United States Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas during inspection of U.S. Navy 7th fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Plane director on the deck of a United States ship Bennington as he signals to the helicopter. A ship underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Korea. Aircraft lined up on deck of the ship. Men move towards the stern of the United States ship St. Paul. A sailor helps Secretary Thomas with a Mae West on the deck of the ship. Sailors salute the Secretary. Secretary Thomas boards HUP-2 helicopter and it lifts off.
Officials of the United States Congress gather at the U.S. Capitol. A clerk reads the resolution following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and it indicates that a state of war between the United States and Japan is declared in World War II. It further pledges all of the resources of the country to the war effort. Senators, Congressmen, and other dignitaries hear the resolution. Members cheer and applaud. The Speaker of the House, Samuel Rayburn, calls the House to order.
San Francisco Security conference of representatives of four powers meets in Washington DC prior to the United Nations San Francisco Parley. United States Secretary of States Edward R. Stettinius Jr. meets British ambassador to U.S. Edward Wood (Lord Halifax), Russian ambassador to U.S. Andrei Gromyko, and Chinese ambassador to U.S., Dr. Wei Tao-ming. Assistant Secretary Archibald MacLeish speaks on a microphone. Chinese ambassador speaks. Assistant Secretary of State, Archibald MacLeish, poses and talks on a microphone.
'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.
New aircraft fleet of United States Army Air Corps. Aircraft armada lined up at Bolling field in Washington DC, United States. President Franklin D Roosevelt reviews the aircraft as he drives past the new planes. United States airmen salute.
President Franklin D Roosevelt in Des Monies, Iowa. Presidential motorcade arrives at the State Capitol. President and other officials enter the building. President Roosevelt along with Governor Alf Landon of Kansas and other executive members of drought affected states. They discuss the measures to be taken to provide relief to these states. The dignitaries come out of the Capitol and President Roosevelt waves to the crowd.
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