German-Jewish young refugees "whose parents fill the Nazi concentration camps" (Source: Original 1938 Universal Newsreel film description sheet) arrive on shores in Harwich, England. 206 refugees walk out on the ramp of a ship, carrying their luggage. Refugee young men, young women and children walk towards the refugee camps. Most appear to be teenagers. Refugees wave from their quarters. They eat food at a mess hall and smile.
A colorful state funeral for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, in Ankara Turkey. A huge ceremonial parade follows the horse-drawn caisson carrying the remains of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The Turkish flag is draped on top of the coffin. British, Iranian, and Yugoslavian notables, military generals, and civilians bid him last salute. Military Generals from various nations salute Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The cortege processes to the Ethnography Museum of Ankara (Hacettepe Mahallesi, Turkocagi Sokak No: 4 Sihhiye, Ankara 06230 Turkey).
Dr Emil Hacha, President of the High Court of Administration succeeds Edouard Benes as the third President of Czechoslovakia. Dr Hacha at his office in Prague, smokes cigars and reads important papers. A leading jurist of the dismembered republic of Czechoslovakia, Dr Hacha replaces Edouard Benes, who resigned following the ill-faired Munich Pact.
A new lighter than air blimp, built at Goodyear plant for the U.S. Navy takes off for its debut in Akron, Ohio. The dirigible takes off from the field. Flight commanders in the cabin of dirigible. 'US Navy K-2' written on the side of dirigible. It glides over hanger in the sky.
Friends and relatives of U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner inaugurate a 'Garner for President' boom at his birthplace in Detroit, Texas. A crowd of people gather outside his birth place, an old house. Friends and relatives cheer for Garner. A man and a girl child display placards and banners written 'Garner for President'.
350 Polish refugees leave Tehran for Palestine at the Tehran railroad station. Train at the platform. People bustle on the platform. People bid farewell to their departing friends and relatives from train windows. Notice boards written in Persian language at the railroad platform. A soldier talks to women sitting in one of the wagons from train windows. (World War II period).
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