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Allied soldiers in North Africa celebrate Christmas in 1942 and assemble for Roosevelt visit in January 1943

Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, during World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins, including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC (Womens Army Corps) service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Native people of Morocco in a city market area. Women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. A soldier plays a guitar. Another soldier views a magazine with a young woman centerfold picture. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits, riding in a jeep (while in the area for the Casablanca Conference). He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and General George Patton, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers during his time in Casablanca for the Casablanca Conference. He is seen beside a gate labeled "Villa #3" which was the Villa “Mirador in the complex of Villas beside the Anfa Hotel.

Date: 1942, December
Duration: 7 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033510
National War Labor Board in hearing of Electrical Transcription Manufacture Vs American Federation of Musicians in New York (WW2)

Hearing of Electrical Transcription Manufactures and American Federation of Musicians before War Labor Board. Members of panel- Right to left- Gilbert E Fuller, representative of the Industry. Arthur S Mayer, Chairman for public; Max Zaritsky, Labor Attorney for Industry. Members of the panel left to right James C Petrillo, President of American Federation of Musicians(AFM); James A Padway, Washington Attorney; Henry A Friedman, New York Attorney; Harry J Steeper, Assistant to press. Max Zaritsky shows papers to the panel. Patrillo stands and speak. Friedman, Padway, Steeper in panel. Court in session. James Padway speaks before Panel, Patrillo and Friedman sit. Patrillo look at papers, Arthur Meyer speaks. Members of panel listen. Bulletin Board of New York State Mediation Board, National War Labor Board. Electrical Transcription Manufacture Vs American Federation of Musicians. Sign Board of "New York Labor Relations Board" and "New York State Board of Mediation". (World War II period)

Date: 1943, September
Duration: 5 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026229
Various Federal Theatre presentations by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the United States.

Posters of various Federal Theatre presentations by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the United States during the Great Depression. Posters of dramatic theater productions like Macbeth, Battle Hymn, Jefferson Davis, Taking the Air and The Mikado, at various theatres in New York and New Jersey. A painted truck of the Portable Theatre. A puppet show at the "Theatre of the Magic Strings". Children lined up at the theater entrance with the marquee seen announcing "Marionettes" and the box office area. Children laugh during the show with the marionette puppets. A performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan popular operetta Pinafore with actors singing on stage the song "For He Is An Englishman". Actors seen on stage for Sinclair Lewis play 'It Can't Happen Here'. A presentation of the William Shakespeare play "Macbeth" presented by an all African American cast (also termed "Voodoo" Macbeth).

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023750
President Franklin D. Roosevelt receives honorary degree of Doctor of Law from Washington College, in Chestertown Maryland

President Franklin D. Roosevelt receiving an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Washington College, located in Chestertown Maryland. View of campus of Washington College, President at stage, dons a cap and gown to receive the degree, a huge gathering at the college. Hiram Staunton Brown, Chairman of the Washington College Board, and Washigton College President Gilbert W. Mead also seen with President Franklin Roosevelt.

Date: 1933, October 21
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032943
Airmen of the U.S. 65th Fighter Squadron relaxing on Corsica during World War II.

Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond, Commander of the 65th Fighter Squadron relaxes on a Corsica beach. Lt. Chris Grissinger, army nurse and Wymond's future wife, playfully throws sand at him. Two airmen wade ashore, carrying three large jellyfish on a wooden plank.. Colonel Wymond, Major Francis S. "Spanky" Manda, and other officers sample some French wine at their club on the beach at Alto airbase, Corsica, France. The 65th Squadron Fighting Cock logo is displayed on the bar. P-47s of the 65th Fighter Squadron taxiing on their sandy airfield.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049831
U.S. Army Air Corps 57th Fighter Group builds officer's club at Alto Air Base, Corsica, during World War Ii.

Activity at Alto Airbase, Corsica, during World War 2. Man with flight report standing by tent. Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond, Jr. of the 65th Fighter Squadron, standing on newly constructed floor, observes activity during construction of an Officers club. Two men are sawing wood. Others are nailing roof rafters in place. Flyers taking a break on raft supported by 55gallon drums, at beach area of Alto Air Base. They push one another into water and have fun on the raft.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051899