MISCELLANEOUS SCENES IN THE LIFE OF GEN. JOHN PERSHING Part 1

Description

Summary: MS, Gen Pershing at microphone asks the US to donate to help the unemployed of the depression. MS, the general in civilian clothes speaks on behalf of the Red Cross and asks aid for drought disaster victims in the West. The aged general is honored by the Maryland Academy of Sciences after an introduction by Maryland's Governor Ritchie. The aging general in uniform speaks at a West Point commencement, stressing the possibility of another World War. FIRST ENLISTED WAVES SWORN IN REGULAR NAVY: Washington DC: 07/09/1948. Rear Admiral George L Russell, USN Judge Advocate General, administering oath to six enlisted women of the Naval Reserve who became the first to transfer to the regular Navy. Secretary of the Navy John L Sullivan makes a short speech and congratulates the women. (NOTE:Poor sound quality.)BIG FOUR MEET TO PLAN PEACE FOR GERMANY. London, England, 1945, Summary: In London's Leicester House, the Big Four meet for the fifth time since V-J Day. Ernest Bevin, England's Prime Minister speaks to Russia's representative Vyacheslav Molotov. VS, men around conference table. MS, US Secretary of State George C Marshall and US Justice William O Douglas in attendance.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities