Funeral of Bey of Tunis, Ahmad II ibn Ali. French tricolor flag at half staff atop a building. Tunisian and French flags at half staff atop another building. Photograph of Bey of Tunis, Ahmad II ibn Ali. Honor Guard of Tunisian mounted Lancers leads funeral procession. French Admiral Jean-Pierre Esteva steps from car and walks in front of formation of French sailors. He greets French naval officers and Tunisian officials, including successor Bey of Tunis, Muhammad VII al-Munsif. Tunisian tribesmen carry coffin as French and Tunisian officers stand at attention. Closeup of coffin and pallbearers as they pass the camera.
German General Friedrich Paulus arrives by car at Hitler's Wolf's Lair (Wolfsschanze) Eastern headquarters near the East Prussian town of Rastenburg, during World War 2. Paulus is greeted by a German Colonel, who escorts him to the entrance of a building where he is more formally greeted by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. Scene shifts to General Franz Halder, Chief of the German General staff, personally greeting him, as well. Next, Paulus gives Nazi salute as Adolf Hitler walks toward him to welcome him to the Wolf's lair. They exchange handshakes. He is seen to say: "Mein Fuhrer" as he steps back. Others greet Hitler and exchange salutes with Hitler. Then Hitler walks away. Next scene shows a sedan arriving carrying Bogdan Filov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria. Next view is inside the building, where Hitler strolls in and greets Filov, who bows deeply as he shakes hands with him.
British convoy in the Mediterranean Sea near Malta. German planes in flight overhead. The Nazi aircraft attack the convoy. Explosions in water. Anti-aircraft guns shoot the aircraft. A German plane catches fire and falls in water. Fire and smoke rises up. (World War II period).
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in an aircraft in flight over the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. He takes the controls of the flying boat, with a cigar in his mouth. Men seated in the cockpit. A huge crowd gathered at a British railway station as Prime Minister Churchill arrives back in England, United Kingdom. Crowd cheers. Prime Minister Churchill sits in a car and leaves.
New Zealand Minister Walter Nash disembarks from an aircraft. He is greeted by the United States officials and other British envoys at the airport in Washington DC. The officials shake hands.
A view of the badly damaged freighter USS Absaroka at Pacific Coast in Los Angeles. The ship damaged by a Japanese submarine in World War 2. Men stand on the freighter. A man carries a banner. The banner reads "A slip of a lip may sink a ship" urging confidentiality during the war The freighter undergoes repairs. Officers inspect the work.
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