Young Cypriot students hold flags of the United States to welcome United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) and his wife Lady Bird Johnson. Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson distribute glasses of milk to students of an elementary school in Cyprus as part of a C.A.R.E. distribution program. Nurses distribute milk to students in elementary school. Elementary school students, in uniforms and traditional Cypriot attire, drink milk in school together. Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with smiling local women, children and men in Cyprus. Lyndon B. Johnson visits Cyprus Museum (Museum 1, Nicosia, Cyprus) with wife Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird Johnson. Bronze Age, Ancient Greek and Roman Era artifacts on display in Cyprus Museum. Johnson speaks, "we know how great is the debt of the west to the east, which actually cradled our civilization...."
A harbor in Alexandria, Egypt is used as a base for operations by Maritime Section during World War II. Greek ship Caique is used by U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Taylor for smuggling arms and food into small Greek islands. Caique ship underway with soldiers and Chief of Maritime Operations Lieutenant Colonel Taylor on board.
Training film shows United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents arrive in Greece during World War II. A United States bomber flying low at night as two OSS spy agents parachute from the bomber. An OSS spy looking at harbor through a pair of binoculars while hiding behind bushes. View of Greek harbor. An OSS agent rummages through file cabinets at night. Two OSS agents communicate via radio inside their room. A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber air drops canisters of supplies at night. Canisters with parachutes fall to ground. Greek partisans resistance fighters run with guns and assume prone position on the ground. View of railroad switch yard before simulated explosion from sabotage.
German troops capture Greek and Allied soldiers during the Battle of Crete in World War II. A German soldier with a bicycle guards a line of Allied prisoners. Faces of Greek and British prisoners. German airplanes and troops at the Maleme airfield Captured British soldiers raise their hands as they surrender near a bridge. A deep gorge or channel in Crete with destroyed bridge in water. German soldier driving a vehicle. Driver’s view of a mountainous road in Crete. German Army vehicles driving on the road, passing by tanks and destroyed trucks.
Film opens showing Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Benito Mussolini of Italy. Next Mussolini is seen addressing a large crowd from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy announcing plans to invade Greece. Views of Greek troops marching during the Greco-Italian War between the kingdoms of Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. Animated map depicts Italian advances into Greece with subsequent withdrawal as the Greeks drive them back and then invade Albania. Closeup of Hitler enraged about this turn of events, delaying his military Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union. Glimpse of Mussolini visiting his troops in the field. Newspaper headline reads: "Jugoslavia Gets Hitler Terms." A sub headline reads: "Nazi move in Greece Seen." Another view of Greek troops marching. A Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive bomber in flight, enters a steep dive to bomb a target. Bombs exploding in forest. Another Stuka diving and dropping bombs on a city building. Closeup glimpse of a Stuka speeding past the camera. View of a bombed out Yugoslavian building from German air attack on April 6, 1941. Animated map shows German and Italian forces attack paths from their bases in Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Hungary, vanquishing Yugoslavia. Map extends to Greece, where German forces overwhelm three defending Greek Divisions (aided by some British forces). Aerial view of a German Junkers Ju 52 transport plane flying over the Parthenon in Athens.
World War 2 war bond parade on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, United States. Soldier, in pith helmet, walks with a young boy in uniform.A float with beauty queens from South and Central American countries. A dinosaur-dragon float, representing the Axis powers. A float portraying the devastation and suffering at Bataan and Corregidor. A float showing George Washington rolling up his sleeves, and lined all around with soldiers, sailors,Marines, air raid wardens, and the like. An open car, surrounded by motorcycle policemen, carrying Parade Grand Marshal, Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, and a New York City official. A float of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, depicting Stalin on a white horse, and a sign saying: "Victory in 1942." A float with Soldiers,Sailors, Marines, American flags, and pretty women, with sign reading: " Sign Your War Bond Pledge June 14-24." United States flags fly on the buildings. A contingent of Norwegian Air Force, followed by Norwegian sailors and a large float of a ship, with sign reading: "Norway's Seamen, Norway's Front Line Soldiers, 3rd Largest Fleet in United Nations." A float of Belgium. Contingent of Greeks, led by one dressed as ancient Athenian warrior, followed by group carrying a small replica of the Parthenon.They are followed by Greek women in traditional costumes of Amalia and men in traditional uniforms of Evzone. A huge crowd gathered on the sidewalk. Marchers carry placards 'Destroy Hitlerism'.
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