Flags flutter on a building in Laos, French Indochina. Laotian children stand in line with flags in their hands. French Overseas Minister, Marius Moutet, is given a traditional welcome, by residents, who each present him with flowers. Minister Moutet, later visits a Buddhist temple and greets monks, who stand in a line. One of the monks wears French military decorations.
During his visit to French Indochina, Marius Moutet, French Overseas Minister, visits King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Uniformed guards stand before the Throne Hall in Phnom Penh. Minister Moutet arrives in a car and is greeted by the King who has arranged a formal reception for Minister Moutet. Cambodian officials and officers form a line to meet the French Minister. Refreshments are served and officials mingle and converse. The King stands at palace steps and bids Minister Moutet farewell.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall and his wife, Katherine, arrive in a U.S. Air Force C-54 and descend steps from the aircraft. A reporter interviews Secretary Marshall on his arrival. State Department officials accompany him in a car as he departs the airfield.
President Harry Truman and former Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, are among those present as George C. marshall takes the oath of office as Secretary of State, in the oval office of the White House. Afterwards, he walks out of the White House and down the block next to the Old Executive Office Building. A phalanx of photographers take pictures of Secretary Marshall at his desk as he signs his first official document as Secretary of State.
Excellent views of a U.S. Navy HO3S-1A helicopter. (This is the U.S. Navy version of the Sikorsky S-51, also known as an H-5). This particular helicopter is one of the first four Sikorsky S-51 helicopters ordered by the U.S. Navy in 1946 for use in Operation High Jump operations in Antarctica. The helicopter on the ship deck in the Pacific Ocean . U.S. Navy Lieutenant Tracy gets onto the helicopter. The helicopter takes off from the ship deck. The navy helicopter comes back in for a landing. Lieutenant Tracy gets off the helicopter and crew members secure it on the flight deck.
Officer sitting at desk reading newspaper during Project Thunderstorm in the Ohio. United States calendar on wall in an Officer's office. United States covered with a large mass of clouds in sky. Officer looking up at clouds. Officers seated in room listening to lecture about the Thunderstorm Project. Instructor gives lecture on various types of clouds which are drawn on blackboard. Officer giving lecture on P-61 which is drawn on blackboard. P-61's parked on runway. Close-up views of cockpit and control areas of P-61. Civilian mounting movie camera on top blister of P-61. Mechanic checking special recording instruments in rear of P-61. Animated drawing of P-61. G3 officers in classroom listen to instructor's lectures. Mechanics install radar installations and transmitters in nose of P-61. Radar device seen spinning inside nose of P-61. United States P-61 in flight. Civilian cataloging motion picture film using a motion picture projector on a desk. Civilian installing motion picture camera in nose of a Northrop F-15 Reporter. Aerial view of Northrop F-15 Reporter in flight. AT-6 parked on runway. Camera installations in rear canopy of AT-6 also for use in surveying storm cloud formations. Pilot approaches AT-6 and climbs into cockpit of AT-6. AT-6 warms up before take off. AT-6 in flight.
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