The eve of South Korean's Independence Day (Liberation Day celebrating liberation from Japan) in Pyongyang North Korea. People demonstrate in number with Korean National flags,Soviet flags and several banners in hands.Pictures of Prime Minister Kim II Sung and Joesph Stalin in the rally can be seen.The demonstration passes under a bridge. Korean children carrying flags and banners parade on the streets. Thousands of people with floats ,flags ,banners and pictures gather to celebrate. Shows PM Kim II sung along with Russian officials spectating the celebrations from a balcony.
Historic reenactment of American’s celebration of Thanksgiving in history. Date 1863 is highlighted atop an image of Sarah Josepha Hale, a 74-year-old magazine editor, writing a letter to Lincoln on September 28, 1863, urging him to have the "day of our annual Thanksgiving made a National and fixed Union Festival." A copy of Codey’s Lady’s Book sits on her desk. Next, she is seen, meeting with Abraham Lincoln, to discuss the matter. Lincoln looks at her writings on this in Codey’s Lady’s Book, and they discuss the matter at some length. Scene shifts to a copy of a Presidential Proclamation of Thanksgiving, dated October 3, 1863, that sets apart the last Thursday of November "as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise." Film continues with scenes of farm crops ready for harvest, and view of people in church, giving prayers of thanksgiving. A 33-star American flag is hung on the church wall.
International Labour Day (May Day) parade at the Red Square of Moscow, USSR. march past of civilians who salute to their leaders. A small girl from a troop of marching school girls, the Pioneers, presents General Stalin a bouquet. Political as well as military leaders are on the stage watching the parade. Marching troops carry posters of Lenin, Stalin and other Soviet leaders. Citizens cheering.
Exterior view of St Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church at 122-38 West 76th Street in New York City, (it is the modern day address 120 West 76th Street, New York City; the location of the West Side Institutional Synagogue). St. Andrews church turns into a Jewish Synagogue for a day in New York City. The Star of David symbol seen at entrance of church. Interior views of Jewish religious service in progress. Rabbi blows shofar and people are heard singing prayers. Rabbi I. Warsaw introduces Pastor Edward J. Aplin. Rabbi Warsaw thanks Pastor Aplin for offering the church space to the Jewish congregation of the Little Synagogue and Temple of Service, and permitting them to decorate the space with the symbols of a traditional synagogue and use the facility for Yom Kippur.
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) celebrations in Paris, France at the end of World War II. Eternal light under Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). The Tomb of Unknown Soldier decorated with flowers and civilians pay respect. Parisians applaud. Floral piece of French insignia carried by two British soldiers. Ceremonies around the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Loudspeakers being used in ceremony. U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft dives and goes in a Victory Roll.
1940s views of new housing units in the form of residential apartment buildings east of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Apartments with parking garages under them across the South Capitol street bridge near the Oxon Hill area. A 1940s sedan car pulls into a parking garage under an apartment building. Next view is out Maryland Avenue and over Bladensburg Avenue to the northeast, showing apartments and other buildings in the Greenbelt area. Car traffic is seen driving through the University of Maryland campus. Apartment construction underway in areas near the University of Maryland. Construction of Colonial Village, with aerial and ground level views of the site. Traffic driving along the Mount Vernon Highway with the Potomac River beside it (later George Washington Parkway). Apartment building construction in Alexandria. Busy traffic scene of commuters arriving in Washington DC on a work day. People get on and off trolley car lines in Washington, D.C. Other commuters wait to board a bus. Late 1940s automobile traffic on street in Washington, D.C.
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