First group of soldiers to leave Okinawa for discharge assemble at U.S. 24th Corps Air Regulation Office on Yontan airstrip during World War II. Soldiers leave truck. A sign reads '24th Corps Air Regulating Officer'. U.S. Major General Archibald V Arnold talks to the departing soldiers and signs short snorter bill for one man. Soldiers board U.S. Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft. The C-54 taxis and takes off.
Newsmen of different nations prepare news in Lisbon about Allied occupation of Africa during World War II. Sign on door reads 'Associated Press Lisbon Bureau'. Correspondent for Associate Press Mr. Luiz Lupi reads latest dispatch. Lupi puts down paper and starts to prepare his wire. Mr. Lupi rings the bell to summon telegraph operator to whom he gives the cable. Daily Herald correspondent Miss Shereliff in her villa at Casoaix. She prepares a meal and leaves stove to answer telephone. She prepares her cable, 'V' sign on wall. Sign reads 'Anglo American Press Conference'. Correspondent of Allied Nations in Lisbon. Correspondents at Royal British Club listen to release of military information by press attache of British Embassy. Press attache in the center, and two collaborators seated. Journalists listen to press attache. Office of U.S. Minister in Lisbon shows U.S. representative to the Vatican, Myron Taylor receive the press in the office of the U.S. Minister. Myron Taylor speaks to American and English correspondents. U.S. Minister at Lisbon, Mr. Bert Fish with Mr. Taylor.
United States 31st Infantry Regiment is seen performing drills in Manila, Philippines prior to U.S. entry into World War II. Troops of the 31st Infantry Regiment march through Fort Santiago (HXVC+M5V, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Metro Manila). Troops engaged in Infantry drills, marches, and bayonet practice. Walled city of Manila in the background, including views of San Juan de Dios Chapel dome (HXRH+R52, Real St, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Metro Manila), Puerta del Parian, and San Francisco Church.
The American Aircraft Carrier, USS Hornet (CV-8), slowly departs from a dock. Closeup of the ship from the dock. The Hornet underway at sea in her shakedown cruise. F4F Wildcat aircraft of Navy Squadron VF-8, taxiing on her flight deck. Douglas Dauntless aircraft of Squadrons V8-8 and VS-8 on deck. Sailors moving a Douglas Dauntless dive bomber across the deck. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft taking off. Closeup of one in flight with canopy open and very closeup view of pilot in open cockpit. A Landing Signal Officer (LSO), holding two paddles, guides an F4F aircraft during a carrier landing. View of a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator aircraft from Squadron VT-8, landing and sliding off the flight deck, where it hangs upside down on lower part of the ship. Sailors gather around the stricken airplane. The pilot seen standing on the flight deck unhurt. An F4F landing on the flight deck. An LSO guiding a Douglas Dauntless plane as it lands.
U.S. 7th Division review at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu during World War II. Division assemble. Troops parade along field. Troops march behind spectators. U.S. soldiers and officers salute the parading troops. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt seated in convertible car with U.S. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral William. D. Leahy. President shakes hands with U.S. Major General Archibald V. Arnold. U.S. General R. C. Richardson stands next to Arnold. Riding in front seat of car is Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. President's motorcade passes along road. Soldiers with rifles salute passing cars.
Interiors of the National Archives Building (700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408-0001) in Washington DC. The Rotunda in the National Archives Building shows an inscribed plaque commemorating the Charters of U.S. Freedom including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the U.S. and the Bill of Rights. The fourth page of the U.S. Constitution showing Articles V, VI, and VII. The signatures of 55 delegates of the Philadelphia Convention who drafted the constitution.
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