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U.S. Consul in Casablanca, Morocco, meets with local leaders during World War II
Representatives of various groups meet with U.S. Consul at the American Consulate Building in Casablanca, Morocco, in World 'War 2. 1942 model cars parked in front of the consulate building. A brass plate on building reads 'American Consulate General.' Attendees stand around a conference table as U.S. Consul, Russell Mott Brooks, enters the conference room accompanied by several members of his staff.. He motions to visitors to sit, as he sits at the conference table, flanked by intelligence officer, Jerome s. Nusbaum and another staff member. The visiting leaders are seated across from him. Several persons occupy chairs away from the table. Brooks begins by making a few remarks. He then listens to what the various leaders have to say. One speaks briefly. Then a lawyer, wearing French legal robes with a white jabot round his neck hanging down the front of his robes, makes what appears to be an earnest appeal of some kind. Among others participating is a man in a robe, wearing a fez. A woman secretary makes notes during the discussions.
British and Free French forces battle German Afrika Corps panzers in El Alamein, Egypt during World War 2.
British troops digging trenches and preparing defenses in El Alamein, Egypt during World War II. A Free French tank crew refuels their tank from Jerry cans. Free French General, Marie Pierre Koenig talks to one of his officers. German forces of the German Afrika Corps move to attack the Allies. In August, 1942, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel sends his panzer divisions to break through the Allied lines. German Pz.IV Lang and Italian tanks advance. British gun crews firing artillery destroy 300 German tanks. View of German tanks burning. British troops standing in sandbagged revetment.
U.S. aircraft carriers USS Belleau Wood and USS Bunker Hill, and battleship USS New Jersey are launched in the United States.
Launch of two aircraft carriers and a battleship in the United States during World War II. People gathered at shipyards of New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the launch of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). Sponsor Mrs. Thomas Holcomb seen with U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Holcomb. Mrs. Holcomb christens the ship as it launches. Scene shifts to Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts and launching of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). The aircraft carrier slides down skids into the water. Scene shifts to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on the same day, December 7, 1942, as the launching ceremony for the Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62). Carolyn Edison, wife of New Jersey Governor Charles Edison is seen christening the ship and it then slides into the water. Two boats underway in the background assist with positioning the Battleship.
USS Wakefield is bombed by Japanese airplanes resulting in the death of Americans in Singapore.
USS Wakefield hit by Japanese airplanes in Singapore during World War II. Scenes from January 29, 1942 : A harbor in Singapore. USS Wakefield in the harbor. Japanese airplanes in formation flight attack the harbor. Troops disembark from the ship as the airplanes drop bombs. Damaged medical facility of the ship due to the attack. Injured Americans. Coffins of American soldiers or sailors on deck of ship, draped in U.S. flags.
Troop Carrier ship USS Wakefield is gutted by fire in the Atlantic Ocean while it was en route to her destination.
View of troop ship USS Wakefield on September 3, 1942 off the New England coast after a fire breaks out while the transport was en route to her destination. The ship at sea off the American coast. Smoke rises from the fire. (World War II period).
Soviet Ambassador Molotov and representatives talk and Molotov boards an airplane at Washington D.C.
Soviet Foreign Minister V.M.Molotov secretly visits Washington DC, during World War II (May/June 1942) A four engine Soviet TB-7 (a.k.a Petlyakov Pe-8) bomber with the crew standing beneath its wing. U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, Soviet Ambassador Maksim M. Litvinov, and Soviet Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov stand near the door of the airplane. A Soviet officer talks. Soviet crew members climb into the airplane. Molotov bids goodbye to General Marshall and the others. Molotov then boards the airplane. The Soviet bomber taxis out, for the return journey to the USSR (which will proceed via Gander ,Newfoundland).