A U.S. Navy band swing ensemble practices at an auditorium in the U.S. Great Lakes Naval Training Center during World War 2. Sailors and family members stroll out of a building together. Scene shifts to a football stadium, filled with sailors watching a game. A large formation of sailors in white uniforms march to a large chapel. Inside, a choir of sailors leads the congregation in the hymn, "Onward Christian Soldiers." Glimpse of a large formation of trained recruits, followed by view of one standing alone, casting shadow on otherwise empty parade grounds. Successive groups of recruits are added until an entire regiment is seen. Two Naval officers, in blues, walk past a formation of graduating recruits. A Petty Officer Third Class band master leads a military band that marches ahead of a color guard bearing the American flag and that of the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. They are followed by contingents of graduating recruits identified by their training unit flags. Scene shifts to several U.S. battleships underway at sea in formation. They fire their heavy guns.
Men practice Judo, the art of self defense, in Japan. Men demonstrate the methods used in a Judo exercise. Several views of the same.
Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa abducted by the rebels in Nigeria. Exterior of a building. Vehicular traffic passes on the street. "Federal Palace Hotel" written on the top of a building. Past events show Prime Minister Balewa as he arrives to preside at a Commonwealth Minister's Conference. The ministers seated at a desk and Balewa speaks to them.
Near end of World War II in Europe. United States 9th Air Force P-47 aircraft, virtually unopposed, strafe German targets on the ground. Gun camera footage from P-47s of the 100th Fighter Wing, 362nd Fighter Group, 377th Fighter Squadron, flown by pilots Dugan, and Pantoliano, respectively. Burning German airplanes on an airfield. Other targets being struck. Slate at start of clip identifies home airbase as A-82 (Verdun Airbase, France).
United States troops in Germany during World War 2. Group of repatriated United States soldiers pose for a photograph. They are sitting on a fuselage of a German Me-262 jet airplane, at the "REIMAHG-A" underground aircraft factory on the Walpersberg sandstone mesa, near Kahla, in Thuringia, Germany. Some repatriated soldiers pose seated on a tank. In change of scene, a long line of German civilians is seen evacuating the area. The refugees carry household and personal belongings in wagons pulled by oxen. Closeup of one wagon with children riding atop it. German women walk beside the wagons. More views of the evacuating civilians. Some use bicycles to carry their goods. An old woman tries to budge a sitting goat to take him along with her. She succeeds and leads him away on a tether. More views of evacuating families with their wagons and animals.
Inauguration of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks to the American crowd after the swearing in ceremony. He talks about the present situation of United States. He talks about conquering fear. President Roosevelt prays to God to guide him. American flags on the dome of United States Capitol building. Mrs Hoover congratulates the new President.
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