Wife of British RAF (Royal Air Force) pilot who was awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down an enemy aircraft while his own aircraft was burning. She lifts her baby from a pram in front of her house. She displays her husband's burned shoe and flight gear. She then reads formal letters about award of the Victoria Cross. Her husband pilot is seen with two other RAF fliers relaxing amongst other service personnel at a medical recuperation facility. They sit at a small table and smoke cigarettes. (World War II period).
Security Council meeting on South Africa crisis at United Nations headquarters in New York, United States. Dignitary speaks during the council meeting. Name plates in front of him read 'President' and 'United States'. Dignitaries and personnel present at the meeting. The Security Council places South Africa's apartheid crisis on its agenda, over South Africa protests. Meanwhile in South Africa, the native work stoppage continues and thousands march in protest against government policies. Factories near sea. People stand in a line at a shop. Native black South African residents protest and carry caskets as they demonstrate on road.
U.S. 3rd infantry troops advance in a valley of Germany during World War II. U.S. military tanks advance. German prisoners, hunched over to avoid fire from their own troops, are rushed to safer areas. 1500 German prisoners of war captured by the 3rd Army in Germany. Military trucks arrive. Dead bodies of German troops and horses lying on the ground. Rocket attacks on the European front. Multi-banked firing units give support to artillery. The rockets are fired from a remote-control box. Troops fire guns. U.S. forces uses mobile rocket projectors into German towns.
Celebration of the 38th anniversary of the U.S. Army Air Forces, dating back to establishment of the Aeronautical Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in 1907. Airmen of the Army Air Forces march in formation on the flight line at Wright Field in Dayton,Ohio. Aviation pioneer, Orville Wright, is seen in the reviewing stand. A color guard marches past the the reviewing stand. A 4-engine German Junkers JU-290 transport aircraft is seen parked on the field. (It arrived on July 31, 1945, after being flown to Wright Field from Europe, by U.S. Air Forces Colonel Harold E. Watson and co-pilot Captain Fred McIntosh,who were delivering it to Air Technical Intelligence Headquarters.) The crew of the JU-290 (named "Alles Kaputt") pose in front of it. Colonel Watson, is seen holding a Dachshund dog. The JU-290 takes off on a demonstration flight. A new U.S. P-80 "Shooting Star" jet airplane (serial number 44-84995) is rolled out for all to see. It takes off in a demonstration flight.
A Victory Home advertisement in a store front window in Muncie, Indiana. A man looks at a window display. The display reads "This is a V home, Make yours a home too. Qualify for your V Home sticker." Poster displays advantages of the home described in 5 points. The display includes a home and sign V over it. People move past the display window. Two women stand and look at the window. Sign describes the five attributes of a Victory Home: "This home follows the instructions of its air raid warden. This home conserves food, clothing, transportation and health. This home salvages essentials for immediate contribution to war uses. This home refuses to spread rumors designed to divide our nation. This home buys war savings stamps and bonds regularly."
A market in Muncie, Indiana. A Saturday afternoon crowd shops in front of stores. Street scenes, people shop. The main street of Muncie. People on the street walk and shop.
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