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Ford executives inspect military planes as company promises to meet war demands for aircraft (WW2)
Ford executives meet with a U.S. military official as the company promises to build 5000 aircraft per day to meet war production demands in World War 2. Ford executives inspect planes. Charles “Charlie” Sorensen, Ford executive responsible for Ford’s defense contracts, speaks with United States military officer and inspects a Curtiss P-40 (possibly an XP-40) fighter. Edsel Ford, Charlie Sorensen and an officer inspect the fighter’s cockpit. Henry Ford, wearing a straw boater, observes the meeting. Propeller of the P-40 fighter plane. Henry Ford listening to a discussion. Military aircraft in flight over mountains as seen from an aircraft. Spectators watch and take photographs. View of aircraft in flight. Cockpit POV view of a group of bombers in flight. Aerial view of three United States Army bombers (likely Boeing Y1B-17 ) in flight. A Boeing Y1B-17 flying. A group of United States Army Boeing Y1B-17 bombers in flight.
King Boris III of Bulgaria meets with Adolf Hitler in Rastenburg, East Prussia (WW2)
King Boris III of Bulgaria arrives at Rastenburg, East Prussia (present day Kętrzyn, Poland) to meet with Adolf Hitler during World War 2. This would be the last meeting between the Bulgarian king and Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler and Nazi officials walk on the Rastenburg Airfield tarmac upon a plane’s landing. The King of Bulgaria climbs down from the aircraft. Nazi officials, pilot and other men perform the Nazi salute. King Boris salutes to Hitler upon arrival. King Boris and Hitler shake hands. A Nazi officer uses a camera to take a photograph of the two figures. King Boris shake hands with other German officials. Hitler performs the Nazi salute to officers. Hitler smiles. King Boris and Hitler board a Horch 951 Pullman Cabriolet, made by Auto Union AG. Car arrives in Hitler’s headquarter called the Wolf’s Lair (Gierłoż 5, 11-400 Gierłoż, Poland). Nazi officers open car door and greet the King of Bulgaria. King Boris gets off from the car. Adolf Hitler greets King Boris with a salute. King Boris shake hands with a Nazi staff. King Boris III and Adolf Hitler together. A Nazi staff car arrives at Rastenburg Airfield. Officers open car door for King Boris. King Boris salutes and shake hands with German officials. King Boris speaking with Hitler before his flight back to Sofia. King Boris says his good-bye, shakes hands with Hitler. Hitler performs the Nazi salute as King Boris salutes back. King Boris climbs the airstair. King Boris waving from plane door before flight.
USS Bismarck Sea and USS Saratoga sailing in the Pacific Ocean (WW2)
The USS Bismarck Sea (CVE- 95) sailing in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the time of its bombing by Kamikaze planes during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Crewmen sitting on top of a damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter plane on the USS Saratoga a day after the Japanese Kamikaze attack. Wreckage of a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter on deck. A Jeep drives past the wreckage. Crewmen clearing debris on the flight deck. Fighter sitting on the starboard side by the flight deck crane. A gaping hole on the flight deck that went down five decks. Debris on the flight deck. Sailors removing the wreckage of destroyed fighters. They use a rope to pull the destroyed aircraft to the side.
Famous persons who pursued freedom including Presidents and dignitaries of various countries.
Statues of Bolivar and of Artigas. The statue of Benito Juarez in Washington DC with the Watergate buildings behind. The statue of Winston Churchill at the British Embassy in Washington DC. Brief view of Winston Churchill waving to a ship and then seen in a car touring ruins of London following a German Blitz attack in World War 2. People wave to Churchill. Winston Churchill in a car waves back to them. A close up of Churchill. Pilots walk towards the aircraft parked at a field. Explosion blast of swastika at Zeppelinfeld Nazi Party Grounds at end of World War 2. British soldiers greet Churchill during World War 2 as he rides by on an armored car beside a machine gun, tips his hat and waves to soldiers. A French dignitary (appears to be President Rene Coty?) greeting and presenting an award to Churchill. Churchill waves to onlookers from a boat passing under a bridge. Churchill looks out of a window. African American woman sits on a park bench in Washington DC. A close up of a pigeon. An African American man reads a newspaper. The statue of Henry Longfellow at Connecticut Avenue. The statue of Taras Shevchenko. Aerial view of Kennedy Center in background and grounds of Teddy Roosevelt Island Park. A woman and a dog walk in the park. A branch of a tree. The statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the park and the trees in the park. Footage of Theodore Roosevelt speaking to people. View from Virginia side of Potomac River looking at Georgetown University and, beyond, at the Washington National Cathedral. The tomb of Woodrow Wilson at the National Cathedral. A close up of stained glass windows and architecture in Washington National Cathedral. View of Woodrow Wilson wearing a top hat and speaking to the people. A montage of scenes from World War 1. People crowd on a street in jubilant celebration for the Armistice Day in World War 1. Woodrow Wilson in a car tipping his hat to a parade crowd.
U.S. Navy ships bombarding Okinawa and fighting off attacks by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft in World War II
Conclusion of U.S. Navy film: "The Fleet That Came To Stay." Role of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. Opening scene shows ships of U.S. Task Force 58 sitting quietly in waters off the coast of Okinawa, at dawn on May 9, 1945 (VE Day, when Germany surrendered in World War 2). Navy gunners silhouetted against the dawning sky, with twin Bofors anti-aircraft guns. Silhouettes of sailors on early watch. Sailor walks on deck of an aircraft carrier, past parked aircraft with it's vertical stabilizer and rudder riddled to pieces by battle damage. An escort aircraft carrier and other warships are moving slowly past the camera ship. A Douglas Dauntless dive bomber, with only a pilot aboard, takes off from a carrier. Brief glimpse of aircraft taking off from a carrier. It carries a bomb underneath and displays the number 559 on its engine cowling. Numerous American aircraft in formation above the ships. A U.S. cruiser in the distance. Closeups of capital ships bombarding Okinawa with heavy guns and firing anti-aircraft guns at attacking Kamikaze aircraft. Black flak clouds and tracer bullets tracking a Japanese aircraft. Superimposed slate tallies Japanese aircraft shot down: "May 12th: 164; June 3rd: 45; June 6th: 67; June 8th: 30." A kamikaze plane crashes into the sea. Gunners aboard a ship work rapidly to reload their anti-aircraft guns. View of an Essex class aircraft carrier with black flak clouds overhead. Two explosions occur next to her hull. Gunners track a Japanese airplane flying low and close to the water. It passes a carrier and crashes into the sea. More views of sailors working at speed to reload anti-aircraft guns. A sailor firing an Oerlikon 20 mm cannon from gun position atop a ship. A Kamikaze plane crashes at starboard side of an Escort aircraft carrier underway. View of long line of anti-aircraft guns firing simultaneously from beside the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Smoke rising from the firing and driven by the wind. Remains of a Kamikaze plane spin down amid black flak clouds, after being hit by gunfire. Slate reads "4232 (Japanese planes shot down). The spinning pieces of the Kamikaze plane crash well clear of a nearby Cleveland class light cruiser. Against background of flak filled sky, a Washington Post Newspaper headline is shown reading: "Navy Okinawa Casualties near 10,000 and 2 more ships hit."
U.S. army trucks and armored vehicles roll through Altenkirchen, Germany during World War II.
U.S. army troops advance through Altenkirchen, Germany during final days of World War 2, in Europe. Trucks and armored vehicles roll through village and are hurried on by an MP(Military Police) Lieutenant and other MPs directing traffic. Army vehicles are loaded with soldiers and war materiel. Sign reads 'Altenkirchen'. Trucks at halt. Soldiers stop to eat. Several Army officers standing around eating together. U.S. Army Master Sergeant , with 4 hash marks on his sleeve, drinks from his canteen cup. A soldier opens a tin can with knife. U.S. Military Vehicles shown in these scenes include: GMC CCKW 5.3 ton 6x6 U.S. Army cargo truck; Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep; Ford GPW Army Military Jeep; WC52 3/4 ton 4x4 Army vehicle; M42 M2A1 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun; M2 Half-track armored personnel carrier; M-3 Scout Car; M15 Halftrack; M5 High Speed artillery tractor and M10 Ammo Trailer; Ben Hur 1 ton Army trailer.
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