General Curtis E. Lemay arrives for a fact finding visit to the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Officers in a cabin with plaque over doorway 'Command Center' written on it. Books in shelves at the cabin. Name plate over door reads 'Flag Room'. Admiral Leroy V. Swanson escorts General Lemay to the Ready Room and introduces officers to General Lemay. Vice Admiral William F. Bringle watches as Commander Wayne Smith of Air Wing 6, talks to General Lemay, who smokes a cigar. General Lemay autographs some issue from Commander. He listens to Commander Charles B. Hunter, Commanding Officer of VA-85, in ready room. Tag on a wall map reads 'Hanoi is defeated'. General Lemay and officers observe a large board containing display of radar photographs. He shakes hands with other officers in ready room.
General Curtis E. Lemay arrives for a fact finding visit to the United States Ship America (CVA-66). General Lemay in hanger bay climbs up an A-6A aircraft and sits into the cockpit. Commander Charles B. Hunter, Commanding Officer of VA-85 stands up alongside cockpit and briefs him. General Lemay and Rear Admiral Leroy V. Swanson and others walk through hanger bay. Rear Admiral Swanson points out things of interest to him.
Seven persons including a Congressman die as a luxury airliner crashes into Pine forest in Morrow in Georgia. Wreckage of the crashed plane is seen. Dead being carried away from the accident site. Airline President Edward V. Rickenbacker suffered serious injuries in the crash.
President Harry S. Truman along with members of his cabinet aboard his new yacht Williamsburg at Washington Navy Yard in United States. Among those seen on the yacht are: Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson; Secretary of Commerce, Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of Interior, Harold L. Ickes; Attorney General, Tom C. Clark; and Secretary of Labor, Lewis B. Schwellenbach; In separate segment, Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal, presents Admiral William F.Halsey , who is about to retire, with certificate of promotion to Five Star rank of Fleet Admiral. Witnessing are Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, and Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. In a third segment, President Truman is seen pinning a medal on Henry Morgenthau, who has just resigned as Secretary of the Treasury. The President also presents and award to another official.
United States of America and and Britain test Nuclear Weapons. The Titan II missile undergoes its first test at Vandenberg Air Force Base in a shoot from an underground pad. The missile gets destroyed in air with an explosion. The British unveil their Blue Steel, a nuclear air-to-ground bomb designed to fill the gap left by the scrapped skybolt. View of Royal Air Force V bomber taking off.
Fascists, carrying flags with their emblem, march in wreath laying procession at memorial to fallen Italian soldiers shortly after the end of World War 1. They throw small garlands on inlaid plaque as they pass and , with many men carrying it, they place a giant wreath, with large "V" on it, at foot of monument to fallen soldiers.
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