Operation Kinderlift, of United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) and the Red Cross, that flies German children from Berlin for summer vacations in West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany). U.S. military buses arrive at Tempelhof airdrome, Berlin, carrying children and their parents. They leave buses and assemble to hear remarks from John J. McCloy, United States High Commissioner for Germany, and from USAF Colonel Joseph G. Manyo, Director of Kinderlift II. Each child wears an identification tag reading: "Kinderluftbrucke." They are escorted to C-47 transport aircraft by U.S. Air Force and Red Cross personnel. Their parents and relatives wave goodbye to them. View showing children seated inside a C-47 airplane. The aircraft arriving at Rhein Main Air field, Frankfurt, and Red Cross personnel and U.S. airmen, helping children off the airplane. Children running from a bus, and then in a dining hall, having a snack, including Pepsi Cola, in bottles. Children walking into a camp, carrying their luggage. A sign at the entrance reads: " JUGENDLAGER, KLEIN-BERLIN, HERZUCH WILLKOMMEN." Children eating dinner in dining hall at the camp.
Discoverer XIV, the first satellite launched by United States on launch pad. Launching is done from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. Discoverer XIV ignites and takes off.
Japanese planes attack United States fleet off Okinawa Island, Japan. A barrage of United States Navy fire shoots down the Kamikaze planes. Views of fire and smoke-filled sea and air. Curtain of anti-aircraft flak fired at Japanese aircraft. Many attacking aircraft seen streaking across the sky and some falling into the ocean after being hit by fire form U.S. Navy ships. (World War II period).
A documentary on The United Nations Conference on International Organization that continued from April 25, 1945 to June 26, 1945 in San Francisco. A plane in flight and ships are seen in San Francisco Bay. 1940s San Francisco city views: Aerial views of Golden Gate Bridge. People on streets on San Francisco, with streetcars, buildings, pedestrians, and mid 1940's cars seen. Aircraft parked at a USAF Base as delegates from 50 countries arrive. Delegates like Jan Christian Smuts from South Africa, Vyacheslav Molotov from Russia, U.S. secretary of State Edward Stettinius arrive in San Francisco. Delegates register for the conference. United States flag on a building. Interior of the War Memorial Opera House serving as the initial meeting hall. Delegates seated. U.S. President Harry S. Truman addressing the general assembly remotely, as delegates listen through radio speakers in the opera house. Narrator recalls words of Franklin Roosevelt and recorded audio of Roosevelt is heard where he urges continuation of the work first begun by the defunct League of Nations. View of various working committees and smaller groups of the organization meeting during the Spring of 1945. Representatives debate and review concepts initiated at the Dumbarton Oaks conference in Washington DC in 1944 during World War II. Delegates addressing those assembled and signing documents that create the United Nations.
Views of the river Columbia and surrounding mountains. Woody Guthrie singing the song Roll on Columbia. An outlined map of United States with closer views of the states of Washington and Oregon. A barge can be seen on the Columbia river. Different views of the river flowing. Areas of rapids and waterfalls on the Columbia River with salmon spawning and migrating upstream. A bear catching a salmon fish. A man seen fishing from a rock with a long net. Fishing men on wooden improvised platforms fish for salmon in the river.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt with his wife Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and newly appointed Cabinet aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) to view U.S. Navy maneuvers. U.S. Navy battleships, the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) and other ships in New York Harbor. Officials including U.S. War Secretary George Dern, Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, Admiral Standley, and others can be seen. Biplane airplanes of the United States Navy fleet in a flight formation pass New York City. Troops on Governor's Island offer a salute. Views of skyline of New York City in the background. Views of large warships passing by with Statue of Liberty in the background. Numerous views of skyline of New York City with tall skyscrapers on Manhattan Island, as seen from ships moving in harbor.
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