U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States. People gather on either sides of a street. The U.S. Capitol in the far foreground. Buildings along street sides. A motorcade moves past. Horse-drawn units move past. Troops march. People cheer. A military band marches. Horse-drawn units towing artillery move past. Soldiers aboard scout cars moving past. (World War II period).
British defense units including Indian regiments fighting in Egypt during World War II. Soldiers aboard jeeps and tanks advancing on a battlefield. Indian troops march in formation. They fire heavy guns on the battlefield. A man writes on a board. Indian soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns. Smoke from firing on the battlefield.
Civilians and refugees flee bombing in France during World War II Battle of France. Buildings set on fire due to bombardment by Nazi German aircraft. Heavy columns of smoke rises up from the fire in homes and buildings. Dead body of a woman on a litter on a street. Rubble of a church destroyed by bombing. Belgian refugees walk along a road with their personal belongings on carts, and take cover in a ditch beside the road as they are subject to bombing and strafing from the air. Damaged buildings in the area. French soldiers and French police officers walking in busy city area and questioning civilians on street and in an outdoor cafe, asking to see their papers, and trying to find and root out an "5th column" elements or those working for the enemy. Motorcycle police pull over a car and demand papers from the driver.
U.S. Navy Curtiss airplanes are released for the Allies in Buffalo, New York during World War II. The new airplanes parked at an airfield. Men working on the airplanes. An aircraft takes off and in flight overhead.
Americans evacuating World War II in the United Kindgom are seen arriving in New York, United States from Galway, Ireland. Evacuees aboard SS President Roosevelt underway at sea as it nears port of New York City. Large sign identifies the ship name and "United States Lines" Some of the refugees standing at the deck of the ship wave. Artful point of view shot from behind a group of people, mostly children, as they cheer and wave hands at the Statue of Liberty seen through a ship window. A man and a partially veiled woman, holding a cigarette, talking aboard the ship. Children wave. A woman feeds her child. People meeting their loved ones, hugging and kissing happily on arrival in New York City.
A film on U.S. shuttle bombing operations over Germany from bases in Great Britain, Italy and Russia during World War II. Animated diagram shows the advantages of using Soviet airfields during the operation. United States Army Air Force Lieutenant General Carl Andrew Spaatz seated at a desk in his office. Deputy Commanding General for Operations Major General F. L. Anderson discusses the plans with other officers in his office. They plan 'Operation Frantic' at a USAAF headquarters. Ships at a British port are loaded with supplies including food, gasoline, bombs, ammunitions, trucks, jeeps and other equipment. A man watching through binoculars from the deck of a ship. A convoy passes through the Arctic Ocean. Supplies are unloaded in Russia. These are transported by train to a headquarters in Russia.
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