Life in the town of Madison, Indiana, on the banks of the Ohio River. Scenes in and around the town: View of the Milton-Madison bridge across the Ohio River (US-421, Milton, KY 40045, United States) ; the town of Madison on hillside across the river; Church steeples protruding above tree tops in view from above; tree lined and shaded sidewalk; a tower with ramparts; Italian Campanille- style tower; gothic doorway on a church; slate rooftops with chimneys protruding and towers and cupola building top visible; Greek-inspired column; a renaissance-style fountain with statuary. A fraternal building with ramparts; the Madison Fair Play Fire Company fire department building with Italian-style tower (403-405 E. Main St. Madison, IN 47250, USA); Roman columns on the Jackson safe deposit and trust Company “National Branch Bank” building. Children play in the fountain on a hot afternoon. A Stern-wheeler Riverboat plying the river with dense black smoke streaming from its twin stacks. Men from Greece, Ireland, Germany and other parts of the world have settled in Madison. They include a confectioner, a county agent and others. A Greek confectioner inside his shop. A journalist works on a typewriter in an office. He speaks on the phone during a telephone call. A county agent of Dutch descent speaks to clients. An elderly couple from Germany chat and have drinks at a restaurant. A toddler eats pasta while sitting on a highchair. An Italian family eats pasta together at a dining table. Effigy of James Madison, a founding father and the namesake of Madison, Indiana. Farming activities: Farms and houses. Farmer and other men harvest grapes from grapevines. Other farmers harvest tobacco. A woman brings eggs from a hen house. A farmer loads baskets and milk containers on a truck for market day. Market day activities: An open market is set up around the Madison courthouse. A produce merchant sells his products to customers. View of the main street. Buildings seen on either side of the street. Mountains in the background. Recreation activities: Citizens bowling in a club. Ball seen hitting pins up close. They drink at a bar and play billiards and checkers. They dance and watch a movie. Citizens outside the box office, beneath the movie theatre marquee. People inside a movie theater watching a movie. Faces of audience members as they watch the movie screen. Customers get refreshed at a corner drug store where a crowded soda fountain bar area and tables are shown. Students play band instruments during a school concert. View of churches. Parishioners enter a church gate. They worship and pray. A man holds a fishing rod. He walks towards a lake. (World War II period).Life in the town of Madison, Indiana, on the banks of the Ohio River, in the United States. Scenes in and around the town: Steel highway bridge across river; the town on hillside across the river; Church steeples protruding above tree tops in view from above; tree lined and shaded sidewalk; a tower with ramparts; italian-medieval style tower; gothic doorway on a church; slate rooftops with chimneys protruding and towers and cupola building top visible; Greek-inspired column ; a renaissance-style fountain with statuary. A fraternal building with ramparts; the fire department building with Italian-style tower; Roman columns on the Jackson safe deposit and trust Company building. Children play in the fountain. A Stern-wheeler Riverboat plying the river with dense black smoke streaming from its twin stacks. Men from Greece, Ireland, Germany and other parts of the world have settled in Madison. They include a confectioner, a county agent and others. A man works on a typewriter in an office. He speaks on the phone during a telephone call. A man and a woman chat and have drinks at a restaurant. A family eats dinner or another meal together at a dining table. Farming activities: Farms and houses. Farmer and other men harvest grapes from grapevines. Other farmers harvest tobacco. A woman brings eggs from a hen house. A farmer loads baskets and milk containers on a truck for market day. Market day activities: An open market is set up around the Madison court house. A produce merchant sells his products to customers. View of the main street. Buildings seen on either side of the street. Mountains in the background. Recreation activities: Citizens bowling in a club. Ball seen hitting pins up close. They drink at a bar and play pool and checkers. They dance and watch a movie. Citizens outside the box office, beneath the movie theatre marquee. People inside a movie theater watching a movie. Faces of people as they watch the movie screen. Customers get refreshed at a corner drug store where a crowded soda fountain bar area and tables are shown. Students play band instruments during a school concert. View of churches. Parishioners enter a church gate. They worship and pray. A man holds a fishing rod. He walks towards a lake. (World War II period)
Greek Premier Ioannis Metaxas reviews troops in Athens , Greece during World War II. Metaxas salutes aboard a ship with other officer in the background. Officers aboard the ship. Greece troops lined up. Soldiers march in review. Detachments of the Evzones troops dressed in skirts being reviewed.
A victory parade in London, England to mark the Allied victory of World War II. Cavalry units march down a street during the parade. British King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret move past a large crowd in a horse drawn carriage attended by Captain's Escort of the Household Cavalry. A band plays at the parade. Soldiers carrying the U.S. flag march past a large crowd in a street. People gathered along a sidewalk to watch the parade. Greek troops march down a street.
German General Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller visits with Italian troops of the 6th Infantry Division CUNEO, after they occupy the Greek Island of Samos, without any resistance, in May 1941. He and his staff members drink local wine with the Italians. Italian soldiers eating bananas at the port, and picking oranges from a local tree. Remainder of film shows 8 thousand surrended defenders taken as prisoners of war, marching in a long line. Next, they are seen crammed on the deck of a Greek ship and then, later debarking. They march in loose formation.
Far East Air Force operations in Seoul, Korea during the Korean War. C-47 (DC-3) aircraft parked at Seoul air base (K-16) airfield. A sign on the aircraft reads 'Royal Hellenic Air Force'. Officers stand near the aircraft as they talk amongst themselves. Patch on left shoulder of uniform reads 'U.N.Hellenic Flight 13'. Greece bullseye ensign painted on aircraft fuselage and tricolor on tail. Officers walk away from the aircraft and wave at one of their Greek Flight C-47s taxiing past. Airmen enter a quonset hut having a tall striped flagpole in front of it. A sign reads 'RHAF 13th Greek Flight'. A sign on a bullet pockmarked building reads 'Seoul City air base'. Two Republic of Korea airmen and a small boy, converse with an American airman. A Jeep and a truck pass in background. The Korean airmen walk away, eating something and the boy follows them, with hands in pockets.
Battles fought by Russians fighting military raids from other nations. Animated map shows Nazi forces' conquest in various nations of Europe. Newspaper printing press operating with rollers spinning quickly. Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Generals in discussion with a map. Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian troops parade prior to Nazi occupation. Admiral Miklos von Horthy of Hungary, General Ion Antonescu, King Michael of Romania and King Boris of Bulgaria. Nazi military marches through Hungarian cities. Benito Mussolini walks in Italy. Yugoslavian cities bombed by Nazi planes during invasion of Yugoslavia. German Stuka aircraft dive bomb their targets. Map shows Hitler's conquest on various European nations. Greek soldiers march. Soviet Russian munition factories and war production plants in operation producing cannons, tanks, armament, shells and ammunition. Russian troops march. Warships on alert in sea. Soviet men in civilian clothing gathering together to drill and march as they enter military service as new recruits during military mobilization. Soviet soldiers in training during World War 2.
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