Alien immigrants arrive at Ellis Island in New York by ferry. Ellis Island ferry coming into slip. Tug boats bring aliens to Immigration Building from SS Siboney. Aliens walk towards Immigration Building for processing to enter America. Doorway and American flag, entrance to administration building. Ellis Island ferry slip and life-ring 'Ellis Island' in foreground.
Contingent of Soviet Tartar soldiers cleaning and adjusting their rifles. Most wear large black hats. although several wear smaller pointed style. (World War II period).
Pan-American clipper carrying Wendell Willkie arrives in port of Lisbon, Portugal during World War II, on first leg of Willkie's journey to England in support of the lend-lease bill. Clipper arrives in harbor. Clipper near a pier. Boats in the foreground. Clipper comes in the harbor with Portuguese fishing boat.
Pan-American clipper arrives at the port of Lisbon during World War II. Men leave in a boat from pier at the port of Lisbon. Pan-American clipper arrives at the port. Custom officers on pier in the foreground. American Republican politician Wendell Willkie and others arrive in a boat and walk along the pier during their trip to Portugal and England supporting the lend-lease bill. Sign on a building on dock reads 'Aeroporto Maritime De Cabo Ruivo Pan American Airways'. Clipper leaves.
Pan-American office in Lisbon, Portugal during World War II. Exterior of Pan-American office in Lisbon. Traffic and pedestrians pass along a road. Interiors of Pan-American ticket office. Employees at desk talk to men and women.
Opening scene shows Imperial Japanese infantry with rifles and T-100 sub machine gun in a Daihatsu Landing Craft, off the Philippines. Remainder of the brief film shows Philippine President Manuel Quezon standing outside a building, appearing ready to commence a public broadcast. Microphones are set up nearby. ( Clip is silent except for some faint music in background at the beginning.)
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