British colors of Merchant Marine fly from ship. British troops aboard the ship. Personnel aboard ship get fresh air and stacks in the background. Troops on weather deck, underneath life boats. Two crewmen stand by a 50 cal. Machine gun, mounted at deck's edge. Gun crew stands by 4''gun. Ship's gun crew, stand by a 4'' gun, mounted on ship. Crew stands by 50 cal. Machine gun. Water-cooled, 50 cal Machine gun. Stack in the background. (World War II period)
United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) diplomatic and military mission to Tibet led by Major Ilia Tolstoy and Captain Brooke Dolan. U.S. party along with Tibetan cabinet ministers reach at a British commission. Mutton being roasted for lunch. Tibetan cabinet ministers, other officials, monks from monasteries pose. Man serves roast mutton. Officials have lunch. Tibetan officials leave. U.S. and British officials at other place in Lhasa. Tibetan men and women in traditional costumes.
French Marshal Joseph Joffre and associate, at the Compiègne train station, in France, awaiting arrival of French War Minister Millerand and British War Minister, Lord Herbert Kitchener (1st Earl Kitchener). General Joffre and his deputy General Casteinau, meet and escort them upon arrival. Minister Millerand, Joffre and Lord Kitchener review a French guard of honor.They are followed by Sir John French, Commander in Chief of British Forces and a French General. The party enters a trench and observe the battlefield through binoculars. they then proceed across an open field.
British shipyard workers go on strike for 10% raise. Workers stand by the gate. Giant cranes idle at the British shipyards. Union leader speaks with workers. Queen Juliana launches a new ship, the Prins der Nederlanen (The Prince of the Netherlands) in Holland. It is designed for the West Indies service. She speaks as she breaks champagne against the bow of the ship..
Film opens showing a Partisan Sentry posted outside Marshall Tito's mountain stronghold in Drvar, Western Bosnia, Yugoslavia, during the Spring of 1944, in World War 2. Views of other sentries on guard duty. A Partisan officer steps onto the porch of the headquarters and looks through a pair of binoculars. Closeup of a sentry. Scene shifts to Marshall Tito stepping from the main porch to a lower one, accompanied by American Army Major Linn M. Farish, American Liaison to the Partisans, and British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslav leader. Tito smokes a pipe, as he and Farish converse. MacLean smokes a cigarette. In next scene Farish is also smoking a cigarette. Major Farish removes his hat and tosses it over the railing (perhaps because Tito is not wearing one). Tito pumps his arm several times while MacLean removes his hat. Then, speaking to MacLean, Parish pumps his arm as well. Next, they are joined by Tito's Chief of Staff, General Koča Popović. Views of Tito and Popović. Change of scene shows a British military photographer upon a railing taking a still picture of Tito and his Partisan Supreme Command (cabinet and principal staff officers). After the photographer leaves, they remain together with Tito's pet dog, Tigar.
Film titled 'Battle of the North Sea' (AKA Battle of Jutland). Animated maps showing British and German fleet movements before and during the Battle of Jutland. in World War 1. The maps depict the maneuvers of British and German dreadnaught battleships, battle cruisers, destroyers and zeppelins. (WWI; WW1) .
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