Chief Justice Harland F. Stone swears-in President Harry S Truman in Washington DC as President of the United States. James Forrestal, Edward R Stettinius and others look on. Views of the town of Lamar, Missouri where Truman was born, and of his home in Independence, Missouri. Pictures of Harry Truman in his World War I uniform and battle scenes during the first World War. Truman in front of a statue as a newly elected Senator. Harry Truman chosen as Vice President and view of him speaking with President Roosevelt. View of U.S. Capitol and Washington monument during funeral procession of Franklin D. Roosevelt, along with White House flag at half staff. President Harry Truman gives speech to Congress in the U.S. Capitol.
Heavy road rollers working to level a new captured airstrip on Leyte Island during World War 2. U.S. soldiers work laying down Marston Matting. General MacArthur and General G C Kenny visit base near Tacloban on Leyte, Philippine Island and inspect the Marston mat effort. Good views of low flying P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight just above the airfield. Japanese bomber aircraft is fired upon by forces at the airbase. View of aftermath of bombing on Air Base, with destruction seen. Japanese planes attack a supply depot and destroyer ships. Views of several Japanese kamikaze attack aircraft flying toward U.S. Navy ships in Leyte Gulf and being shot off course. A Japanese Kamikaze aircraft crashes into a landing craft infantry (LCI).
United States 79th Infantry Division troops in assault boat on the Seine River at the town of Limay France, during operations for the liberation of Mantes, France. The 90th Infantry Division troops bring a wounded German prisoner and his motorcycle across the Seine River in the assault boat. While traveling on motorcycle (seen being unloaded from boat), the German soldier had been hit by fire from Sergeant Harril (seen standing over him with his rifle in the boat). The U.S. soldiers attend to the prisoner and put him on a stretcher. The soldier chewing gum who is standing while the boat is crossing the Seine, and moves the motorcycle off the boat and then assists the injured German soldier disembarking from the boat is Lieutenant Stockridge Bacchus, from "A" Company of the 314th Infantry Regiment of the 79th U.S. Infantry Division. (World War II period).
U.S. troops in Nantes, France during WWI. Red Cross women staff serves breakfast to U.S. troops in the canteen. 1918-1919. (World War I. World War 1. WW1)
Launch of V-2 rocket at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The V-2 rocket is used for high altitude research. Technicians assemble various parts of rocket using German parts, and insulate it. Scenes of placing alcohol tank, oxygen tank, propulsion unit and tailing house in position.1947.
George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser at the presentation of U.S. census. George is asking questions to Dr Philip. In his answer he takes George to a picture of Incas. He then picks threads lying on a table and shows him a drawing of the threads. They move to a next painting of Chinese people. Dr Philip picks a Chinese script from a table and shows it to George who explains the script. Then he shows a script formed out of animals and signs. Dr Philip then shows a painting of Moses, the prophet of the Old Testament. George is given a copy of the Holy Bible in which page tags are inserted . George reads the census during Moses' era from the Bible which is then kept back on the table. Dr Philip then brings George to a painting of Christ's nativity. Finally they come to a picture of a colonial home and discuss the use of census during colonial reign.
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