Allied tank and tank destroyer firing and Allied infantry in Germany during World War 2. British, American, and Soviet troops escorting German Prisoners of war at the end of the War. Animated map shows line where U.S. and Russian troops met and zones of occupation in Germany and Berlin. It depicts routs of access into the Soviet zone of Berlin View from a vehicle driving through utterly destroyed part of Germany in 1945 with rubble and ruin of many buildings seen. Desperate German citizens facing shortages of food and necessities after the war, cooking on outdoor fire in a city street, and trying to clear some debris of destroyed buildings by hand and using buckets in a "bucket brigade." Bus service being restored and German citizens boarding. Vehicle traffic moving with a German police officer directing. Doctors perform physical examination of a German boy as a group of German boys wait in queue for examination. Soviet Leader, Joseph Stalin, with U.S. President, Harry Truman, British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, at the Potsdam Conference. Children receiving soup at a school in Berlin. Animated map shows routes through the Soviet occupation zone, used by Western Allies, to supply essential food and supplies through the Soviet zone of occupation to sustain West Berlin residents. It then depicts Soviet action blockading the road and rail routes to isolate West Berlin. Views of empty roads, rails, and canals. A DC-3 (US Air Force C-47) transport aircraft taking off. Men loading supplies on aircraft for delivery to West Berlin. A C-54 transport airplane taking off. A British Short S.25 Sunderland flying boat carrying cargo in the Berlin Airlift. Troops carrying supplies for airlift. A British Avro York transport aircraft taking off. A warehouse filled with barrels for Berlin. View from overflying airplane. Trucks resuming travel to Berlin after the Soviets finally lift the 9-month blockade. Normal supplies of food seen again, in West Berlin shops. Vehicle stopped at a checkpoint. Sign warning that: "You are leaving the American Sector." and similar ones at the French and British sector borders. Old road sign pointing to Potsdam, beside another sign warning of entering the Russian zone. Traffic moving between East and West Berlin.
Clip from a study of educational inequalities between the white and African American populations in South Carolina. A church of African American parishioners. People emerge from their cars and move towards the church. Parishioners entering the church for a church service, and later exiting the church. Views of an African American cemetery. (Charles Hamilton Houston, Dean of the Howard University School of Law, is seen crouched low near a grave beside a young boy. Houston was working together with Thurgood Marshall to film this footage). View of the Crawford Rosenwald School (4009 Saluda Road York County South Carolina) for African American children at Ogden, South Carolina. African American children play and dance at the Ogden School, which was built largely through their efforts due to limited state funding.
King George VI of England, accompanied by his wife, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and daughter, Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II), arrives at an Allied air base in England during World War II. King George VI awards medals of honor to officers of Allied Air Force. British Royal family looks at an Avro Lancaster aircraft of Royal Air Force (RAF). British Royal family being greeted by United States Army General Doolittle at Thurleigh Royal Air Force Base outside Bedford, England, base for the 306th Bombardment Group, 367th Bombardment Squadron of the U.S. Eighth Army Air Force. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft with nose art "Four of a Kind" is seen parked in the background. King George VI speaks to American flight crew. Using a bottle of cider, Princess Elizabeth christens B-17G bomber as "Rose of York" (formerly it was named "Princess Elizabeth" and "The Princess." Those names were ordered removed by command of the 8th Air Force). 306th commanding officer, Colonel Claude Putnam, is by her side for the christening. Princess Elizabeth holds a bouquet of white roses and stands with officers of United States 8th Air Force.
A British aircraft carrier underway in the Atlantic during a maneuver. Sailors aboard a carrier as they prepare for the maneuver. British destroyer escorts leave the harbor and underway at sea. An aircraft takes off aboard a carrier. A sailor looks through binoculars. Royal Navy battleship Duke of York underway at sea. Ships at sea.
The first U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1) anchored on the York River, in Virginia, October 17, 1922. A Vought VE-7airplane, piloted by Lieutenant Virgil C. Griffin, accelerates along its flight deck and successfully completes the first airplane takeoff from the deck of the Langley. The VE-7 seen flying over the ship. On October 26, 1922, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey de Courcelles Chevalier, in an Aeromarine 39-B airplane, makes the first successful landing on the USS Langley, while she is underway. Eugene Ely was the first when he took off from the USS Birmingham, Hampton Roads, Virginia, November 14, 1910
Nazi Supreme Court trial of conspirators in 'July 20 Plot' to kill Adolf Hitler, during World War 2. Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel heads trial of Colonel Berthold Von Stauffenberg in connection with "July 20 Plot." Trial in Courtroom shows judges, accused and witnesses in the courtroom. Large number of spectators in the room. Lieutenant General Steiff testifies as a witness. Diagram and photographs of bomb damage. View of Nazi headquarters after the blast. Army Commandant of Berlin General Von Hasse and Count York Von Wartenberg in the courtroom.
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