New buildings in Panama City, Republic of Panama, after the opening of the Panama Canal. The National Institute building (C. Estudiante, Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, Panama) in Panama City. Spanish Colonial style balconies in a row of houses. A Panamanian boy with a rag tied around waist walks on a street. Views of the Palacio de las Garzas or the President's House (Av. Eloy Alfaro, Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, Panama). People walk past on a street.
U.S. Naval officers of Battleship Division Nine line up to receive British Admiral David Beatty, who comes aboard the USS New York (BB-34) to welcome the American warships to the Royal Grand Fleet, in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Motor launches loiter at the ship's side. Contingent of World War 1 uniformed U.S. Marines marches past on the deck, and then begins double-time. Contingent of U.S. Navy sailors, in blue coats and wool caps,double-times past the officers. Admiral Beatty gives a speech of welcome to assembled U.S. officers and sailors, from a raised dais on aft deck. The view is framed between two aft 14 inch guns. The ship's Captain, thanks Admiral Beatty and makes some remarks and leads the ship's company in a series of hat-waving cheers. A woman is seen leaving the ship, assisted by the Warrant Officer,Bosun's Mate, carrying a megaphone, as a Marine stands by, and Admiral Beatty waves farewell from the ships deck. Senior officers, including a British General, stand about on deck.
Scenes of U.S. warships in World War I. Sailors take calisthenics, on deck, aboard Pennsylvania class U.S. battleship underway in Atlantic ocean, as viewed from above her three-gun upper turret. Different time and place: British Admiral David Beatty welcoming officers of the U.S. Ninth Battleship Division upon their arrival to join the Grand Fleet, in 1917, at the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. Admiral Beatty giving a welcome speech to officers and sailors of the Ninth Battleship Division, aboard the USS New York. US destroyer Manley (DD-74) camouflaged in Firth of Forth. Different place and time: Sailors hold on to lines as they watch a U.S. destroyer pass at high speed, and a Battleship following. U.S. warships signal each other using lights and morse code. Battleship passes at high speed.
U.S. Marines in Korea during the Korean War. Debris and rubble in a coastal town of North Korea. Korean refugees evacuate. A U.S. soldier directs the refugees. U.S. Marines talk to Korean children and distribute clothes. A captured North Korean soldier smokes a cigarette with a U.S. soldier. U.S. Marines make Korean children wear new clothes.
The city of Paris, France under German occupation during World War 2. View from above of Place de l'Opera and l'Academie Nationale de Musique - Theatre de l'Opera, with citizens going in and out of the metro subway station. Many new German signs seen. Point of view from moving vehicle of pedestrians, shops, and busy streets of Paris. POV from moving vehicle of French civilians on bicycles and German soldiers on foot. German vehicles drive along the streets.The Hotel Crillon with Swastika flags in front. A large sign in German reads Deutsches Soldatenkino (for a German Soldier's cinema or movie theatre). Sign for "Soldatenheim der Kommandantur gross Paris" (German Military Commander's headquarters in Paris.) People ride bicycles. German trucks drive along the street. French civilians in a line in front of a store, queuing for rations or supplies.
Head of U.S. Defense Council William Knudsen reports on the progress of National Defense Program in Washington DC during World War II. He speaks how the United States is being geared up to turn out thousands of new fighting airplanes and other military and naval equipment.
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