Scenes in France near the end of World War 2, a sign "Cordemais" on a damaged building (likely the train station at Cordemais, France). A white flag of German surrender flies in the breeze. American sldiers stand near the building as a German surrender delegation approaches, led by negotiator Hauptmann Reinhold Mueller, to arrange handover of the St Nazaire enclave. A US Army soldier translator is seen speaking to the German officers and taking notes. French negotiator representatives are also seen, including one in black beret with a paratrooper insignia on his uniform. Red Cross representatives are seen taking notes. German and Allied officers (American, British, French) at the surrender conference. French civilians repair railroad tracks damaged during the war. French refugees are assisted by Red Cross workers. Troops board a train and it departs. A sign "Chantenay" (presumably at the train station in Chantenay-Villedieu). Group of people including boy scouts waiting to greet relief train as it pulls in to station. Close up views of the faces of men and women waiting to greet the train with civilians on board. Red Cross nurses walk quickly on railway tracks after train to greet it as it pulls into station. Men and women on train wave. Women, infants, and children first are seen getting off the train at an evacuation center. Scene changes to a snowy woods area and a large dwelling in the woods. A elderly woman collects firewood. An elderly man collects burnable twigs from trash cans and puts them in a bag. Three different older men shown filing a metal item in a vice with a metal file. Man picks up a small frame with a photo depicting a French officer in uniform. Grave site of a French soldier with cross marker and combat helmet hung from the cross top. Ground level view of a line of graves of French soldiers killed in World War 2, each with a helmet hanging on the cross grave marker. An old French woman praying with a rosary. A old woman sitting by a window. Another old woman huddled beside a wood stove rubbing her cold hands and pulling her blanket shawl higher on her shoulders. An old man taking tea in bed. A man rings a doorbell (hanging from a cord) in front of a hospice. Elderly man smokes a pipe and another lights his cigarette from it, women knit. Close up views of faces of elderly French people. Elderly dine at long tables in large hall. French people standing in a line outside a shop. Dix Francs currency of France shown. Views of young women typing and sewing. A diagram of human figures shown. Scenes from a house: An old woman knits, an old man reads, a young woman greets them with kisses.
Indian political leaders during the independence movement in India. Crowds gathering in the huge Maidan, urban park, in Calcutta. India proposes the Dominion status after the war, new constitution after the war, representatives in the war cabinet and representatives at the peace conference. A political rally. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a political and spiritual leader of India, during the independence movement. Jawaharlal Nehru, a political leader of the Congress Party, speaks to the Indian Congress Party. The Congress Party includes Hindu and Muslims political leaders. Another Indian leader addresses the party. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a politician and leader of the All India Muslim League, speaks to the Moslems. Pakistani area is highlighted on an animated map of India. A sign:' Hindu Mahasabha'. The political leaders of Hindu Mahasabha talk. Rice cultivation on a farm. A farmer works on the farm. Two sets of cattle plow the farm.
Attitude of United States Army soldiers towards their jobs and World War II. Soldiers stand in formation. Chart reveals their ignorance of jobs. Soldiers march with flags. Charts of the Signal Corps and Corps of Engineers show the percentage of the ASF liking their own jobs most. Soldiers parade. Buildings in the background. The study reveals that most of the United States soldiers not like their job. The percentage of the soldiers in the army reduced to 50 percent in the last few months. A study is made to find out other information. An airplane in flight. Soldiers were asked about their understanding of their jobs, what do they feel about combat and the effects of war films on them produced by the army. They were also asked about their opinion as which country do they feel is trying hardest to win the war.
German prisoners of war during World War I in France. Prisoners of war march in large numbers on the battlefield. French soldiers march along with them. Some soldiers on horses, horse-carts, military vehicles and bicycles. Prisoners are marched to the stockade. Trees in the area. United States flag flutters on a flag pole.
Views of a Latécoère 521 flying boat powered by six 860 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs engines configured with four pusher puller engines inboard and two pullers (tractor engines) outboard It is being lowered by a crane into the water. Straps and cables support the flying boat beneath the crane. View of starboard tractor engines running. A crew member wearing goggles seen near open hatch. Stern view of the flying boat on takeoff across the water, with wake visible behind. Navigator bending over charts at his work station.Crew member speaks to another wearing headset. Ship seen underway below. Sailor with binoculars out a hatch on the flying boat. Closeup of the freighter from above. She displays a Maltese cross on her funnel and and plain cross on her hull. A crewman aboard the flying boat photographs the ship. Views of the ship as the flying boat passes above her. Scene shifts to a crew member crawling through a tunnel between compartments. He speaks to an officer from the tunnel. Brief view of navigator adjusting gyroscopic compass in roof of his compartment. Radio operator at his station,moving a loop antenna to determine signal direction. Pilot at the controls receives message from a crew member.Views of an airfield. .Several small warplanes and a Junkers JU-52 are parked on the field. What appear to be many bomb craters cover an area on the field. Ground view of aircraft wreckage. a line of Henschel HS 126A-1 utility aircraft. Damaged biplane with bent prop. Junkers Ju-52 taxiing with Adolf Hitler seen inside.Soldiers waving goodbye, as the Ju-52 takes off.The Lufthansa Ju-52 airborne. Hitler inside the cabin chatting with an officer. The aircraft landing, and Hitler being greeted by the local commanding officer. Hitler and officers taking lunch at an outdoor field kitchen. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A large crowd gathers at a convention hall to hail the President. The President addresses the people from a podium. The crowd cheers and applauds. President Roosevelt states that the U.S. does not have any secret agreements with any other nations. He speaks about the neutrality policy of America and non involvement of America in any foreign war. Roosevelt states, "To Republicans and Democrats, to every man, woman and child in the nation I say this: Your President and your Secretary of State are following the road to peace. We are arming ourselves not for any foreign war. We are arming ourselves not for any purpose of conquest or intervention in foreign disputes. I repeat again that I stand on the Platform of our Party: 'We will not participate in foreign wars and we will not send our army, naval or air forces to fight in foreign lands outside of the Americas except in case of attack.'
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