The USS Argonaut (SS-166) arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the Makin Raid, by Carlson's Raiders, of the U.S. Marine Corps, in World War 2. Admiral Chester Nimitz boards the USS Argonaut (SS-166) and shakes hands with its Commander, Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, as Major James Roosevelt (the President' son) salutes. Admiral Nimitz then shakes hands with him. (Roosevelt is Executive Officer of the U.S. Marine's Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders). Closeup of Roosevelt mingling with others on the boat deck. Raiders mingling on the deck. Closeup of Roosevelt conversing with Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Raider Battalion, who had arrived at Pearl Harbor on the USS Nautilus a little earlier. Carlson conversing with other Marine officers. Raiders starting to leave the boat. Sailors transporting a wounded sailor on a litter. Carlson and Roosevelt conversing with other officers.
Sailors and officers aboard a ship at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Officers and sailors stand at attention aboard the ship. Commander of the Air Force of Pacific Fleet, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral John Henry Towers speaking into a microphone. An officer pinning medals on the uniforms of men. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Max E. Woyke, United States Navy Reserve Lieutenant Harry A. Fredrickson and other officers being awarded.
Officials and dignitaries gather at a harbor in New York, United States. Vehicles parked in the background. Officials shaking hands and discussing amongst themselves. The officials including U.S. Postmaster General James Farley and John Roosevelt gather at the harbor.
United Nations General Assembly bars the People's Republic of China, aka 'Red China' from the UN during a General Assembly meeting in the New York. A taxi passes in front of UN headquarters. Demonstrators, mostly Americans of Chinese descent march in protest on the street. They hold signs in Chinese and English. Phrases seen on signs include, 'Don't let Chinese Reds shoot their way into the UN,' 'Chinese Reds must be punished by UN,' and 'Down with Red China.' Officials entering the UN building. Interior of the UN General Assembly. Duchess of Kent Katharine, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge present among the dignitaries.
Jewish war veterans parade in New York. Buildings along the sides of a street. Men march on the street. They protest against German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Nazi persecutions. New York elected officials are seen watching the demonstration, including New York Mayor John P. O'Brien. Aerial view of the demonstration.
The background of World War II. German Hitler Youth children march with rifles, flags and a band beneath a camp entrance named Nordmark Lager 1935. Flag with Nazi symbol. Japanese flag and Japanese youth march in military exercises, followed by teenage Japanese forces. Italian fascist troops in uniform march in Torino Italy led by a band. Views of various German and Nazi forces parade and goose step in various cities. Units include brownshirts, goosestepping Storm Troopers, Wehrmacht. Civilians give a salute. Mostly sad looking men women and children watch the parades. The world globe. U.S. Capitol Building in Washington DC. French, Japanese and United States dignitaries attend the Washington Disarmament Conference or Washington Naval Conference at Memorial Continental Hall in Washington DC in 1921. View of the Washington Naval Treaty naval fleet reduction treaty book with signatures on it. Officials sign the Nine-Power Treaty that guarantees the integrity of China (per the John Hay "Open Door Policy"). Japanese delegation is shown at signing ceremony for the Nine-Power Treaty. Next scene shows 1928 signing ceremony in Paris of the Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war as a means of settling international disputes. French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand is seen speaking, and American Secretary of State Frank Kellogg is also seen at the treaty signing which was signed by 47 nations including Germany and Japan. In a 1930 scene, U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Stimson hands the London Naval Treaty to President Herbert Hoover. Scene of a U.S. Navy ship being blown up and scrapped in accordance with the treaty terms. View of American citizens in small town parades with floats marching as anti-war and isolationist groups.
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