Activities during the Silver Jubilee celebrations for King George V in London, England. A motor carriage drives outside a gate. An officer in the front seat of the carriage. Officers stand at an entrance gate. The motor carriage drives on a path. People on either side of the path hail. A horseman in the sideway. The motor carriage enters through another gate. Men and women approach the carriage.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers a speech on Works Relief Program in Washington DC, United States (became the Works Progress Administration or W.P.A.). The President speaks standing in front of a number of microphones. He speaks about the Works Relief Program enacted by the Congress to combat unemployment during the Great Depression. He says that the first step is to put men and women on relief rolls. It is for the first time in five years that the relief rolls have declined in the winter months. He says that even though unemployment persists in the US, they have coined some remedial measures in which there are provisions to rule out future unemployment and to help those who are unemployed in the present emergency and the Work Relief Program helps to achieve this.
A crowd waits in front of City Hall to greet General Charles De Gaulle in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The General's car arrives with motorcycle escort. A phalanx of New York City policemen on horseback lined up in formation, across the streef. The Crowd contains some American soldiers. General de Gaulle makes his way to a spot near the curb where he lines up with a U.S. military officer and City officials to pose for photographs. The group is surrounded by photographers, as they hold a salute for an extended time. After picture taking ends, General Charles De Gaulle is escorted by New York Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia, up steps leading into City Hall. Men and women on the side of the rail. Women waving flags. Men saluting the General. (World War II period).
Independence Day parade in Havana, Cuba. Crowds fill steps of the Capitol building and sidewalks along line of march. Reviewing stand, covered by awning, set up in front of Capitol Wing nearest the Gran Teatro The parade includes, among other things, motorcycle riders and mounted cavalrymen demonstrating fancy-stepping maneuvers, singly and in formations; A Navy band led by goose-stepping drum major; Women's Army and Nurses; Marines; and Sailors with rifles.
The delegates at a conference in France. A crowd waiting on either side of a path. Few officers on the path. A group of men waiting with the cameras. The officers greet the group of men who arrived. The Prime Minister of France Pierre Laval, and Foreign Secretary of Britain Anthony Eden are greeted by the officers. Men with cameras taking pictures. The dignitaries go in the entrance gate. A man at the entrance. Maxim Litvinov, Russian Foreign Minister, arrives in motor vehicle. An officer salutes Maxim Litvinov. He enters through the entrance gate into the building. Two women arrive. An officer controlling the crowd waiting outside the building. Men and women on the side of the path. The delegates at the table in the conference hall. Documents in front of them on the table. The delegates talking among themselves.
French civilians watching a motorcade in France. A motorcade passes by a path. Two motorcycles accompanying a few motor vehicles. People gathered on the side of the path. A man on the path. Trees along the road. The officers shake hands. People wait on the balconies of the buildings. Men and women on the side of the path. Men on motorcycles on the road. The French civilians waiting to watch the motorcade. Officers salute as the motorcade passes. People watch on the sides of the road. Officers on heels in front of the motorcade.
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