German aircraft of WW 2. A German Heinkel 100 prototype fighter takes off, with rocket assist. (The smoke is visible only as it passes dark trees in background.) The aircraft retracts landing gear and makes high speed pass over the Airfield. Two Messerschmitt Me 109s fly low over the Airfield. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 parked on grass with engine running. Pair of FW-190s make formation takeoff. Me-109s, Ju-87's and FW-190s in various formations and maneuvers. A Junkers 188 with Technician working on it, then making a high speed pass and climb. A Focke Wulf 200 Condor Taxis by through puddles.
Final preparations before Memorial Day ceremonies at the Suresnes cemetery in 1919. The Hillside at Suresnes cemetery is filled with spectators and an honor guard cordon of French soldiers in uniform, surrounds the cemetery proper. Large American flag flies at half mast. Several women and a child walk on path. People surround a covered monument in center of the cemetery. Rows of crosses mark graves of the fallen. French tricolor flag flying high in the background. Crosses decorated with small American and French flags. A monument at center of cemetery is covered with flowers and flags. An American army officer walks up to the monument and appears to be inspecting everything.
Sultan Yusef (Proposed Caliph during unrealized Morrocan Caliphate supported by France in WWI and Arab Revolt period) is seen astride a horse and surrounded by attendants. Sultan Yusef is greeted by a large group of men who bow to him and then sit on the ground in front of him. A simple mosque tower seen in background. Several musicians play instruments in one section of the gathering. Camera pans across the attendees, Next sequence shows a series of Moroccan cavalry charges in which Moroccan soldiers fire rifles, in demonstrations for the gathering. Some of the spectators (including camera) are shaded under a tent.
Nine Japanese Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" planes, in triangle formation, fly over the Japanese battleship, Nagato. Japanese officers seen on the bridge, including Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who is seen using binoculars. His Admiral's flag flies above the Japanese Naval Ensign on the mast of the battleship. Ship's Officers assembled on the bridge, review charts. Several officers on deck using instruments to determine sun elevation. Sailor sends blinker light signal. Another sends semaphore flag signals. A Japanese submarine is seen moving on the surface parallel to the course of the battleship. Japanese sailors at various lookouts using binoculars. A bugler blows call to battle stations. Nagato's 45-caliber 41-centimeter (16 inch) guns swing to port firing position. Crew members hurry to battle stations. View of engine room with pistons moving and sailor at controls. Camera pans heavy wake from the ship and focuses on starboard bow wave and then shifts views to wakes astern. A flight of three open cockpit Mitsubishi A5M ("Claude") aircraft is seen overhead. A Mitsubishi F1M reconnaissance float plane passes close overhead. Glimpse of a warship's gun barrels. Several Mitsubishi A5M aircraft fly low overhead. Sailors wearing gas masks watch from a warship. Several different views of warships firing antiaircraft guns during training drill. A pair of A5M aircraft fly by as antiaircraft guns fire. A pair of Mitsubishi F1M reconnaissance float planes pass. Smoke is seen coming from interior of ship. Sailors in gas masks rush to the source. Crewmen below decks don gas masks as part of the drill. Smoke obscures much ot the next scenes. View from deck of ship shows two 16-inch guns and heavy smoke (from funnels of battleships). Line of destroyers seen following behind other warships. Various views of heavy wakes from ships underway.
Scenes of U.S. flag and White House. U.S. Presidential flag on a ship. President Franklin D Roosevelt on the ship. Presidential motorcade on its way. U.S. Capitol far in the background. Women hold Presidential flag. A woman designs Presidential flag. Women weaving and stitching the flag. Scene of Eagle on the flag. President Roosevelt sitting on a chair. Scene of U.S. Presidential seal.
Fliers announces government investment in Childersburg, Alabama, amounting to $100 million, to build 400 houses,improve water and sewer systems, schools, and the like. Workers throng the gates of a defense plant. Workers' cars fill its parking lot. Local workers doing business at the Isbell National Bank of Talladega. People on the sidewalks by the Martin movie theater, in Talladega. Workers marching in a Labor Day parade, followed by a fire engine, decorated automobiles, a float with sign identifying its sponsor as "Local 151 of Paperworkers Union." A car carrying a sign reading "Roofers Local 175, Anniston." The parade also includes a truck with sign reading:"Products of Alabama Pipe Company, Local 444," and two more cars sponsored by local Anniston labor unions.
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