Prisoners after being set free from German prison camps in Germany during World War II. Pastor Martin Niemoller smokes a pipe as he is interviewed by a soldier reporter, who takes notes as they converse. A snow covered prison building. A snow covered mountain. Capt John Alexander Elphinston, nephew of the Queen of England; Lord Las-celles, nephew of the King of England; 1st Lt John G Winant, son of the U.S. Ambassador.
Saint Patrick's Day celebrated at Fifth Avenue in New York, United States. A decoration in the form an Irish harp or cláirseach. People with umbrellas gather to watch the parade in the rain. A young girl wearing a raincoat stands to watch the parade. Soldiers and officers at the parade. Girls in academic dress holding a 'Marymount' sign march. Mayor of New York Fiorello La Guardia and others review the parade. Women on horses. Majorettes marching in the parade. A young majorette girl twirls her baton. A child holding a walking stick and a top hat. Spectators watch holding umbrellas. (World War II period).
The city of New Orleans in the United States. Jackson Square with the Saint Louis Cathedral and other old buildings in the background. The house of Jean Lafitte, a pirate. A sign outside the house reads 'Absinthe'. Equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson (Andrew Jackson Equestrian Statue, Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States). A large old plantation house outside the city.
A gathering at the Nixon home, La Casa Pacifica (the Western White House) in San Clemente, California. Members of news media have cameras and tripods all over the courtyard. Several persons stand with arms folded, waiting. Tall yardarm stye flagpole holds American flag and a blue flag (Presidential ensign?). Press Secretary,Ronald Ziegler, appears before assembled newsmen. The President strolls out to edge of drive, and then walks quickly to the microphones and makes a statement, and holds press conference.
A film titled 'The Life and Death of The USS Hornet' dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants during World War II. The Capitol building in Washington DC. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gathered at press conference to announce the bombing of Tokyo Japan by Doolittle Raid forces in April 1942. Reporters run out to phones and typewriters. A man at NBC microphone in 1943. The headlines of newspapers read 'Japs Murder Doolittle's Fliers'. American people in groups and families listen to radio broadcasts, gathered at work and in living rooms around radios to hear the radio news. They buy newspapers at newsstands. Headline of newspaper reads "Carrier Hornet was Shangri-La". Workers at shipyard, factories, machine shops. Men and women war workers of varying ages and races, including white, Japanese-American, and African-American seen welding, machining, and working to buld the ship and its parts. Scenes from the launching of USS Hornet CV-8 in December 14, 1940, with sponsor Annie Reid Knox at the launching.
German U-boat or submarine U-35 attacks an enemy ship in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. German U-boat U-35 underway in the Mediterranean Sea. The U-boat encounters British three masted sailing schooner Miss Morris, in route from Genoa to Malaga. The U-35 under command of Captain Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, stops the sailing ship, assists its crew in departing the ship on lifeboats (and coming aboard the U-35), and then sinks the Miss Morris SV 20 miles southeast of Garrucha, Spain. The enemy ship is scuttled by the U-35.
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