A plane lands on a grassy field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Alex Brun an aviator and inventor, exits the airplane and then takes out a small vehicle from inside the plane that resembles a small motor scooter or moped. He drives it to the nearby town where he stops at a gasoline or petrol station to buy a small cup full of fuel for his motorize bike. Alex Brun invented the vehicle to be carried in an airplane and used to reach nearby towns in case of a forced landing.
Cars parked outside the railway station in Bronxville, New York. Husbands bidding farewell to their wives before boarding the train. New traffic laws prohibits husbands from doing so.
A plane in flight over water and bridge in Moscow, USSR. Plane lands and aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh and his wife Anne Marrow Lindbergh gets off the plane. Colonel Lindbergh and his wife are greeted.
Cheerleaders and military cadets from the John Marshall High School (located only a few blocks away at 8th and Marshall Street) walk together in front of the new State Theater, at 712 E.Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. The movie theater Marquee advertises "Fast and frothy musical Romance, My Weakness, with Lilian Harvey." A group of students sings. Employees of the theater pose in front of it with cadets, cheerleaders, and 5 ushers. Bouquets of flowers sit at left of the picture. Cadets escort women into the theater. A dozen of the theater's ushers walk out of the theater and pose, with their chief, in front for the camera.They are all dressed in uniforms with black tie. Several businessmen pose in front of the theater. View from inside the ticket booth as woman sells tickets to patrons. Ticket taker at entrance tears tickes of entering patrons. View from across the street, of theater and traffic and pedestrians.
President Harry S. Truman broadcasts to the nation from a desk in the White House, Washington, DC. on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, announcing that Germany has surrendered to end World War 2, in Europe. He expresses his regret that the late President Franklin Roosevelt had not lived to see the day. Truman calls it a "solemn but glorious hour" and offers thanks to the "providence that has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light."
A huge crowd cheering and celebrating the news of victory over Germany, ending World War 2, in Europe, on May 8, 1945 (VE Day). Cheering crowds gathering at Times Square and Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City. American flags on display.
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