A TWA DC-4 aircraft taxis to ramp. The airplane is named: "Moulmein Pagoda."Officials descend from airplane and are greeted by high ranking U.S. military officers of the Joint U.S. Advisory and Planning Group,Greece, including Group Director, Lieutenant General James Van Fleet, who wears insignia of Army III Corps, which he previously commanded, on his right sleeve. Officials arrive on another TWA airplane (Boeing 307) and are also greeted. Some officers and officials bid farewell to a woman carrying flowers A non-US Military officer kisses the woman's hand. She boards the plane.
Celebration in Greece on the anniversary o World War II. Soldiers parade. King Paul reviews the marching troops. People watch the soldiers march. Buildings in the area.
Troops of Arab and Israeli forces fight in Palestine. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Egyptian forces fight along the Negeb front. Damaged vehicle on the street. Arab soldiers fire guns from the patio of a building. Israeli soldiers in prone position fire machine guns. Arab soldiers in a jeep race through a city with a wounded soldier lying across the back. Arab prisoners of war walk on a street under guard in Beersheba.
President Harry Truman wins the reelection. Office of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). People working in the office. A board reads: 'Popular Vote Tabulation'. Votes being counted. Correspondents speak into microphones. Exhausted reports sleep in the office. President Harry Truman in his office. He addresses the nation. Exterior of the White House and the Capitol building. Workers put up scaffolding in front of Capitol Building and begin building the inauguration day podium area. Carpenter pounds nails with a hammer.
Congressman Richard Nixon and Chief Investigator Robert E. Stripling of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) examine evidence found at the Maryland farm of Whittaker Chambers. The microfilms were hidden in pumpkins at the farm and later became known as the "Pumpkin Papers." View of pumpkin patch at the farm and the farm house. View of Whittaker Chambers testifying before the committee. Stripling and Nixon seated together at a table. Nixon holds a magnifying glass that he is using the view the film strip.
A Russian film with re-enacted portrayals of people from real life concerning the Russo-German campaign in the South Russia during World War 2. Bullets fired at night. Shell bursts on fortifications at night. Russian amphibious operation against the Germans in the Crimea. Russian troops wade across shallow water toward beaches held by Germans. Russian amphibious vehicles go through water. German officers in underground command post.
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