Former President Truman speaks before Reserve Officers Association in Philadelphia. Sign before bank of microphones reads 'Reserves Ask Only The Right To Be Ready'. Truman warns against serious cuts in defense appropriations during the tense world situation. Crowd applauds.
George N Craig of Indiana becomes the first World War II veteran to head the American Legion. Craig is elected National Commander at a ceremony in the Convention Hall, Philadelphia. A large crowd in the Hall. People hold boards with various state names like Indiana, Philadelphia, Georgia and Texas. Military officers and dignitaries around Craig on the stage. People hold a banner with his name. Officers congratulate Craig. They raise their arms and cheer. People cheer and celebrate.
Christmas celebration in Philadelphia, USA. Toy shaped floats with people on it. Different floats prepared by the people. The float with a box reads 'Jack in Box'. Duck shaped float. Santa Claus with young children on a float. Children wave to Santa Claus. Santa Claus climbs up the ladder and people watch him.
People wave as President Dwight D Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower arrive to attend Sunday services at Gettysburg Presbyterian Church (208 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, United States). Crowds cheer and wave from behind a fence. Three young girls stand behind a metal fence. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower descend from the car in front of the church. Sign reads “National Park Service Gettysburg National Military Park Union Battle Line High Water Mark Round Tops US Dept of the Interior”. A large artillery piece. People view the Virginia Monument (a monument with a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee on his horse Traveller and a "bronze group of figures representing the Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry of the Confederate Army"). President Eisenhower and Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery tour the Gettysburg National Military Park (1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA 17325, United States). President Eisenhower and Marshall Montgomery, in uniform, descend from the plane together. Photographers taking pictures. Later, Marshall Montgomery, in civilian suit, and the President tour the park and visit the Gettysburg National Museum. Sign on building reads 'Battle of Gettysburg on Electrical Map.' View of Gen George Meade's statue in the park. President Eisenhower and the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein view the Virginia Monument together.
An Army-Navy football match in Philadelphia. Army cadet making touch down. Army kicking for point and missing. Navy team makes a touch down and gains extra points by a kick. Crowds jam the stands, and cheer for the Navy. Score board reads Navy 7, Army 12. Crowds come down from stands on the grounds. Middies sitting in stands. Army Band parading on the field, cadets follow. The band and cadets in the field. The Annapolis Middies seated in the stands.
Activities aboard a ship docked at Philadelphia Naval Base in Philadelphia. Ships in Reserve Fleet Basin. USS Brooklyn (CL-40) light cruiser in the foreground. Stern view of USS Brooklyn and USS Nashville (CL-43). Camera pans over ships, including the heavy cruisers USS Louisville CA 28, USS Augusta CA 31, and USS Portland CA 33, in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. United States and Chile Naval officials with State Department representatives on deck of USS Brooklyn. Navy band plays. American flag lowered and the Chilean Flag is raised aboard the USS Brooklyn. Chilean flag raised aboard the USS Nashville. United States Navy Rear Admiral Roscoe E Schuirmann hands ships papers to Chilean Ambassador Felix Nieto Del Rio. Chilean flag fly at masts of the USS Nashville and USS Brooklyn. Chilean officers inspect. Ambassador Del Rio and Vice Admiral of the Chilean Navy, Immanuel Holger come up gangway of USS Brooklyn. Rear Admiral Schuirmann greets them. Yni Louis Rivas Voisin and Yoeman Felix Labbe of the Chilean Navy raise flag aboard USS Brooklyn.