Rehabilitation of natives in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Men weigh beans on weighing scales. A truck loaded with prisoners. Natives stand beside the truck. The prisoners are led by a U.S. soldier. The prisoners seated on the ground. Okinawan prisoners walk on a road. The prisoners get off the truck. They are seated on the ground. U.S. soldiers stand beside them. A man walking in a street. The prisoners walk on a road. Barbed wire perimeter in the background.
Hollywood film personalities aid a U.S. defense bond drive in Atlanta, Georgia. Troops and celebrities parade in the streets for the National Defense Bond Drive. Parade passes along Peachtree Street at Walton Street in Atlanta. Dick Powell, Piper Laurie, Tony Curtis and 'Francis' the talking mule take part in Defense Bond drive kick-off. Later, at the Atlantic Steel Mill, workers stand outside the Mill plant and greet Hollywood celebrities. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury is also present and reviews a large bulletin board displaying the Workers Payroll Savings Bond Record. Piper Laurie congratulates mill worker Earl Black on his contributions to the Bond fund. A young girl sits and smiles holding a poster that says, "Now let's all buy bonds."
U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur testifies on the Pacific crisis in front of a senate war committee in Washington. General MacArthur arrives at the Senate Building for the opening of Joint Military Affairs and Foreign Affairs Committee session. Exterior of the building and cars parked outside the building. Officers carry a map in the session room. General Mac Arthur is greeted by U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley and Senator Charles William Tobey. Cameramen click photographs. The session is held behind closed doors and security guards stand guard outside the door. The session is exercised and newsmen prepare for publishing the news about the session. General MacArthur leaves the session.
United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Northwind pulls U.S. Navy submarine USS Sennet (SS-408) from an ice pack in the Ross Sea during Operation High Jump. USS Sennet as a ship comes up to USCGC Northwind. The tail of a helicopter (US Coast Guard) in the foreground. The stern of USCGC Northwind as she tows USS Sennet. USS Sennet is stuck in an ice pack. Smoke pours from her diesel engines. Men on the deck of USS Sennet handle lines.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police during the Korean War. MPs are active in Operation Little Switch repatriation effort involving exchange of prisoners of war. A sign on an entrance gate: "Welcome, Gate To Freedom". Military Police (MPs) standing at the entrance gate to Freedom Village. The U.S. and UN flags and Korean flags fly from flag poles. Red Cross vehicles arrive. Wounded are carried on stretchers. Men walk with belongings. Korean prisoners board buses. Red Cross workers transfer the wounded. (Operation Little Switch was a first phase and was followed by Operation Big Switch in August 1953).
Training Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police at Fort Gordon in Georgia, United States. A sign: 'Riot Control Formation, SFC Rowan'. A training: In a class room Military Police (MP) receives training for controlling riots. Lecturer explains riot control formation using a blackboard. The MPs practice controlling riot. They stand in wedge formation to control the riot. The MPs seated on the ground. Barbed wire perimeter in the foreground. Two MPs stand facing opposite sides. The MPs stand in formation. They stand in front of a jeep during the training. During the training an MP stands on a raised platform to practice how to control traffic.
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