World War II on the Russian Front. View as German troops advance near bombed out buildings. fight on streets. View of destroyed city and a bridge over water. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions. German soldiers stand on hills. Ships in water. German Tank moving across wheat fields. Smoke and explosion due to bombardment. German bombers in flight. Aerial view of the Russian villages. Bombs being dropped on city. German Pilot in cockpit of aircraft. Soldiers, jeeps and tanks move along a road. German artillery fires. Damaged villages. Russian women mourn for soldiers killed in battle. Dead bodies of Russian soldiers.
British Admiral, John Cronyn Tovey, arrives in a closed launch,manned by sailors, and is piped aboard a battleship off the coast of England. He is greeted, on board, by Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Charles Forbes. After shaking hands with the ship's officers, Admiral Forbes descends the ship's ladder and enters his launch, which is seen heading back to shore. Admiral Tovey and officers of the ship's company pose for pictures. The Union Jack is replaced by a White Ensign on ship's mast, in preparation for getting underway.
A large number of cars, and several trucks,move along a hilly highway in rural United States. Green plants cover the hills. Two men stand off to side of road. A car is parked off the road, opposite them. Several cars parked on the roadside in a row. A car loaded with people passes by. Highway billboards and houses on the hills in the background.
Japanese Foreign Service Officers, in formal wear of top hats and tails, lead funeral procession for Akagi Chikayuki, Japanese Special Deputy Conmissioner of Police Section, Shanghai Municipal Police, who was shot to death.The procession includes a Japanese military officer; bugler and fife player; contingent of Shanghai Municipal Police; a Police Band; and family of the deceased. Hearse stops in front of Hankow Bank, where Japanese military pall bearers remove and carry coffin into a building across the street.They are followed by Shinto priests and monks.
World War I hero Sergeant Alvin York visits Washington DC. Boy Scouts carry a banner reading 'Welcome Sergeant York'. Scouts stand in formation in the background. Sergeant Alvin York arrives at the railway station. His wife accompanies him. He shakes hands with men standing at the railway station to greet him. Railroad cars in the background. Boy Scouts carry United States flags. American Legion contingent salutes him as he comes out of the railway station.
World War I hero Sergeant Alvin York with his wife Gracie Williams and officials in an open car, in Washington, DC, United States. The car stands at working entrance to the White House. Sergeant York and his wife exit the car, in the company of the officials, and pose for photographs under an awning, at the White House entrance. 1940 Cadillac linousine parked by White House. The Yorks pose with their two sons. brief view of articles like phone and documents, on a table, indoors.
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