American aviator Charles Lindbergh places a wreath at a memorial in Belgium at a ceremony. The Spirit of St Louis parked at Evere field, in Belgium, with a large number of people gathered around it. Charles Lindbergh, in leather flying coat and boots, walks by tail of aircraft, bids farewell to offiicials, and climbs aboard the Spirit of St. Louis. He starts the engine and taxis away rapidly. Nearly,100,000 gather in Croydon to welcome Lindbergh. Ambassador Houghton also present to greet Lindbergh after his successful non stop trans Atlantic flight. Lindbergh lands at Croydon, as another airplane follows him and passes overhead. He climbs a ladder up to a fenced porch, where he joins several men who greet him. One holds a large megaphone. . A smiling Lindbergh addresses the large gathering as he speaks into a megaphone.
Marquee of newly opened New York Theatre (1482 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA) during World War II. Marquee says "Holland Belgium Invaded by Nazis. What will Italy do?" Also seen is the marquee of the Embassy Newsreel Theatre at Times Square in New York City, United States, which reads, "Holland-Belgium Invaded. 'Information Please'." A crowd gathered on the street. People read news on Nazi German invasion of several European countries and buy newspapers. Car traffic on the street and buildings in the background. View of the neon lights of other nearby buildings flashing at night.
United States Army and British forces conduct airlift operations in Europe during World War II. They airlift paratroopers from England to Arnhem Netherlands. Large number of Allied transport planes at a British airfield in England loaded with weapons, artillery and equipment. The planes and gliders take off one after the other. Fighter aircraft accompany transport planes guarding them from Luftwaffe. View from ground in town in Belgium as a mass of many Allied aircraft fly over towns of Belgium towards Holland's border. Large number of paratroopers of the Anglo-American Army jump from the airplanes. Sky is filled with paratroopers descending. Paratroopers quickly arrange themselves and start their operation. Soldiers fire mortars and rifles at the enemy.
A stream of U.S. Army trucks heads along a highway as opening slate rolls, emphasizing the importance of logistics to wartime operations. Two U.S. Army small hatch M4 Sherman tanks (Possibly Ford built moels M4A3) rush down a hillside toward the camera. View from atop a tank with Browning M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun installed. It heads uphill, firing rounds from its gun, raising explosion of earth ahead of it. Barrel of a 240 mm howitzer gun swings up in front of the camera. A U.S. coastal defense gun firing from a fort. Rear view of 240 mm Howitzer being fired. Towed field artillery pieces being fired. Troops near water, firining a Bofars 40 mm anti aircraft gun. A U.S. soldier firing a Browning 1917 water cooled machine gun. A B-17 bomber in flight overhead. View of a bombardier at a Norden bomb sight inside the B-17 with his finger on the bomb controls. The bomb bays open and bombs fall, seen striking in a line on the ground. Ground level views of large explosions on the ground. A tank camouflaged in underbrush, firing its gun. A small hatch Sherman tank charging the camera. Several German Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft flying fast and low on strafing runs. A soldier firing an antiaircraft machine gun. Closeups of three Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft attacking at high speed, only several feet above ground. Bombs bursting in a field where a soldier in lying next fo barbed wire. A tank knocking trees over as it emerges from woods. Infantry following tanks across a field. A series of scenes showing armor and infantry charging. In one, troops are wearing gas masks. A huge explosion in a field. Paratroopers inside an airplane connect to a static line and jump from the plane. Lines of parachutes fill the sky as paratroopers jump from C-47 aircraft. Closeup of paratrooper as he descends and hits the ground. View of Polish cavalry riding in a loose formation. German gun crew fires at Polish city. Smoke rising from burning buildings. Norwegian flag flying over a fort in Norway. Views of German Ju-52 aircraft in flight over Athens, Greece. It flies over the Parthenon and other ancient buildings. German tanks and troops entering Belgium. Troops marching in Yugoslavia. The American flag flying over Bataan. Civilians grieving over dead in Poland. Dead victims of war in Norway, Greece, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Malaya, Singapore, Shanghai, and Mandalay. A group of civilians grieving over two dead children. The German (Nazi) flag flying from a flagpole. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A documentary depicts life of people in the post-war ( World War II) economic challenges and hard times in Europe and the United Kingdom. (Before Marshall Plan of 1948). Animated map of Western Europe. Ruins and debris of buildings in cities of Europe damaged during the war.Two women walk past rubble. The damaged buildings. People cross a damaged bridge. A man at work during the construction of a bridge. Men make boats. Smoke comes out from a factory. In the Netherlands, a man in a textile factory works with weaving machinery. Another man paints a machine part. Men at work in the factory. A man and a woman eat food. A French farmer plows a field with the help of two horses. Scene in Norway of boats in a harbor. Norwegian fishermen at a dock. A fisherman untangles a fishing net. People buy food from shops. They walk on a street. People wait in a line for bread ration because of drought of 1947. Loaves of bread on display in store window. A coal processing plant exterior. A small steam locomotive moves on tracks at the factory yard. Close up view of two British coal miners with black soot on faces and bodies as they dig out coal from a mine using a pick axe. Queue of British citizens walk in a line to get coal. A man distributes equal amounts of coal to the British men and women in the queue, who receive a coal ration loaded into a bag. A power plant. A man operates factory controls (controls made in Liverpool), reducing output to lower levels due to power rationing. Different machines at work. View of a large industrial cog wheel slowing to a stop, and a large compressor in a factory slows to a stop. A view of a city. People walk in a street. British men and women enter a food shop in England, with a sign at the doorway indicating that bread is being offered only by ration. A woman feeds hens in a yard. A farmer negotiates with another farmer to sell livestock, but he shakes his head to refuse the offer. People in a city purchase food and other goods in a black market. A woman buying food from a black market seller. She hands him a pile of cash bills in payment. Italian women picking olives beneath olive trees in grove in Italy. A man enters a food shop and speaks to a woman; the shelves in the store are almost empty. A railroad train freight car moves on tracks. A railway freight car factory in Belgium. Men at work in the factory. A man checks a line of completed rail car wheels in the factory. Freight cars lie unused in the factory yard as French customers cannot buy them since the company in Belgium will not accept French Francs in payment. An unemployed Italian man sitting on a wall collects cigarette butts. Weavers in Holland dig in a peet bog as that their weaving jobs are not available.
Demonstrators gather in front of Léopoldville Airport (present day Kinshasa, Congo) before the arrival of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the Pan-African Conference. Congo Crisis protesters raising their arms, some pointing to the sky or waving. Congolese Army troops in standby. A young protester in crowd throwing rocks. Congolese soldiers drive a Jeep, moving past angry protesters. A riot between protesters and Congolese soldiers. Soldiers attempt to break the riot while a group of protesters surround a soldier. Belgium officers aid and injured man, bringing him through a line of Belgium soldiers. Rioters in a brawl. Congolese mob harassing and kicking a man. Congolese soldiers chase rioters.
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