Members of Allied military mission in Moscow, Soviet Union bid farewell to Harry Hopkins, after his visit with them in the week of July 28, 1941, during World War II. A car carrying Harry Hopkins, personal assistant to President Franklin Roosevelt, arrives at a Moscow airport. Hopkins steps from the car and is greeted by a British Naval officer. Next, Soviet Head of State, Mikhail Kalinin, arrives by car and strides forward toward Hopkins and other officials gathered near a C-47 transport airplane. Two Soviet military officers converse with a civilian. American Brigadier General Joseph McNarny (member of Hopkins' party) speaking with Averell Harriman ( Roosevelt's special envoy to Britain for expediting Lend-lease). In a gathering of military officers and civilians, a British officer exchanges salutes with another officer. kalinin and Hopkins conversing amicably. A man lights Harriman's cigarette. Hopkins begins passing out some documents and shaking hands with persons seeing him off. He and Kalinin shake hands vigorously. He climbs aboard the airplane, followed by General McNarny.
British, French and Belgian forces consolidate to confront German forces in the First World War. Artillery shells explode on a field and columns of smoke rise. British, French and Belgian soldiers emerge from a forest and charge across a field towards German positions. Artillery shells explode and billows of smoke rise up.
A German U boat surfaced to surrender in the Atlantic Ocean at end of World War I. A British ship comes alongside and takes German crew aboard. Several British sailors remain on board the U Boat as it is taken in tow.
Victory Day parade in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Allied troops during the parade. Armored vehicles moving on a road during the parade. British soldiers march past a reviewing stand. People gathered on the sides of the road. Flags on the side of the road. Armored tanks and trucks in the parade. Troops on tanks moving in the parade. People standing on the sides of the road watch the parade. U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower and a French General seated in an open car moving in the parade. British, French and American flags fluttering in the wind.
Victory Day parade in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Troops of Allied nations march during the parade. A British military band playing instruments moves in the parade. A French military band follows it. A car with motorcycle escorts passes during the parade. U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and a French General inspecting the troops. Other officers walking behind them. The Generals mounting a reviewing stand. The officers standing behind the stand watch the Generals. The Generals and the officers stand at attention on the stand. American, French and British flags on poles on the reviewing stand. Horse mounted troops march past the reviewing stand. A French Army band marching on the road. Troops holding guns march in formation during the parade.
Victory Day parade in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Troops of Allied nations march during the parade. Robed British and French troops marching in the parade. A crowd gathered on the side of the road. A few United States Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers in formation flight above the parade ground. An army band moving in the parade. American soldiers march during the parade. Troops marching across a reviewing stand. American, French and British flags hoisted on poles on the reviewing stand. Several fighter aircraft in formation flight. Soldiers holding guns march with the officers leading the parade.
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