The Pendleton Round-Up, a rodeo in Pendleton, Oregon. Grand entry parade and Indians in tribal regalia. Spectators sitting in the stadium. In bucking contest, horse riders come out from the chute and perform on ground. Cattle come out from chute. Several riders fall down on the ground from the cattle.
Normal life of civilians resume after German surrender in some parts of France during World War II. Aerial view of flak in sky. Close-up view of two U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft in flight. (Narrator incorrectly states they are British Lancaster bomber aircraft.) View from bomb bay doors of bombs away shot as the B-25 bomber aircraft drop bombs on U-boat pens at Brest. Explosions and smoke rise. The aircraft drop bombs over ground installation over enemy area. Canadian soldier scenes: Troops advance through a burning coastal town in France. Buildings collapsing and gunfire in streets. Smoke rising. Ruins of destroyed French town are seen. Allied Army tanks advance and fire artillery. German prisoners of war from Wehrmacht 7th and 15th armies being marched under watch by Canadian forces. Among the German prisoners is a 13 year old Russian boy who was forced to work by the Nazis. German prisoners in a soup line and seen drinking from mugs. Some appear to be very young boy soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers in Le Mans: American soldiers are welcomed by civilians of France. Happy French civilians waving to U.S. forces including a happy young woman who runs forward and pats a U.S. Army tank with her hand. Men and women collaborationists who assisted the Germans are rounded up by French and marched away. U.S. Army soldiers seated at stools in a French bar drink as the bar maid pours more into their glasses. French civilians line up at shops and groceries to buy food and goods in Le Mans. Pictures of General De Gaulle for sale. American women in U.S. Army uniforms (possibly nurses or Womens Army Corps WAC members) look in shop windows at French fashions. Voting cards: U.S. Army troops read pamphlets that read "requirement of soldiers to vote" and "Soldiers Voting". The U.S. Army GI's receive and mail postcards to their homes requesting absentee voting ballots for the upcoming November 1944 election. The soldiers line up to secure their application cards for absentee ballots.
Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin and Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo arrive in Washington DC. Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin, president elect of Cuba, disembarks plane at Nation airport of Washington DC for official visit. Troops standing in attention. Cordell Hull greets Dr. Ramon Grau. Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Chinese ambassador to Great Britain arrives to represent his government for peace in World War II. He is greeted by Under Secretary Joseph C. Grew on his arrival. Troops march.
Hiller's coaxial bladed helicopter is demonstrated and helicopter delivers cigarettes to veterans in the U.S. Berkeley, California: "Hiller Copter" on ground. It is coaxial bladed helicopter, a ship which has rigid blades and no tail rotor. Stanley Hiller, 19 year old inventor demonstrates his coaxial bladed helicopter at University of California at Berkeley football stadium. Next scene is Boston, Massachusetts: Filene's Department stores deliver cartons of cigarettes to patients at the Veteran's Hospital with an ultra modern helicopter. The Helicopter takes off and lands at Veteran's Hospital in West Roxbury. Cigarettes are distributed to veterans.
Aviation cadets do sit-ups at AAF Training Command School in Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut. Army Air Force cadets at AAF Training Command School at Yale, take part in mass calisthenics in Yale Bowl. Sergeant Beranek demonstrates sit-ups. He demonstrates his techniques in setting his world record of 6034 sit-ups in 6 hours. Cadets do sit-ups.
Young girls save melon crop in Port Arthur, Texas. Young girls come out from building and board trucks. They pick water melons and load melons onto truck. They receive certificates of appreciation for saving melon crop. They show the certificates.
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