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Two U.S. Army Lieutenant Generals pay homage at Greek Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Athens, Greece

Lieutenant General James A Van Fleet and another three-star General place wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, and salute to pay homage. Greek Army guard wearing traditional Evzones uniform is seen at his post. After placing the wreath, the Generals accompanied by a Greek official and Greek military officers, greet U.S. military officers stationed in Athens. They review a Greek military honor guard before boarding a United States Air Force C-54 aircraft to depart.

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038021
British forces liberate Greece from German occupation and Greek Prime Minister Papandreou during a ceremony, in World War II.

Allied forces liberate Greece from German occupation and civilians cheer for them, during World War II. British convoy of warships and boats reach the harbor of Athens. Commanders look at the harbor. British Army with Polish and Greek regular army soldiers march on roads towards Athens. Civilians cheer, hail, welcome them, raise posters and banners. Greek and British soldiers visit ancient Greek monuments. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou reviews honor guard of combined British, Greek and Polish forces. Greek civilians on roads and buildings hail Prime Minister Papandreou who pays homage to Greek soldiers and salutes them. Greek girls carry national flag to a monument and Papandreou and others follow them.

Date: 1944, October
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056373
Lyndon Johnson meets locals and dignitaries during visits to Greece, Lebanon, Turkey and Iran

United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) waves at a crowd in Iran while standing in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible during an official visit to the Middle East and Southern Europe. A huge crowd listen to a speech by Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) in Greece. Cameraman readies his camera to capture Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech. Lyndon B. Johnson delivers a speech behind the podium, about the hopes “…We, of United States have for the future in this broad area of the world”. On Lyndon B. Johnson’s right is his daughter, Lynda Bird Johnson. From his convertible, Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with people. United States Air Force Two, a Boeing 707 carrying Lyndon B. Johnson, arrives at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport. Lady Bird Johnson alights aircraft with Lyndon B. Johnson. Airplane door showing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson meets Lebanese Foreign Minister, Philippe Takla, after Johnson disembarked from Air Force Two. Photographers capture shots of Lyndon B. Johnson arriving at Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible. Lyndon B. Johnson meets Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran aka Shah of Iran, and Iranian Prime Minister Asadollah Alam in the Golestan Palace. Lyndon B. Johnson in a meeting with Turkish President Cemal Gürsel, Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Cemal Erkin and Prime Minister Mustafa İsmet İnönü. Lyndon B. Johnson meets Makarios III, the President of Cyprus, during official visit to Nicosia, Cyprus. Cypriot Parliament in Nicosia. Vice President of Cyprus Fazıl Küçük attends. Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson pose together with King Paul of Greece and his wife, Queen Frederika of Hannover in Tatoi Palace, Athens. Lyndon B. Johnson confers with Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis. Turkish people with American and Turkish flags listen to Lyndon B. Johnson. View of Ancient Greek Acropolis ruins. Lyndon B. Johnson says in his speech, “Thousands of years before man set foot upon the shores of our New World, great glories of civilization have been wrought here in the lands of the Middle East”.

Date: 1962, August
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078544
German U-Boat sinks Greek ship "India" in 1917 during World War I. U-Boat crew captures and examines sea turtles, in 1915.

Opening scene shows a tramp steamer listing to starboard.during World War 1. She displays "India, Greece" in large letters on her side. Slate indicates that an explosives technician from a U-Boat had climbed aboard and set charges on the Greek Steamer, "India" as she is stopped in the Atlantic during World War 1. The India is carrying a cargo of coal from Cardiff Wales, to Oran. The ship is seen listing. Smoke still rises from her stack. Slate states that the cross on the hull of the sinking "India" is the Greek national emblem. The ship sinks lower and finally slides out of sight, with smoke rising above the water from her exploding boilers. (Note: This German U-boat is the SM U-35, which was operating in the western approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar after leaving the Mediterranean on 11-12 April. It carried a professional cinematographer on board. Two years earlier, on June 12, 1915 , the U-35 also sank the British ship, "Crown of India." ) The next sequence shows an image of the German Daily Express newspaper for Monday May 10, 1915. Dead! it reports in bold print: The world has a duty to conduct a Hunt for turtles. Scene shifts to deck of surfaced German U-boat, showing a dinghy arriving alongside, from which several giant sea turtles are unloaded. Crew members examine the turtles on the deck of the submarine. At least one appears to be dead. Next scene shows lookouts on conning tower of the U-Boat, as they see smoke on the horizon. (The Imperial German Naval war flag is displayed on the conning tower.) The Captain calls for full speed ahead on both engines, and the controls show that being selected. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1917, April 12
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675042361
People cast their votes during a plebiscite and elect King George II as their ruler in Athens, Greece.

People take part in a plebiscite in Athens, Greece. Soldiers on a street with people gathered along the sides. A soldier casts his vote during the plebiscite. Officials seated at a desk. People loaded on cars as they celebrate the victory of King George II in the plebiscite. People hold pictures of the King. Field Marshal Kondylis in a military uniform.

Date: 1935, November 13
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058976
German tanks and military vehicles pass in review at a parade in Athens, Greece.

German military parade in Athens, Greece during World War II. German military tanks roll down a road during the parade. Soldiers atop tanks salutes the reviewing officer. The reviewing officer salutes back. The soldiers in military vehicles during the parade. A band plays.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675059091