President Franklin D. Roosevelt is being assisted on the seat of a jeep,by a group of men in pith helmets, on a beach. They climb on the jeep with the President. Next, the President and his associates drive slowly in the jeep, reviewing a large formation of U.S. soldiers assembled on the sand. Change of scene shows the President seated in a chair during a break in the Casablanca Conference. Behind him is General George Marshall, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Brigadier General William H. Wilbur, and Major General George Patton. The President reads a citation for the award of the Medal of Honor for General Wilbur. General Patton then steps forward and places the Medal of Honor around General Wilbur's neck, as the President adjusts it in the front. General Wilbur wearing the Medal of Honor as he stands with some other officers. View from a jeep driving along a dirt road, past some abandoned airplanes at an inactive air field. Scene shifts to Natal, Brazil, where President Roosevelt is seen seated aboard the USS Humboldt in the Potenji River harbor in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, where he visits President of Brazil, GetĂșlio Vargas, on his way home from the Casablanca Conference. Seated on the ship's deck are: Presidential assistant,Harry Hopkins, President of Brazil Getulio Vargas,holding a cane, President Roosevelt, and United States ambassador Jefferson Caffery seated in chairs as Brazilian Navy and Army officers stand behind them. Later, President Roosevelt is seen, wearing a black armband, in a jeep. Brazilian Navy and Army officers stand around the vehicle. The Chief of the Brazilian Army talks at length with the President. Other officers in the vehicle. They finally proceed followed by armed guards on vehicle behind them. (World War II period)
Soldiers in a United States Landing Ship Tank in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II A vessel in the ocean. GIs on the deck of the Landing Ship Tank. A vessel seen at a distance. U.S. flag on the stern of the Landing Ship Tank. Soldiers near the stern. Soldiers prepare the Anti Aircraft guns. Four vessels seen at a distance in the ocean. Hills and mountains in view. Two soldiers in the vessel, one of them preparing the bullets to be loaded in the gun. The calm ocean water. A vessel seen at a distance.
U.S. Navy convoy in the ocean and a Landing Ship Tank approaching a beach in Sicily, Italy during World War II. The ocean water. Three vessels underway in the ocean. A fleet of vessels underway in the water. The vessels fire salvos. A U.S. Landing Ship Tank during invasion. American soldiers on the deck of the Landing Ship Tank. The ship approaches Licata Beach. Several American soldiers and jeeps on the beach.
French troops being reviewed by French and British military personalities in North Africa during World War II. Officials in a vehicle reviewing the French troops, tanks and soldiers arranged in a line. Two motor vehicles pass in front of the rows of French troops. Soldiers with guns stand in a row. Armored vehicles behind. French General Henri Giraud talks to an American military officer. General Charles De Gaulle, French General Henri Giraud and British Field Marshal Harold Alexander stand at attention. British Admiral Andrew Cunningham stands in front of them. Admiral Andrew Cunningham salutes. General De Gaulle, General Giraud and Admiral Cunningham salutes. They review the troops. General De Gaulle talks to General Alexander. An officer behind General De Gaulle. Trees in the background. A soldier beside a tree. Two French military personnels talk. General De Gaulle, General Giraud, General Alexander, Admiral Cunningham and other officers talk. A tent in the background. Admiral Cunningham and an officer shake hands. General Giraud, Admiral Cunningham and other officers salute. The officials talk to each other and walk.
World War 2 propaganda film documenting air raid in Vichy France. Men carry coffins. Civilians stands on either side and they holds flowers and wreaths. Trucks loaded with coffins pass by the streets. Coffins covered with wreaths and flags. French civilians gathers on either side of the streets for Funeral Procession. Women weep as the bodies of air raid victims are borne in a funeral procession. Injured victims and smoldering ruins of bombed buildings are seen. Civilians clears debris from a town and conduct funeral rites.
Propaganda film on Air Raid in Vichy France during World War 2. Civilians clears debris from a town. Demolished and destructed buildings seen. Refugee civilians evacuate wrecked buildings. Refugees receives blankets and food.
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