13 year old, Iwao Takeda, wins Junior mat title in Ikegami, Japan. Japanese people gather to watch sumo wrestling. Junior participants wrestle on ground. Wrestling winner, Iwao Takeda, named the new Sumo champion.
Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon's unscheduled arrival by train in London, United Kingdom. Londoners greet them and photographers take pictures. Mrs. Nixon participates in the dedication ceremony of the new American Memorial Chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral. Interiors of St. Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom).
Flag Raising on Statehood celebrations at Iolani Palace (364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States) in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Governor, Mrs. Quinn, Lieutenant Governor, Mrs. James Kealoha, Episcopal Bishop, Harry S. Kennedy, Reverend Charles Kekumano of the Catholic Diocese and Gary Doi arrive at Iolani Palace. Bishop Kennedy gives the invocation. Bouquet of yellow and red flowers in foreground. 49-star American flag being lowered, and 50-star American flag hoisted on Iolani Palace building. Governor Quinn addresses the crowd. Hawaiian people gather to watch the ceremony. Cameraman takes pictures. Fifty guns salute the new 50-star flag, in front of the Palace. Officer salutes.
Alice Davis, daughter of U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis, together with Mr. John H. Holliday, his civilian aide, step from a launch bringing them from the USS Pennslyvania, to a dock at Honolulu, Hawaii. They are greeted by two Army officers and a Naval officer. An Army band plays on the dock, in the background. They are joined by Secretary Davis. In change of scene, the camera pans across the parade ground of Fort Shafter, where troops of the 64th Coast Artillery Regiment(AA) are seen marching in formation. Secretary Davis stands with Army officers reviewing the troops. Next, Secretary Davis is seen on steps of the U.S. Army tripler General Hospital, following a visit there. He is accompanied to his car. Scene shifts to the quarters of Major General Fox conner, Commander of the U.S. Army Hawaiian Department. The staff car carrying Secretary Davis drives into Honolulu, where offices of Goodyear International, and Royal Hawaiian Sales Company, Ltd. are seen along the street. The car parks, and Davis's military aide, 1st Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland, opens the door for a rear admiral, and Secretary Davis, who step from the car. Davis is dressed formally in top hat. (Slate indicates they are visiting opening ceremonies for the new Army and Navy YMCA in Honolulu.)
Arthur Godfrey entertains United States troops with short speech at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland. He introduces Colonel Balchen and invites him on stage. The Colonel gives a brief speech and wishes a Happy New Year to the troops.
Scenes from U.S. Office of War Information film called, "Fury in the Pacific." Clouds silhouetted at sunset or sunrise, over Peleliu Island, as seen from a ship during World War 2. View of Japanese airfield at Peleliu, from U.S. reconnaissance airplane flying overhead. U.S. Navy ordnance crewman wheels a 500 lb bomb, on a dolley, across the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Other "red shirts" load a 500 pound bombs on an F6F aircraft. Marines loading machine gun belt ammunition into an airplane. Pilots scrambling across the flight deck to their aircraft. Engines starting on a large group of Navy F6F aircraft on the carrier deck. F6Fs taking off from carrier. SB2C Hellcat taking off. View back from tail of aircraft showing Essex-class carrier behind. Formations of SB2Cs and F6Fs in flight headed toward Peleliu. View from air of the Japanese airfield. Smoke rising from the ground. Formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers of the Far Eastern Air Force, in flight overhead. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a B-24. Navigator at his station. Aerial view of B-24 formation. Waist gunner manning gun in B-24. Bombardier in nose. Bombs falling away and striking all over the Japanese airfield. Anchors being weighed on warship. Sailors in control room of a U.S. warship. View of two New Mexico class battleships, one in camouflage. Three U.S. battleships in single file. the closest carries two Curtiss SOC Seagull scout planes. Sailors cleaning barrel of a war ship's gun. Glimpses of warships and transport ships of the invasion convoy.
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