Warren Austin, United States representative to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Palestine Commission at UN Headquarters in New York. Austin speaks about the situation in Palestine and the U.S. desire for peace and an end to violence.
Stationary ships and steamers at a port in the United States. Workers climb aboard the steamer John H Quick. Grain poured out of a huge pipe into a big container. Worker fills grain into a bucket and pours it into a bag. Workers sort grain with the help of shovels. Another steamer off shore. Machinery and equipment on a ship. Worker stands near pulleys on a ship. Man writes a notice stating departure of a ship. U.S. naval officer greets dignitaries and family members before boarding ship.
Japanese infantry, accompanied by several Type 95 Ha-Go tanks, wade across shallow rivers East of Dongting Lake in Hunan Province, China, during World War II. Closeups of soldiers with their field packs and rifles. They reach a bluff where they encounter heavy resistance from Chinese defenders.View of Japanese soldiers spread out in defensive positions overlooking the top of the bluff. The sound of machine gun fire is heard continuously. The Japanese forces fire type 3 heavy machine guns from positions in woods and marshes. Some fire mortars. A flight of three aircraft is seen briefly overhead. A bomb bursts in the midst of the Japanese forces. Infantry are seen through barbed wire as they move single file across a grassy field in the distance. Closer view of Japanese soldiers in a field of tall grass bounded by some trees. in Closeup of Japanese soldiers under heavy Chinese fire. A bomb or artillery shell bursts close to them. Closeup of Japanese gunners firing a Type 91 10-cm-howitzer,with wooden spoked wheels. Next view shows the same gun firing with a group of Japanese soldiers behind it, some using binoculars to observe the shells striking. The final scene shows numerous shells striking in a line with white smoke rising from each in the distance.
Wind and waves pound a shore in California. A man stands near areas of a boardwalk that have been ripped up by the weather near ocean front homes. He looks over a seawall. View near an ocean inlet, where water floods the beach. A virtually destroyed structure teetering over the water. A lunch stand overturned and washed up against rocks. Closeup of the lunch stand with two men nearby. View from damaged home with a chair floating nearby. Severely damaged houses falling into the water. A Fletcher class U.S. destroyer underway offshore. A large ship run aground. Three men in a small boat pulling up to her. Other men are aboard the ship and working on her. Men ashore on a rocky beach, examine a small sail boat and a power boat driven aground. Cars are parked on a flat bluff in the background. A high hill dominates the far background. Two women stand in a sailboat washed up on a rocky shore. Closeup of a power boat and dingy on the rocky beach. Men tilt the dingy up revealing its bottom broken open.
United States soldiers lined up near the stairway of a parish church in town. View of surroundings. United States troops salute. Major General Lawton Collins, Commander General of VII Army Corps presents Bronze and Silver star awards to the U.S. troops. General Lawton pins Silver Star on medic's field jacket. (World War II period).
2nd Lieutenant Van T Barfoot salutes and pose for the photographers. Lieutenant General Alexander McCarrell Patch, CG 7th Unites States Army decorates Second Lieutenant Van T Barfoot serving 157th Infantry, 45th Division of U.S. with Congressional Medal of Honor and they salute each other. Van T Barfoot shake hands with his infantry soldiers . Soldiers of 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division can be seen in background. Distant view of the ceremony. (World War II period).
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