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Astoria celebrates Greek Orthodox Easter rituals at Demetrios Greek Orthodox cathedral.

Men, women, and children of Astoria, New York holding American flags parade the streets to celebrate rituals of Greek Orthodox Easter. Accompanying them is Archbishop Athenagoras and his fellow church clergy dressed in elaborate liturgical vestments. Congregation heads inside St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Cathedral (30-11 30th Dr, Queens, NY 11102, United States). Overhead shot of Archbishop with holy cross and other clergy with lit candles in center of thousands of attendants. 11 April 1938.

Location: Astoria New York USA
Date: 1938, April 11
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028771
Russian Tsar Nicholas II and daughters, pay homage to a Bishop at entrance of cathedral or monastery

Tsar Nicholas II, of Russia, and daughters Tatiana, Maria, Olga, and Anastasia, stand on the top step of the church. The Princesses wait,in turn,to kiss a Bishop (hidden from view by Tsar Nicholas). The Tsar is dressed in white, and his daughters wear white dresses and summer hats. Greek crosses are displayed in circular emblems on each side of the building doorway. Other members of Royalty are on the steps as well, apparently waiting to pau respects to the Bishop. Anastasia turns to speak briefly to a uniformed gentleman behind her. A large display of flowers is behind them. Cossacks of the Imperial guards, standing on the steps, saluting. Scene shifts to trumpeters playing a fanfare in a courtyard. A tall wall is behind them (possibly section of Kremlin wall). Several officials stand on a small balcony, or stairway landing, above the trumpeters. Soldiers stand below near the trumpeters. An iron fence encloses an area between the trumpeters and the wall behind them. Another change of scene shows Tsar Nicholas II in military uniform, standing in a courtyard, near a table holding military awards for presentation. One officer stands behind the table. Many officers stand a few yards behind them. The courtyard parade ground is ringed by troops in formation. The Tsar steps behind the table as an individual in a long black coat walks briskly across the parade ground. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Russia
Date: 1916
Duration: 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056574
U.S. Army training film demonstrate real combat conditions and teach how to make correct use of weapons, United States.

Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. U.S. soldiers watch a training film in a film projection room. U.S. gun crew fire heavy artillery gun after being trained. Shows how German army made use of military training film to carry out successful invasion during World War II. German officer and troops plan an invasion and review a model of landscape. German paratroopers are seen leaping from German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, dropped by Nazi planes over Greek island of Crete during World War II. Includes scenes from inside aircraft of German paratrooper soldiers jumping out aircraft door, and scenes of paratroopers in the sky descending. U.S. soldiers watch an army training film. A U.S. soldier teaches his buddy how to put on a gas mask and application of knowledge gained by training film. U.S. troops aboard landing craft heading for beach. U.S. soldier ducks in a foxhole while enemy tanks advance. U.S. troops undergo training in rifle fire and hand to hand combat on a training field.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060678
Liberated POW get dressed in clean uniforms and Red Cross workers make tags for the returnees in Tokyo.

Operation Little Switch repatriation operation late in Korean War (followed by Operation Big Switch in August), in which released United States former POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo, Japan. The liberated soldiers get dressed in clean uniforms. Red Cross workers make tags for the returnees. A Red Cross nurse smiles. A Greek patient reading in bed. The patient smiles.

Location: Tokyo Japan
Date: 1953, April 28
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069616
Allied troops mobilize and advance in Algiers and Tunisia.

Allied Armies mobilize in Algiers and Tunisia. Algiers: An all Greek battalion of volunteers marching. Troops hold flags. Troops assemble at the docks of Algiers. French Foreign Legion troops and the British 8th Army troops near a ship. Soldiers share cigarettes. French colonial troops, Canadian troops and other Allied troops climb aboard a ship. Military supplies, equipment and vehicles at the docks. Men work at an assembly line, while others repair vehicles. Trucks transfer material. Tunisia: Allied troops advance over the plains. Troops, tanks and artillery move ahead. Troops in jeeps and on motorbikes on muddy roads. (World War II period).

Location: North Africa
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020884
U.S. General Patch, U.S. Admiral Hewitt, and French Admiral Lemonnier lead the Allied fleet invasion of southern France.

Amphibious and airborne Allied forces land in southern France during World War II. (Operation Dragoon in August 1944). Map of France depicts Allied landings at Normandy on D-Day. Naples: An Allied naval force assembles, poised for landing in Southern France, 10 weeks after the Normandy D-Day invasion. Thousands of landing crafts, trucks, tanks, mobile cannons, military vehicles and equipment in the embarkation area. Barrages in flight overhead. Allied officers supervise as the vehicles are loaded into ships. US, French, British, Greek and Polish troops move up to their ships. The ships underway in the Mediterranean. U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal, U.S. Army General Alexander Patch, French Admiral Andre Lemonnier and U.S. Navy Admiral Henry Hewitt (Chief of the Atlantic Invasion Fleet) aboard the flagship. Allied soldiers stitch sleeve patches. An animated map depicts the Allied invasion of southern France near Toulon in a combined amphibious and airborne assault. Hundreds of transport aircraft carry paratroop forces. The paratroopers get ready, jump, and descend to the ground. The amphibious forces near the French coast. German shore batteries fire at the approaching naval vessels. Explosions on ships and in water. Allied troops crouched in landing crafts. They hit the beach under shell fire and advance in land.

Location: Mediterranean Theater
Date: 1944, August
Duration: 5 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021888
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