A banner announces elections for President of Quatemala, on October 10th, 1954. A poster showing the sole candidate, Carlos Castillo Armas. Voters lined up at a polling place. Views of the voters registering and voting. Carlos Castillo Armas and his wife, Odilia de Castillo Armas, are seen among people at the polling place. People crowd around them as they register and vote. An official shaking hands with Armas, as his wife stands nearby and people gather around them. Armas conversing with offiicials and military officers. A woman with an official, shakes hands with Mrs. Armas. Closeups of the Armas couple surrounded by well-wishers.
A guard marches in the compound of a hotel. United Kingdom's Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated. French General Charles de Gaulle. General George Marshall with U.S. Air Force Chief, Lieutenant General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold. General Marshall with British General Brooke. Sir Dudley Pound, British Naval Chief, with American counterpart, Admiral William D. Leahy. Winston Churchill and President Franklin D Roosevelt seated and other British and American officials stand behind. American and British troops meet in Tunisia. Troops share cigarettes in the battlefield. General Eisenhower shakes hands with British General Montgomery. British troops advance in the battlefield. Aircraft of Allied Forces strafe German targets on the ground. American tanks advance. German prisoners marched off by French soldiers. German prisoners captured. Crowd cheers in a French city which was occupied by Germans earlier. French soldiers and crowd celebrate. (World War II period).
Aviator converses with another officer aboard escort carrier USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) of Task Group 52.2, during World War II. Destroyer Escort, USS Douglas A. Munro (DE 422) approaches from starboard astern of the Steamer Bay. Lines are placed between the ships and a mail pouch is transferred from the Steamer Bay to the Munro. Two aviators transfer from the Munro to the escort carrier via breeches buoy. Several aviators standing on the Steamer Bay. Group of aviators climb catwalk from hangar deck to flight deck of Steamer Bay. A pilot in cockpit of FM-2 wildcat airplane. An FM-2 wildcat lands on the Steamer Bay. Crew member watches from side of flight deck. Crew members conversing.
Monument of El Angel de la Independencia also known as Angel of Independence in Mexico City. Car traffic on roads. Pedestrians in a street. A view of the city. Pyramid in view.
Casino de la Playa Orchestra performing at the Casino La Playa in Havana Cuba. Various musical instruments are played and the orchestra is led by conductor Guillermo Portela . Cuban dance music in which singer Miguelito Valdes, here seen playing the maracas, is featured. (Later, in 1940, Valdes was hired by Xavier Cugat as a singer.) People seen sitting behind the musicians. Nighttime illuminations on buildings. Patrons dining and dancing.
Passengers boarding and leaving the Compagnie de Navigation Paquet Steamship "Koutoubia" in Tangier harbor, Morocco. Brief glimpse of group of Spanish loyalists hurriedly boarding, to return to Barcelona. Arriving passengers slowly disembarking. Spanish loyalist passengers boarding. Officials checking passenger credentials. Smoke billows from ship's stack as it moves from dock, with passengers on deck waving.
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