Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation at the White House Rose Garden in Washington DC. The members meet U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower. They present gifts to the President. He accepts the gifts. The President waving at them.
U.S. Marines in the Philippines during World War II. Marines aboard a landing craft and ships underway at sea. They fire guns. Smoke due to firing and bombardment. Smoke arises as a landing craft explodes. Mountains in the extreme foreground.
U.S. Marines in the Philippines during World War II. Marines aboard a ship underway at sea. They wear life jackets. A wounded marine on litters lying aboard the landing craft. Medics treating the wounded. A marine watching the enemy actions through binoculars.
The first edition of Stars and Stripes newspaper printed in Paris, France during World War II. The first edition of the paper is distributed to U.S. soldiers and Women's Army Corps (WAC). A 'press' jeep distributing the papers. Newspapers loaded in jeeps. The soldiers and WACs reading the papers. Buildings along the sides of a street. Soldiers aboard a jeep giving papers to WACs.
A documentary on the growth and opportunities in television industry in the United States. Students at the New York University listening to a classroom lecture on how television signals are transmitted and received. Professor instructs the college students on the technical aspects of television, including an iconoscope. A class at NYU conducted in tandem with a local televsion studio briefs students interested in the creative side of television. Studio equipment is demonstrated including lights, microphone boom stands, and television cameras The equipment and the method of production and recordings are demonstrated. 'WPIX television' written on cameras. Students are coached in using the equipment, while other students prepare to stage a play for television that was written by one of the students. The director meeting with the student actors. Views of the play being filmed for television. Men working on television studio transmission equipment.
U.S. naval activities in the Mediterranean Sea. Cruiser, USS Newport News (CA-148) with Aircraft Carrier, USS America (CV-66) and Sacramento class support ship underway. View from helicopter as it drops two finned containers into the water. A submarine at periscope depth moving at high speed towards smoke flare marking the location of the container on the surface of the water.
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