Newsreel titled "Plane crash kills 2 officers making blind flying test." On 27 February, 1937, Two Army Air Corps Reserve pilots are killed in the crash of a North American BT-9A, 36-118, "3", of the Air Detachment, 6th USAAC Area. (Reportedly, the accident occurred as 2d Lt. John P. Spake, in the front cockpit, was practicing instrument flying under a hood, while being monitored by 2d Lt. Clyde H. Wood, Jr in the rear cockpit.) The remains of the aircraft are seen at the edge of the Chicago Municipal Airport. Many spectators surround the crash site. A closeup of mangled wreckage encompassing the two cockpits. Two bodies are covered by tarpaulins near the broken left wing. Fire rescue officers carry one to a waiting ambulance.
Hermann Goering, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and others as Italy joins Germany in declaring war against Britain and France June 10, 1940 (World War II). Animated map illustrates possible Axis war plans. Aerial view of Maginot line. Fire burning from German bombing in Scandinavia. Windmill turning in Holland. Map outlines Allied strategy for defense. Views of the Ardennes Forest. French Generals examining map. British Field Marshal John Vereker (Viscount Gort) studying map with two Generals. Narrator states they dismissed German attack through the Ardennes. May 9, 1940 - News headline reports German troops on move. Netherlands and French recruit troops mobilizing. French army soldiers standing at train station platform and loading into passenger railroad trains. Exterior of the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) at Montmartre, Paris. People lighting candles. Statue of Madonna and Child. Views of several churches. A Catholic Bishop blessing people. People kneeling in prayer. Hitler and other Nazi leaders, including Heinrich Himmler, Goebbels, Bormann, Hess, and Rohm, haranguing crowds. Hermann Goering leading crowd in salutes. Ludwig Muller, Reichsbischof, Hitler supporter. Many views of Germans shouting Sieg Heil. German troops moving out on May 10, 1940. Hermann Goering, chief of Luftwaffe, in uniform. German pilots run to airplanes. Ju-87 Stukas take off. D0-17 bombers take off. German tanks, motorcycle troops, armor and infantry cross borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland. Map depicts action. German forces destroy obstacles at border crossings and move past windmill in Holland.He-111 bombers in flight. German paratroops jump from Ju-52 transport over Rotterdam. They capture key facilities. Troops riding on tanks. Dutch General Henri Gerard Winkelman walks with German officer over Maas-bridges in Rotterdam. He and delegation enter building at Rijsoord to sign surrender on May 15, 1940. German bombers destroy Rotterdam. View of German bomber bomb bay doors open and bombs away toward targets. The city in flames, with sound. Remains of the city. Numerous dead civilians.
General Joseph W. Stilwell gets down from a jeep and inspects a beach area in Ishigaki, Japan. He along with Brigadier General John K. Cannon and a general meet other officers outside a tent. Officers get into a plane and it takes off.
Stationary ships and steamers at a port in the United States. Workers climb aboard the steamer John H Quick. Grain poured out of a huge pipe into a big container. Worker fills grain into a bucket and pours it into a bag. Workers sort grain with the help of shovels. Another steamer off shore. Machinery and equipment on a ship. Worker stands near pulleys on a ship. Man writes a notice stating departure of a ship. U.S. naval officer greets dignitaries and family members before boarding ship.
View of the statue of a woman and workers of Belle Isle Welfare digging nearby. A civilian looking at the statue. The statue is unidentified. Nose damaged by workers in digging. Woman is holding a book. Laurel is circling her head. Inspection by curator John W. Ireland.
View of mountains in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. View of guests from other countries arriving, including United States Ambassador to India John Galbraith. Maharajah Chogyal Tashi Namgyal, father of Prince Palden Thondup Namgyal, arrives to attend the wedding of his son. A lama bows to the couple. View of Prince Palden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke as lamas put scarves around their neck in wedding ceremony. Prince and Princess of Sikkim arriving at the Palace.
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