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U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister and other officials attend a conference in Washington DC.

A conference of the Pacific War Council attended by the Allied leaders in Washington DC during World War II. The President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt, British politician Viscount Halifax, the President of Philippines Manuel Quezon, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other officials seated at a conference table.

Date: 1942
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061000
Soviet Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov boards an aircraft at the Washington D.C. airport after his secret visit to the U.S.

Soviet Commissar for foreign affairs Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov on a secret visit to the United States. Molotov meets U.S. officials at the Washington D.C. airport. He shakes hands with the officials and boards a Soviet bomber. The aircraft takes off. U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinov sign a lend-lease agreement.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061756
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt greets King George II of Greece as he arrives at the White House in Washington DC.

King George II of Greece arrives at the White House in Washington D.C. A marine guard of honor stands in formation to greet the King. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrive to greet him with other officials. Cameramen record the arrival of dignitaries. Dignitaries seated in chairs as they discuss amongst themselves.

Date: 1942
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061758
Photographers click pictures of a famous female Russian sniper with officials in Washington DC, United States.

A famous female Russian sniper is recognized in Washington DC, United States during World War II. The Russian woman sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, is seen greeting Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Maxim Litvinov, and shaking hands. View of medals pinned on her uniform, as a member of the Soviet Army 25th Rifle Division. Lieutenant Lyudmila Pavlichenko stands with the officials as photographers click pictures.

Date: 1942
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065997
Hollywood stars promote the sale of war bonds at a rally in Washington DC, United States.

A war bond rally in Washington DC, United States during World War II. A large crowd gathered in front of the U.S. Treasury building during the war bond rally. Several Hollywood stars at the rally to promote the sale of war bonds. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. address the gathering during the rally. He thanks the motion picture industry for extending its support to the war bond drive. Celebrities including Greer Garson hand over war bonds to the people. Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr signing autographs for fans. The U.S. flag at the Treasury building.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065998
Operation Pastorius Nazi spies at trial in Washington DC; FBI agent shows sabotage tools of the accused.

Nazi spies involved in Operation Pastorius are tried in the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington DC. The exteriors of the Supreme Court of the United States. The captured would-be saboteurs are taken to the Court in armored paddy wagons to be tried for espionage, attempted sabotage, and treason. View of the accused riding in the vans, and the vans entering near court building. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent digs with a shovel on sand beaches in Long Island, New York, to find explosives stored there by the spies. FBI agent shows the incendiary devices carried by the Germans who landed on the Atlantic shore from a submarine. An FBI agent shows captured uniforms, belt containing money, wooden blocks loaded with hidden detonator caps, pens and pencils that contain incendiaries to start fires. An indendiary pencil is demonstrated. Seven U.S. Army Generals, appointed by President Roosevelt to hear the case, are seen outside the court building. The Generals enter the court. Two high ranking U.S. officers appointed to defend the accused are seen as they enter the court. Prisoners enter the court, escorted by guards. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States, John Edgar Hoover, enters the courtroom. The officers sit. Attorney General of the United States Francis Beverley Biddle present and seen during court proceedings. Prisoners sit during the trial. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, July
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067929