Madame Donnet in Washington DC. She boards the TWA airline. Constellation planes inaugurate the route from U.S. to Paris in16 hours. Madame Donnet, wife of the French ambassador stands at the ramp with flower bouquet. She christens the first plane with a compressed air gun. People watch. Other men board the plane. A man waves his hand towards people. The plane in flight.
Basketballs match between Long Island University's Blackbirds and Valparaiso at Madison Square Garden in New York. Match in progress. Spectators watch. Crowd applauds. The Blackbirds win.
Celebration of Army Day during World War II in Washington DC, United States. People gather in front of the Capitol Building to watch the event. Soldiers march. Trees along the sides of the street. Soldiers on horses. Secretary of War Stimson, General George Marshall and other high army officials review the troops. They salute the soldiers. Soldiers in Jeeps move on the street.
Celebration of Army Day in Manhattan, New York City, United States, in 1941, prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor causing the U.S. to enter World War 2.. View from high on a building overlooking 5th Avenue and Central Park, of U.S. Army units parading on Army Day. Street-level view shows color guard followed by marchers. Central Park is seen at left, and spectators line sidewalks on both sides of Fifth Avenue. The street is wet and many spectators carry umbrellas. A reviewing stand, on the Central park side of the Avenue, contains military officers and political leaders. Among those seen are: Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, who is flanked in the front row by New York Governor, Herbert Lehman, and New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Next to the Mayor, A Fire Chief represents the NYFD ( the Commissioner was being replaced) and next to him is NYPD Commissioner Lewis Valentine. They are seen saluting. In the line of march members of the 44th Division Ski Patrol are seen carrying their skis. People sit with umbrellas to watch the parade. Some bleachers set up have few spectators, because of the rain. A child watches the soldiers. Troops of the U.S. 157th Field Artillery Regiment ride in trucks, pulling 37mm antitank field pieces and 105mm howitzers. More views from a high building overlooking the parade.
Soldiers and officers inspect tanks in Aberdeen, Maryland. They examine the tank 'M-3'. Officers watch the tank. Other soldiers stand. Tank moves across a small waterway. Splash in water. Tank moves on the field. Trees in the background. (World War II period).
Snow covered area in British Columbia, Canada. Vehicle passes on the snow covered area. A man walks with a dog sledge on the snow. A man cuts trees with an axe. Vehicle moves. Women stand at the back side of the vehicle.
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