A film titled ' Impressive Greek ceremony honors George Washington’. The Washington Memorial Chapel (2000 Valley Forge Park Rd, King of Prussia, PA 19406, United States) in Valley Forge National Historical Park. Shows Greek Orthodox church clergy, a flag honor guard of Boy Scouts, and girls dressed in traditional attire walking into the church at a Greek Orthodox ceremony to honor George Washington, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Priests perform the ceremony as people and a group of U.S. Navy sailors are also seen.
A film titled 'Dewey Report: U.S. Aids saves Europe from Reds' shows Thomas Dewey, former Republican Presidential candidate on board a ship after returning from a tour of West European countries speaks to the press in New York in United States. He endorses the American Aid to European nations in averting the Soviet Communist control of these countries.
A film titled 'Chimps cut cute capers' shows Chimpanzees perform amusing stunts to entertain the audiences in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Chimpanzees hang and swing on trapeze swings, ride ponies and walk on stilts. Views of faces of boys and girls in the audience as they watch the show. Children laugh and smile. A boy in a cowboy hat smiles. Advertisement for savings bonds at the end of the clip reads, "America's Opportunity Drive - Buy U.S. Savings bonds."
American evacuees leave their house with their belongings in the United States during World War 2. A woman, boy, and a girl (the three possibly of German or Italian descent) stand by as their belongings are packed up. Their belongings being loaded onto a truck with assistance from U.S. military personnel, and the truck moves away. Two policemen and a dog, patrol in front of an internment center. Military guard stops the cars passing by at the entrance. A Japanese relocation center under construction. Men load bags of sand building a sandbag wall beside a building and painting windows with black paint. Views again of the same American family from earlier in the clip, possibly of German or Italian heritage, begin relocated to an alien internment center.
Massachusetts Congressman Joseph W. Martin, Jr. takes over as Speaker of the House of Representatives at 83rd Congress opening session in Washington DC, United States. The former speaker, Sam Rayburn, leaves the chamber in the U.S. Capitol. Speaker Martin begins the proceedings by administering an oath to newly elected members of the Congress.
Aerial views from aircraft flying over The Greenbrier Resort buildings, golf course, and tennis courts in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in the United States. People seen below playing golf and tennis. (This footage was shot during reopening festivities for the resort in 1948, after it had been closed and used as a government medical facility in World War 2.)
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