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Pilgrims walk in a religious procession and pray at Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec, Canada
Religious faithful gather at Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (10018 Ave Royale, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec G0A 3C0, Canada), a national Catholic shrine in Quebec, Canada. The exteriors of the shrine. People gathered outside the shrine to celebrate the annual novena to the blessed Mother of Mary. Exterior view of the original former shrine building. Pilgrims in the religious procession, led by Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, Archbishop of Quebec. People kneel at stations of the cross and pray for loved ones and those away fighting in World War II. People outside the shrine. Two women in wheelchairs. People pray in the shrine. A statue of the Virgin Mary inside the shrine. View of many crutches and assistive devices that were left at the shrine by those who received miracle cures from afflictions.
Officials greet each other at Rotary International's 33rd meeting in Toronto, Canada.
Rotary International's 33rd meeting in Toronto, Canada. Soldiers march past a building with a sign on it that reads 'Maple Leaf Garden'. Officers review troops. A woman reviews the troops. Officials greet each other. Two men hug each other. A man shows a thumbs up sign. (World War II period).
Canadian Mosquito Bomber and United States Army observation plane are demonstrated early in World War II
Canadian De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito aircraft is shown to the public for the first time, in Canada, early in World War 2. Air Force officers stand near the aircraft. British test pilot Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland Jr., son of the famed British aviation pioneer and aircraft designer, pilots the airplane in a demonstration flight. The plane taxis for takeoff. De Havilland circles and buzzes the field several times to demonstrate its speed and maneuverability. At one point, he feathers the right engine and demonstrates its excellent single-engine flight characteristics. Complete change of scene, to Wayne, Michigan, in the United States and a snow-covered air field where a Stinson Model 76 observation aircraft (registered NX27772) demonstrates its extreme short takeoff and steep climb capability.. Aerial view of the airplane maneuvering aloft and then landing in the snow, whereupon, it spins about in a 180 degree turn and immediately takes off, again, in very short distance and a steep climb. (Note: NX27772 was the final prototype for the L-5 Sentinel airplane, as it was named, when delivered to the U.S. Army.)
Scenes from career of U.S. Air Force General Henry (Hap) Arnold in latter part of World War 2; Arnold with WASP women pilots.
General Henry Arnold stands with other senior Allied military officers, behind Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Madame Chiang, in Cairo, Egypt during the Cairo Conference. General Arnold meeting with other Allied military chiefs at the Chateau Frontenac, in Quebec, Canada. General Arnold conversing with Prime Minister Churchill. Women pilots of the Women's Air Service Pilots (WASP) in front of their T-6 training aircraft. General Arnold at the graduation ceremony of the first class of WASP pilots.
Alaskan railroad re-opened by United States Army in World War 2, to carry supplies.
Supplies are carried by trains and trucks in Alaska. Ships unload food and supplies at Skagway, Alaska. Smoke rises from smokestack of the ship. Men unload the supplies. Train of the Yukon railroad, under operation by the United States Army is loaded with food and supplies for troops guarding arctic outposts in World War II. A Yukon Railroad train moves along railroad tracks. A sign reads "Whitehorse, Yukon" at the Whitehorse stop in Yukon territory of Canada. Truck on the new Alaska Truck Highway passes by with freight it received at Whitehorse.
U.S. Servicemen on furlough in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, during World War II
Street scene in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, shows American Red Cross Service Club, next to a florist shop, on Shipquay Place, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Civilians walk past on the sidewalk. A bicyclist passes in the street. Several U.S. sailors come out of the passage to the club. A U.S. Marine and a sailor stop to look in the florist shop window. Sign in window reads: "We Can Send Flowers by Wire to U.S.A. & Canada." A bus passes. Two men pass with a pushcart. A marine stops to chat with the sailors at the club entrance. Another bus passes. A bus stops and U.S. sailors and marines run to catch it as it pulls out, without success. They return to the sidewalk by the Northern Bank building. Later, sailors are seen boarding a another bus parked at the curb.