A horse drawn carriage moves on a field. A polo game being played at the estate of F. Ambrose Clark. People enjoy show jumping event as they stand behind a fence. Horses jump over wooden and stone walls.
An artist creates pictures using colored salt in Buffalo, New York. The artist creates upside down, pouring colored salt to create a picture of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery building. He then tips the picture up and the salt pours to the ground, destroying the picture. He then creates a picture of the Universal Newsreel Globe, and puts the letters ' Universal Newsreel with Graham Mcnamee' on the globe. This, too, is destroyed when it is lifted by the artist.
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