Small U.S. military honor guard assembles at Saki airport in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine to greet President Franklin Roosevelt and party who will be arriving on a flight from Malta. They form up near a parked U.S. Air Force C-47. The President's 4-engine VC-54C is seen on final approach. It lands and and taxis in. Palm trees seen in distance. Field is under construction. Several people deplane. Air Force officers standing by car on tarmac. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, descends ladder from the parked VC-54C Presidential aircraft (nicknamed the "Sacred Cow"). President Roosevelt is seen after being seated in front seat of car, next to young soldier driver to whom he speaks. They drive off, preceded and followed by jeeps, carrying other members of the Presidential party. (World War II period).
U.S. 7th Infantry Division in Bleialf, Germany. C-47 Skytrains in flight during World War II. They drop parachute supplies for U.S. 7th Infantry Division.
French General Charles Henri De Gaulle during a ceremony in Saverne, France. The French General U.S. Lieutenant General Alexander Patch and U.S. Lt. General Jacob Loucks Devers with Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre. The General in a stand reviews French troops as they pass. General Gaulle talks to U.S. Generals. People look out from a window. General De Gaulle gets off from a car and is greeted by French troops. A French military band plays different instruments. French troops stand in a squad. General Gaulle inspects them. He stands with U.S. Lt. General Alexander Patch and U.S. Lt. General Jacob Loucks Devers talks to them. Croix de Guerre pined up on the uniforms of U.S. Generals. (World War II period)
What appears to be a military encampment on shore of Suez Canal, in Egypt, during World War II. People outside tents along the Suez Canal. Railroad train behind the camp. Large homes in a neighborhood. A water tower and a playground for children. Egyptian women and children at canal edge, watching as ship passes.
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia (also called King Abdulaziz) with party members on a U.S. Destroyer, USS Murphy (DD603) in the Great Bitter Lake of the Suez Canal. Views of the the Great Bitter Lake from shipboard. Views of the USS Quincy, from the USS Murphy, as it pulls alongside to tie up with the Quincy. Sailors send lines between the two ships to secure them. A gangplank is set between the two vessels. Officers on board the USS Quincy coordinate the activities. A marine honor guard on deck make their rifles ready for gun salute. Views of Royal Party on deck of the USS Murphy. U.S. sailors man a 40mm "pom pom" antiaircraft gun. They fire the gun in salute. (World War II period).
An Arabian sail boat with a lanteen sail approaches the Destroyer, which secures it with a line and takes it in tow. View of sailboat in tow with sail furled and secured. U.S. sailors on deck of the USS Murphy, check the tow line. A U.S. navy officer, with member of the Royal Party, discuss the tow line which is taut and visible several feet away from them over the water. Captain and officers of the USS Murphy gathered together on deck. The Arab sailing vessel tied up alongside the USS Murphy, dead in the water. Arabian butcher boards the USS Murphy and slaughters Goat and drains its blood into bucket on the fantail, near depth charge racks. Large group of U.S. sailors watch. The butcher trusses up the goat and dresses it. Views from receiving vessel of a U.S. Fleet Oiler replenishing operation, with fuel line evident.(Footage shot while King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, also called King Abdulaziz, was aboard the Destroyer USS Murphy (DD-603), underway in the Suez Canal for the Yalta Conference in World War 2.)
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