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U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace plays volleyball with soldiers and visits an orphanage during his visit to Chungking (Chongqing), China (WW2)
U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace visits China during World War II. Generalissimo of the Nationalistic Government of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking (Chongqing) to greet the U.S. Vice President. An aircraft lands and Henry Wallace disembarks from it. He is greeted by dignitaries. At a Red Cross Service Men's Club, he is greeted by Red Cross workers. Wallace shakes hands with U.S. soldiers and plays volleyball with them. He visits an orphanage with Madame Chiang (Soong Mei-ling) and other dignitaries. The girls at the orphanage. At Chiang Kai-shek's summer residence, a reception is given in Vice President's honor.
Henry Morgenthau heads the U.S. delegation and opens the UN Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, during World War 2. A railroad train pulls into a train station. Delegates of the member nations at the station. A van brings the delegates to the venue. Representatives from China. The representatives from the U.S. are headed by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. He opens the conference. The conference in progress. All the delegates pose together after the conference. (Led to establishment of International Monetary Fund. Bretton Woods System was precursor to World Bank.)
Charles de Gaulle visits Arlington National Cemetery and addresses people of New York City in the United States.
Charles de Gaulle visits the United States. An aircraft lands at Washington National Airport in Washington DC. People at the airport. The leader of the Free French Forces General Charles de Gaulle disembarks from the aircraft. He is greeted by dignitaries. U.S. Army General George Marshall, U.S. Army Air Forces General Henry Arnold and U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King salute as the French National Anthem is sung. De Gulle also salutes and shakes hands with these and other dignitaries. He gets in a car and leaves for the White House. At the White House he is greeted by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, his daughter, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal. He visits Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute at the Grave of Unknown Soldier. In Manhattan people line the streets and cheer as De Gaulle's car moves towards the New York City Hall. He addresses the people of the New York City from the top of the RCA Building. (World War II period).
A Japanese Kamikaze aircraft crashes into U.S. aircraft carrier USS Lexington in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Kamikaze aircraft in flight. Burning aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) is seen. The kamikaze aircraft crashes into the burning carrier. A huge cloud of smoke rises from the carrier. Firemen on the deck of the burning carrier. They try to douse the fire.
Thick black smoke rises from a fire burning on USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Thick black smoke rises from a fire burning on light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). The Carrier, USS Franklin (CV-13) also burning from Kamikaze attack is seen in the background. Sailors on the deck of the burning ship.
Landing craft loaded with soldiers and equipment establish beachhead in Normandy during D-Day invasion
Establishment of a beachhead in Normandy, France during D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy. Mix of some dramatic acting portrayals but mostly actual footage. Barrage balloons over a U.S. ship underway at sea. A sailor puts on his helmet on the deck of a ship. The setting sun in the background. A clock shows 12 midnight. Navy officers and soldiers look at the clock anxiously. The clock shows twenty minutes to six in the morning. Explosions as guns are fired from ships. A man talks over a phone. The rising sun. Barges and landing crafts loaded with soldiers in water. Guns are fired at a coast. Smoke comes out of the stacks of a ship. Aircraft in flight to provide air cover. Rockets are fired at the shore. Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel ( LCVPs ) reach the beach and drop their ramps. Soldiers unload from the crafts. Aircraft provide cover. More landing crafts approach. LCIs ( Landing Craft Infantry) loaded with soldiers reach the beach. Troops going ashore on beaches of Normandy under fire from German shore positions. Views from landing crafts in water near shore as troops run up beaches. Landing crafts return to ships. Debris and dead floating in water near beach. A ragged U.S. flag flutters on a U.S. Coast Guard rescue cutter. The Coast Guards take care of the wounded and the dead. A military officer types on a typewriter while smoking a pipe in the United States. Crates of medical supplies for the soldiers. U.S. Medical Field Units reach the shore. Wounded are carried to hospital ships and transports. Wounded are carried on stretchers. Soldiers come down a net on the side of a ship. Soldiers in a barge. Soldiers wade ashore. A wounded man is carried on a stretcher. Men wade ashore. (World War II period).
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