Shortly before America's direct involvement in World War 2, view of a rally and speaker for the American Union for Organization Against War in New York City. The anti-war speaker shows signs "Fight the Draft" and "No Loans to England. No Arms to anyone!" People in a crowd listen to the speaker. One man holds a sign which reads 'Selectees! Protest any Extension of Army Service - Write Your Congressman'. Another sign reads, "The Army and Navy are hotbeds of fascism."
An English war bride is interviewed with her husband, a United States Army Captain, in uniform, upon her arrival in America after World War II. She says she doesn't know what to say, they have waited so long for this day. Another couple is interviewed with their baby. The British woman says it had been weeks and weeks since she had seen her husband. A third English war bride and her baby, reunited with her American husband, said she read, in American newspapers, that American girls are not too pleased about soldiers marrying English girls. She says further, that she hopes they won't feel too badly about it, because love is love, all over the world.
The London Blitz. Sections of London ablaze from German bombing during Battle of Britain. US President Franklin Roosevelt signing H.R. 1946, Lend-Lease legislation in World War II. View of last page of H.R.1946, signed by Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and by President Roosevelt. United States sends war material to England. 'USA' written on Lend-Lease boxes being loaded on lorry after arrival in Britain. Huge crates of Lend-Lease war materiel on railroad flat cars pulled by locomotive. Smoke rises up from the engine. 'Machine tools, BULLARD, Bridgeport Conn.' written on crate in transit.
War Parade on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, United States during World War II . An open car driven by an Army soldier, escorted by motorcycle police, and carrying Army and Navy officers. United States flags raised on the buildings. A huge crowd gathered on the sidewalks. Mechanized equipment on parade. Band in the parade. Jeeps, tanks, and half-tracks loaded with soldiers. A Curtis Aircraft float with a real P-40 airplane on it. A display of a Wright Cyclone 9 aircraft engine rated at 1200 horsepower, the type used on Flying Fortresses, with sign reading: "US Army Air Forces at War:" Infantry units march with massed colors in the parade. Military units participate with countless Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen marching.
United States High Command holds World War II war planning parley. The U.S. High Command leaders stand and talk. General Henry (Hap) Arnold, General George Marshall, Admiral Ernst King, Admiral Land, Admiral William Leahy, Presidential advisor, Harry Hopkins, Paul V. McNutt, Civilian Head of Manpower, and Elmer Davis, Head, Office of War Information, in the conference. The personages are seated on a table. Food served on the table.
A German war hero during World War II. German war hero comes back home on leave. Children stand on roadside to welcome him. Civilian women talk to the award winning German soldier. He meets with his mother and father. A young boy gives him flowers. He planes a board at a workbench. He is greeted by people in his home town.
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