Committee for Hemisphere Defense and Economic Solidarity holds a meeting at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Members seated at the Conference table. Documents in front of the delegates. Chilean delegate as President of the Committee. Newspaper men gathered at the end of the room. Cameramen take pictures. Uruguayan Representative Guani reads newspaper. Senhor Aranha, Peruvian delegate, Ruiz Guinazu and Chilean delegate give their views on severance of relations with the Axis. The U.S. Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles seated in the conference. (World War II period).
A carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Academy Award-winning American actor George Orson Welles directs the carnival filming. At Urca Casino, a carnival week is celebrated. Balloons fall on dancers. Views of dancers. Dancers and groups at tables.
Carnival activities in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Groups dance and sing in the streets. Views of dancers. People dance and sing in the streets. Women dancers sitting in cars as they pass along the streets. Crowds leaning against ropes. People in costumes dance and sing. A banner reads 'Tristeza Aouie Mato'.
Carnival activities in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Crowds of people in costumes dance and sing. A couple dances in a car.
Brazil enters World War II against Germany. Map of Brazil shown. Crowds gather on the streets of Rio de Janeiro as war is declared. German embassy is closed for safety of Brazil. Stores and shops are closed in Axis countries. Axis ships are confiscated at sea. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President of Brazil GetĂșlio Dornelles Vargas meet and sign documents of alliance between two nations. Lend-lease military equipment is unloaded from ships. U.S. and Brazilian pilots meet. U.S. pilots give training to Brazilian pilots. Planes take off. Brazilian pilots fly trainer planes to Brazil from the U.S. Flags of Brazil at mast. Brazilian airplanes take off for patrolling the coast. Brazilian ships depart from Brazilian shipyard. Brazilian President GetĂșlio Vargas promises to defend the coast of Brazil. Ships underway at sea. U.S. sailors stand at attention aboard a ship at a Brazilian port. Workers work in an ordnance factory. Brazilian armed forces and U.S. troops march parade. Military equipment pass on road.
A large number of civilians inducted into Army in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in World War II. They take an oath of allegiance. At Army Day celebrations in Guatemala Foreign Minister of Mexico decorated with a medal as American and Guatemalan troops march.