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Greek athletes run in formation to Syntagma Square in honor of the Unknown Soldier

Greek athletes run in formation to Syntagma Square and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A large crowd of spectators watches from across the street. Three athletes accompany an official who lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Leof. Vasilisis Amalias 133, Athina 105 57, Greece). The runners then depart in formation, followed by motorcycle police escorting the Royal Family in their open car. King Paul of Greece is then seen approaching the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, from the side and then laying a wreath. Assembled several paces behind him, are several high-ranking military officers and civilian officials. A troop of ceremonial Tomb sentries are lined up to his left, all dressed in the traditional Evzones uniforms. The bas relief figure of a dying ancient Greek warrior is seen on the wall of the enclosure. The King and his entourage move toward the street, where a parade ensues, led by men in white shirts who dip their flag in salute. Civilian marchers carry the traditional Greek Land Flag of white cross on blue field.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048178
Britain's Foreign Secretary Eden arrives in Athens.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Eden disembarks from a boat at a dock. Eden and other people at the dock. Eden arrives in Athens to recuperate from his recent operation. Eden and his wife walk towards the car. The crowd welcomes them.

Date: 1953, September 7
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040153
San Francisco Market Street view and earthquake aftermath in 1906; Pan-Pacific Exposition of 1915; mix of actual footage and reenactment scenes.

From a 1961 film: Clip includes mix of reenacted, fictional scenes and authentic period footage from the early 1900's, as follows: Clip opens with fictional re-enacted scenes of immigrants to America from Eastern Europe, around the turn of the 20th Century. Reenacted scene as a woman dances, followed by scene of immigrants crowded into a hall. Arriving immigrants pose for camera. Next scene is actual period footage from the first few years of the 1900s (approximately 1905 or 1906) of a street car traveling along a track on Market Street in San Francisco, California, with early automobile cars and another street car crossing in front of it. The San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower on the Embarcadero is seen in the distance. Next series of scenes are fictional reenactments of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Next is actual period footage of the aftermath of the earthquake, with San Francisco residents walking on a streets in front of a destroyed building. Partial signs are seen on the corner of the building that read "...Standard Paint" and "The Lowe...." Next segment is authentic period footage also, and shows both still image and moving image views of buildings and fountains at the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.

Date: 1915
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048139
Iranian students work in laboratory, professor teaches anatomy, Muslim woman in medical consultation, rural road in Greece

Various landscapes showing rugged mountain terrain, Ancient Greek ruins and fortifications in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Iran. Iranian students, including one woman, measure chemicals inside laboratory. A professor teaches anatomy using a 4d model during a lecture. Professor points to lungs of model. A Muslim woman in medical consultation with a young female doctor and nurse. Donkeys carry bales of hay in Greece. A farmer leads donkeys to side of the road as a transport truck drives near. View of rural road in a mountainous village in Greece as seen from driver’s seat. Cars and pedestrian crossing new bridge. View of a small mountain village in Greece.

Date: 1962, August
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078542
Italy invades Greece in Greco-Italian War of 1940; Premier Metaxas reviews troops in Greece

Italy invades Greece during the Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941, also during World War II. Two Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero aircraft in formation flight and dropping bombs over Greece. Bombs impact and smoke rises up. Italian tanks roll and troops advance. A military truck. Italian Army soldiers load shells in an artillery and fire it. Greek Premier Ioannis Metaxas reviews an honor guard in Greece. Greek soldiers march in review. Scottish soldiers in skirts also march at the parade. Italian soldiers in Sidi Barrani, Egypt. Soldiers fight and advance across a field.

Date: 1940, October
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675059033
General Van Fleet of the U.S. Army and his subordinates plan their strategies during the Greek Civil War.

General James Van Fleet of the U.S. Army during the Greek Civil War. General Van Fleet along with his subordinates demonstrates positions by marking pointers on a Grrek map. News correspondents take notes.

Date: 1948, April
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035937