flying from london prime minister atley arrives in washington where he receives
a hearty welcome from secretary of state burns and american and british officials
during a stay the british prime minister will discuss the atomic bomb situation
and other matters concerning world security with president truman and
canada's mackenzie king
arriving at the white house mister atley is warmly greeted
britain's ambassador lord halifax is in the welcoming group
at an armistice day ceremony at arlington national cemetery
president truman and prime ministers atley and king honor the nation's
heroic day
it's a solemn occasion coming so soon after the war's end
mister atley places a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier as a token from
our british comrades in arms
prime minister king represents canada at the ceremony on this first peacetime
armistice day in four years
in remembrance of those who died to make victory possible
at portsmouth virginia the u s s williamsburg president truman's new
flagship has been refurbished as a seagoing white house and the means of
recreation for our busy chief executive
everything is ship shape for the president to take over
and every comfort provided in his quarters where mister truman can work
relax or entertain distinguished visitors and friends
harmony is the keynote on this two hundred forty foot vessel built as a
private yacht in nineteen thirty one
later she served as a gunboat and a convoy escort
the williamsburg replaces the u s s potomac as the presidential yacht
bon voyage mister president
presenting the height of modern design in new cars this streamline model built
in los angeles needs only three wheels
thereby saving you one-fourth of your tire bill and offers many other economy
fill up the tank and get forty miles to the gallon
tires of five dollars each in the tactical fenders only four
with an overall length of fourteen feet this novel motorcar turns in a thirteen
foot circle
flexi glass windshields and airplane like frame of steel tubing are other
features
uh... fifty eight horsepower four-cylinder motor provides a cruising
speed of sixty five miles per hour and a top speed of one hundred
pretty snazzy for weaving through that heavy post-war traffic
first pictures of the britannia
england's meteor plane that now holds the world's airspeed record established
by captain h j wilson right who piloted the jet-powered craft at an average
speed of six hundred six miles per hour
at hern bay off england's south coast a timing station equipped with fast cameras
is ready to clock the ship speed over a seventy mile course
the powerful ship enters the stretch
the former record was four hundred and sixty nine miles per hour but watch the
trees go by as this record breaker plunges on