Casino de la Playa Orchestra performing at the Casino La Playa in Havana Cuba. Various musical instruments are played and the orchestra is led by conductor Guillermo Portela . Cuban dance music in which singer Miguelito Valdes, here seen playing the maracas, is featured. (Later, in 1940, Valdes was hired by Xavier Cugat as a singer.) People seen sitting behind the musicians. Nighttime illuminations on buildings. Patrons dining and dancing.
Passengers boarding and leaving the Compagnie de Navigation Paquet Steamship "Koutoubia" in Tangier harbor, Morocco. Brief glimpse of group of Spanish loyalists hurriedly boarding, to return to Barcelona. Arriving passengers slowly disembarking. Spanish loyalist passengers boarding. Officials checking passenger credentials. Smoke billows from ship's stack as it moves from dock, with passengers on deck waving.
Native, colonized armed forces in French Indochina performing calesthenics and training exercises. They march in formation with arms. Elephants stand nearby as the troops pass. French General Charles de Gaulle addresses a group of uniformed Indochinese military leaders and various civilians in a packed auditorium. A group of European men and women stand behind him on a staircase as he speaks to the gathering. The group applauds his speech. (World War II period)
Autogyro arrives in Bryn Athyn,Pennsylvania after its first United States flight. Autogyro taxis and takes off from field. 'G-AAKY' written on side of autogyro. Autogyro with pilot Juan de la Cierva in flight over the English Channel. Pilot disembarks autogyro and demonstrates his flight.
Flight of autogyro from Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. The autogyro appears to be a hybrid blend of an airplane and an early helicopter. Autogyro inventor Juan de la Cierva demonstrates a new model at Bryn Athyn. The autogyro taxis and takes off from the airfield. 'GAAKY' written on the side of autogyro. The autogyro in flight over field and lands.
United States Army General Dwight David Eisenhower aboard USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater. Dwight David Eisenhower at the ship's rails. Eisenhower with United States Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney at the rails. Both the men chat with Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner on the deck. Dwight David Eisenhower talks with Robert Carney.
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