Troops coming home to America at the end of World War 2. An Army Sergeant just returned from Europe, at the end of World War 2, stands on a pier, beside the troop ship USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176). With him is a woman who wearing a jacket emblazoned with many emblems of U.S. military units. The sergeant places the insignia of the 10th Armored Division on her back. They hug and laugh. Scene shifts completely to 9th Armored Division soldiers at Camp Patrick Henry, Newport News, Virginia, holding the large sign originally placed on the Ludendorff bridge in Germany, by C Company of the 9th Armored Engineer Battalion during the war. It reads:"Cross the Rhine with dry feet, courtesy of 9th Arm'd Div." The soldiers carry the sign past a wooden building at the camp. Change of scene shows Ninth Armored Division troops arriving by train at Camp Patrick Henry. They march in loose order on train platform, with troop transport railroad train pulled into station. The happy soldiers march through a Victory Arch bearing words, "Welcome Home" at an entrance to the camp. More views of the troops marching into Camp Patrick Henry, where the 9th Division is to be deactivated. In the camp grounds, Sergeant reaches into his dufflebag and takes out a small puppy. ( Note: Vehicles: seen in this clip include: MB GPW, and CCKW)
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and defense team at Pentagon in Virginia. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and group posing in Secretary of Defense, Wilson's office. Among those present: U.S. Army General Matthew B. Ridgway, USAF General Nathan F Twining, U.S. Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney, U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur W. Radford, U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson, U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley, USAF General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, U.S. Army General Joseph Lawton Collins, U.S. Marine Corps General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Admiral William Fletcher and others. President Eisenhower stand by Secretary of Defense Wilson and General Omar Bradley. Admiral Radford stands on the President's right. Line of Defense officials and officers identified by name. President Eisenhower seated with David Kyes, Harold Talbott, and Defense Secretary Wilson. Standing directly behind are: General Nathan F Twining, Admiral Radford, and General Omar Bradley.
Twenty millionth car manufactured by Ford in Tennessee. The band and a crowd around a monument in Lebanon, Tennessee. Police escort the twenty millionth Ford, a black Town Sedan, during a parade. An elderly man in uniform and others in front of the twenty millionth Ford. A group pose in front of the twenty millionth Ford at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Men in front of the car, one of them signs the logbook at Franklin, Tennessee. Spectators watch the motorcade and band pass by at Columbia, Tennessee. A sign over an old car at the roadside reads 'Welcome 20,000,000 Ford my number is 602765, I was born in 1913'. The band play in front of the Ford car. The drum major twirls the baton.
United Airlines Flight 615 crashed on approach to Oakland, California, killing all 50 passengers and crew. Rescue personnel search on the crash site of the Douglas DC-6 (N37550) into Dry Gulch Canyon southeast of Oakland. An officer inspects the debris. Personnel talk on telephone. Casualties carried on stretchers by rescuers. Damaged parts of the aircraft on the rugged mountain terrain. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents rush towards the site to investigate the wreckage of the aircraft crashed.
President Truman blames Soviet Union for blocking peace in Missouri. President Harry S Truman forgathers with World War I Battery D comrades. A comrade waves flag of Battery D unit. They walk towards podium. President Truman criticizes Soviet Union as an obstacle to peace.
Stunt performers show stunts in Virginia. Stunt performer standing atop an aircraft as it is in flight. Spectators watch the stunt. Stunt performer shows aerial stunts. The aircraft flies low. It lands on top of a car and takes off from it without being piloted. Stunt performers show the same stunt. Men adjust position of barricade. Aircraft taxis on ground and passes through barricade.
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