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General Vafiadis, Colonel Ford Trimble, Col C.B. MacKenzie, and Greek troops at Greece-Albania border during Greek Civil War.
Military officials of the US, UK and Greek Army during the Greek Civil War. Greek General Markos Vafiadis, a Greek captain, Colonel Ford Trimble United States Army, British Lt. Col. C.B. Mackenzie observe a map. The officials observe the enemy guerilla positions with binoculars. At the Greece-Albania border soldiers stretched on ground ready for attack. Military officials atop a mountain. Soldiers take their position behind stone walls on a hill. Soldiers check their ammunition and grenades. Soldiers standing at a mortar position during late evening hours.
Albanian troops line up to receive money and ammunition certificates during Second Balkan War
Distribution of money and ammunition certificates to Albanian troops during Second Balkan War. Men pull cart laden with a heavy siege gun to a position opposite Skutari, Albania
The approval of the statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the United Nations
United Nations approve the statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Delegates from 82 countries gather at the United Nations headquarters for the Conference on the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency. UN delegates meet and shake hands outside the United Nations headquarters (405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA). The delegates enter the headquarters through a revolving door. Symbol of United Nations. Chairman Lewis L Strauss addresses UN meeting. Chairman Strauss delivers speech from United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Representatives of various nations seated and sign the charter. President of the Conference on the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency Joao Carlos Muniz addresses the delegates after signing of the charter. Delegates from Iraq, United Kingdom, Albania, United States and other countries are seen listening to Muniz.
German and Italian invasions in Europe during 1939
Animated map illustrates Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1939. St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Italian Destroyer, RN Camicia Nera, in Albanian harbor, during Italian invasion. Italian troops marching along Albanian pier. Italian troops entering Albania on bicycles; in trucks;and L3 tankettes. President Franklin Roosevelt writing letters to Hitler and Mussolini, requesting them to respect independence of 33 European countries. Hitler addressing the Bundestag making fun of Roosevelt's letter, and delegates laughing and applauding. Goering and Goebels are seen present.
German troops planning and launching May 1940 attacks across Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland; Rotterdam blitz scenes (WW2)
Hermann Goering, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and others as Italy joins Germany in declaring war against Britain and France June 10, 1940 (World War II). Animated map illustrates possible Axis war plans. Aerial view of Maginot line. Fire burning from German bombing in Scandinavia. Windmill turning in Holland.Map outlines Allied strategy for defense. Views of the Ardennes Forest. French Generals examining map. British Field Marshal John Vereker (Viscount Gort) studying map with two Generals.Narrator states they dismissed German attack through the Ardennes. May 9, 1940 - News headline reports German troops on move. Netherlands and French recruit troops mobilizing. French army soldiers standing at train station platform and loading into passenger railroad trains. Exterior of the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) at Montmartre, Paris. People lighting candles. Statue of Madonna and Child. Views of several churches. A Catholic Bishop blessing people. People kneeling in prayer. Hitler and other Nazi leaders, including Himmler, Goebbels, Bormann, Hess and Rohm, haranguing crowds. Hermann Goering leading crowd in salutes. Ludwig Muller, Reichsbischof, Hitler supporter. Many views of Germans shouting Sieg Heil. German troops moving out on May 10, 1940. Hermann Goering, chief of Luftwaffe, in uniform. German pilots run to airplanes. Ju-87 Stukas take off. D0-17 bombers take off. German tanks, motorcycle troops, armor and infantry cross borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland. Map depicts action. German forces destroy obstacles at border crossings and move past windmill in Holland.He-111 bombers in flight. German paratroops jump from Ju-52 transport over Rotterdam. They capture key facilities. Troops riding on tanks. Dutch General Henri Gerard Winkelman walks with German officer over Maas-bridges in Rotterdam. He and delegation enter building at Rijsoord to sign surrender on May 15, 1940. German bombers destroy Rotterdam. View of German bomber bomb bay doors open and bombs away toward targets. The city in flames, with sound. Remains of the city. Numerous dead civilians.
The first draft lottery being conducted in Washington DC, under the 1940 Selective Service Act of 1940
The first Selective Service lottery conducted in Washington, DC, on October 29, 1940, in the United States. An American Legion member, in uniform, poses with Mrs. Robert Bell and her son and a young woman (her daughter?) after her son's draft number (158) had been the first one drawn in the Washington DC Lottery. Dr. Baxter talks with Mrs. Bell and asks why she exclaimed out loud when the first number was drawn. Dr. Baxter gives her the capsule in which her son's draft number was contained. Views of the audience at the The Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, where the lottery was being conducted.
