Preview of pre-invasion maneuvers in Great Britain during World War II, less than 2 months before the D-Day invasion of France by Allied forces. Men accumulate tons of supplies and motor cars are lined up. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Marshal of the Royal air Force Arthur William Tedder and British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery view the tons of supplies which have been accumulated. Photographers take photos. They join the troops who engage in mass maneuvers. View of a British soldier loading and firing a British spigot mortar type 35 pound anti tank PIAT gun (Projector, Infantry, Anti tank), new machine guns spit into action from tanks and masses of tanks give off salvos of artillery fire. A huge formations of transport planes in flight as hundreds of paratroopers descend on ground.
AMG (Allied Military Government) rescue war victims in Italy during World War II. Native refugees are rounded up by the Allies. They are placed in trucks. Other refugees stream out of Cassino and join them. AMG supplies of canned meat and beans. Views of children crying. Blank-faced children. Refugees are shipped aboard LST (Landing Ship Tank) to Naples.
SS Gripsholm (Ship) arrives in New York, United States in World War II. Cameramen take photos as SS Gripsholm as it arrives at New York harbor. The rails are crowded with Americans. She docks at Pier F in Jersey City and ambulances roll away with wounded soldiers. Six hundred and sixty-two repatriates from German internment camps come ashore. S. Pinckney Tuck, excharge d'affairs in Vichy seen. Douglas MacArthur (General Douglas MacArthur's nephew), approaches with his dog. Passengers are happy to come in home. Ralph Heinzen of the United Press gives an intelligent analysis of internal conditions in Germany today. Stalingrad was the turning point, he states. Germany began losing the war with that defeat and Hitler started losing prestige.
Children holding stuffed animal dolls in New York, United States. A girl kisses her mother on the cheek. A little girl holding a Pluto dog doll. A boy in raincoat takes off his cap. Jane Engel exhibits her exceptional styles for boys and girls in Oval Room of the Ritz-Carlton (46th Street and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan). A group of brothers, sisters and their mother pose together. Children with toys. Two boys in woolen pants and striped jersey. One of them rides a bicycle. A woman and her daughter walk down the stairs together. A pair of two sisters in matching frocks. A little girl winks at the camera.
Cadet Jack Kramer, Alice Marble, Lieutenant Don Budge and Mary Hardwicke standing together. Spectators seated in stadium of Madison Square Garden to watch a tennis match. Cadet Jack Kramer pairs with Alice Marble to play the match with Lt. Don Budge and Mary Hardwicke. Cadet Jack Kramer pairs with Alice Marble to down the other team by a 6 to 4 score.
Ranch Rodeo in Los Angeles, California. Rodeo starts, participates move ahead toward course. Spectators watch the Rodeo. Rider goes up on buffalo. Cattle are loaded out from bucking chute. Cattle Riders on their cattle. Several riders fall down on ground. Bucking Brahma (cattle) runs on ground.
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