Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Moltov and other dignitaries arrive at railway station in Moscow. General Charles de Gaulle gets off a train and is greeted by Moltov. They salute while a Russian band plays 'Marseilles'. Soldiers march behind General de Gaulle. (World War II period).
Ellen Mcadoo sails on a honeymoon with her actor-husband, Senor Lopez De Onate at Baltimore, Maryland. Ellen Mcadoo gets on board of the ship. Senor Lopez De Onate smokes a cigarette and talks with his wife. The ship sails away from the dockyard.
Destroyer Escort,USS Frament (DE 677) is commissioned during World War 2. Lieutenant Commander S. T. McAdam, Jr., in command, reads his orders to crew assembled on deck. Tug boats move the ship away from the pier. DE-677 underway in shakedown cruise.Officers review daily plans for shakedown cruise. General Quarters alarm is sounded and crew mans battle stations. Gun crews at 1.1 inch, 40mm, and 3 inch guns. Crew members positioned to launch depth charges ("ash cans") , torpedoes, and to fire "hedge hogs" (clusters of bombs). Navy aircraft tows a canvas sleeve target for crew to practice fire against. Antiaircraft gun crews shoot down target.
During the Second Italian-Ethiopian War, General Emilio De Bono arrives at an Italian Air Base. He reviews the troops, and addresses them. General De Bono awards medals to several flyers who then stand as a group for photographs. Ceremony concludes with troops passing in review.
Free French General Charles de Gaulle, accompanied by Admiral Emile Henry Muselier, walks across a gangplank from a large warship to visit the French submarine,Surcouf, during World War 2. They walk past sailors presenting arms in salute. View of the Surcouf's unique (for a submarine) turret with twin 8-inch guns. From aft of the conning tower, they watch demonstration of a sliding hangar for the boat's observation plane. View of the crew lined up in dress uniforms, on deck. General de Gaulle and Admiral Muselier conversing with the submarine's officers.
Spanish Republican Ambassador to the U.S. Don Fernando de los Rios at the White House in Washington DC. Don Fernando de los Rios talks with U.S. officials as he leaves the White House after meeting U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cameramen take pictures.
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