Sikorsky S-36 amphibious aircraft parked at beach in Maine. Crowd surrounds aircraft named "Dawn". Aircraft in flight over Atlantic Ocean after take off from beach. Sikorsky S-36 amphibian aircraft the "Dawn" then seen returning and landing on water back again at Old Orchard after shortened 500 mile flight due to weather. Men on beach direct aircraft. Female pilot Frances Wilson Grayson (niece of President Woodrow Wilson) exits aircraft after bad weather forces the aviatrix to abandon her third attempt to fly to Denmark. Close up view of Frances Grayson. (Grayson was flying together with pilot Wilmer Stultz and navigator Brice Goldsborough.)
Montage of scenes with soldiers returning to Italy and France at end of World War 1. A large troop ship docked at a port in Italy, carrying returning Italian soldiers. Huge crowd assembled on the wharf. Supplies being unloaded from a ship. A few U.S. soldiers are seen. A field kitchen set up on the wharf and Italian troops being fed. American and Italian flags fly above the wharf shelter roof. Crowds on streets in France. French General Petain enters a car and is given a large bouquet of flowers (which he promptly gives to an officer accompanying him in the front seat of the car). French President Poincare joins Petain in the back seat of the car and they drive away. Scene shifts to the port in Italy, again. Men wave the Italian Naval ensign flag.
Models display designer dresses made of silk at the fall spring fashion parade in Nice, France. Models display dresses made by top designers including Dior, Nina Ricci, and others at the Palais de la Méditerranée (13 Prom. des Anglais, 06000 Nice, France). Various models walk on ramp wearing the designer silk dresses. A man standing with candle holder glares at models on the ramp. Models walk down the stairs of the Palais de la Méditerranée.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presents an American-made Destroyer Escort ship to France in Washington, United States during World War II. President Roosevelt reaches the navy yard in his open car. The officers salute the President. French Naval officers at the yard ceremony. The President presents the new American-made destroyer escort to the people of France, during the ceremony. The navy sailors on the ship's deck. President Roosevelt gives a speech. The President wishes luck to the French Sengalese. The navy sailors raises their rifles.
American entertainers in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Comedian Bob hope stands with a U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft in the background. Patty Thomas and singer Frances Langford smile and wave. Bob Hope shakes hands with island commander General Tenney. Italian-American comedian Jerry Colonna smiles. USAAF C-47 Skytrain aircraft in the background. A large number of people gathered around the entertainers. Enlisted men follow the entertainers. Bob Hope gets into a staff car. Frances Langford and Patti Thomas seated in a car as it pulls away.
American entertainers from USO in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during World War 2. Singer Frances Langford walks on a stage. Bob Hope hands over a microphone to Langford. She sings as music director Tony Romano plays a guitar in the background. Bob Hope and Frances Langford at the microphone. Patty Thomas dances on the stage to entertain U.S. soldiers. Comedian Jerry Colonna speaks into a microphone.
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