3 firemen killed and 100 people hurt as a gasoline blast wrecks a garage in Montreal, Canada. The damaged garage after the gasoline blast. Firemen spray water with hoses. Men vacate the garage. Men inspect debris outside the damaged garage. Two men carry a wounded man. A man stands in front of a fruit vendor's stall.
Busy life of in Berlin, Germany. Two men with beer mugs in a restaurant. People walk on a road. A man eats in a carriage. A man eats on a road in front of the restaurant. A gas station attendant filling car with fuel. Pigeons eat grains. A man sitting on stairs smokes a pipe. Two elderly women talking. People seated at a desk. A horse carriage on a road. Siegessäule monument in Berlin (Siegessäule, Grosser Stern 1 10785 Berlin). Vehicles and pedestrians on a road. A traffic policeman controls the traffic. Advertisement for German cigarette brand Juno on double decker bus moving along the Unter den Linden boulevard.
A meeting of French officers at Hotel Brenner in Baden-Baden, Germany. A sign on a building. People and vehicles move on the road in front of the building. Views of Hotel Brenner where the officers of the French Commander-in-Chief are. Two soldiers stands guard at entrance of the building. An officer enters the building. French Government in Germany: French officers seated at a conference table. The meeting is presided over by General Marie-Pierre Koenig, French Commander-in-Chief. On his right is Administrator General Emile Laffon, who is in charge of the civilian administration of the French Zone. On his left is his political counselor Jacques Tarbe de Saint -Hardouin. On the left of Saint-Hardouin is Koenig's deputy General Henri Navarre.
British military headquarters in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. Koenig's Hotel (Hotel Königshof , Am Kurpark 5, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany) in Bad Oeynhausen is now the headquarter of the British Army of the Rhine (B.A.O.R.). Vehicles and soldiers move on a road in front of the building. British headquarter hotel entrance. Two military policemen stand guard and salute as British officers enter and leave the building. The Union Jack flag fluttering. The hotel roof with a broken mast holding a crown. The name of the hotel 'Badehotel Konigshof' is over the main entrance.
Arrival of European Jews in Shanghai, China. Jewish refugees aboard ship SS Conte Biancomano at a port in Shanghai, fleeing deteriorating conditions in Germany leading up to World War 2. The refugees are processed by reception officials at a desk on deck, as they disembark. Some appear to travel by smaller boat to another location. The Japanese Cruiser Idzumo is at dock in front of the Japanese Consulate. Scenes of the travelers with their belongings on the Bund. They walk up a steel ramp to the back of an open truck and representatives, of the International Settlement organization,drive them to their next location. They stand in line at a food stand. A group looks at a map, together. Another group learns basic English words of "please" and "thank you." Group at table practices writing. The men and women have fun by going down a slide in what appears to be a school playground.
Shasta Dam in Shasta Lake City, California is ready to generate power during World War II. Shasta Dam, part of the Central Valley Project system is ready for transmission. Water flows through conduits into 100,000 horsepower turbines that drive huge generators. Men walk in front of the power system ready for transmission.
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