Maypole time in San Francisco, California. Multiple maypoles decorated with several long ribbons suspended from the top. Children move and dance around the Maypole. Large crowd of children to celebrate May Pole. A group of girls pose. Roger Dearborn Lapham, Mayor of San Francisco crowns Marlene Rock as queen of May.
President John F. Kennedy welcomes Mohammed Zahir Shah in Washington D.C., United States. View of White House during official reception. A helicopter lands on White House grounds. Mohammed Zahir Shah, king (Shah) of Afghanistan gets off the helicopter and is greeted by U.S. President, John F. Kennedy. Troops stand at attention. President Kennedy speaks at dais during 15 minute ceremony. President Kennedy, Mohammed Zahir Shah, U.S. Senator Barry Morris Goldwater and other officials stand outside the White House. President Kennedy awards General Emmett O'Donnell, Jr. the Distinguished Service Medal for long and distinguished service to his country after his retirement from the Air Force. General O'Donnell speaks.
Japanese bombing of Darwin, Australia in World War 2. Animated map showing line of Japanese attack from the RyukYu Islands to Darwin, Australia. Japanese MitsubishiG4M1 (Betty) long range bombers being readied at a Japanese air base. They take off on mission to bomb Port Darwin.Those on ground wave goodbye to them. View through nose greenhouse of a bomber. Bombers in formation. View of pilot and copilot in cockpit. More views of formation flying over clouds. Pilot with hands on control yoke. A note in Japanese fastened to the cockpit window. Crew members take lunch break while underway. Crew of bomber seen in warm clothing and on oxygen, as they proceed at a higher altitude.Radio operator keys message. Gunner at his station. The bombers begin their bomb run over Port Darwin. Bomb seen dropping from the aircraft, and striking the airfield of the Australian Naval Base on the coast.
German troops gather for a ceremony at Nuremberg stadium in Germany. Adolf Hitler, Ruler of Germany, Heinrich Himmler, SS Officer and Viktor Lutze, SA (Sturmabteilung) officer walk down long aisle between columns of troops gathered in the Nuremberg stadium. Ceremonies at Nuremberg showing Adolf Hitler and thousands of soldiers wherein a great number of flags are carried and flown. A band plays trumpets. The troops march. Hitler standing at dais. Schutzstaffel (SS) troops goose-stepping. Swastika sign on wall.
Training of American troops of Japanese ancestry, at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, during World War 2. Film opens showing a steam locomotive heading toward the camera, pulling a long train of passenger cars from which U.S. Army troops of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, comprising American soldiers of Japanese ancestry, are seen waving from the windows. They step from the train, carrying their personal gear in duffle bags. Two African American train porters in white coats assist some soldiers as they leave the train. The troops load their gear and climb aboard canvas covered 2-1/2 ton army trucks that drive into Camp Shelby. The camp's Water tower and chapel building are seen in background. One soldier reads newspaper with headline:"Rommel Reported Moving Out Men,"(referring to German General Rommel and his Afrika Korps). Next scene shows troops gathering up their gear and marching off the their billets
Square overlooking Danzig Town Hall (Długa 46, 80-831 Gdańsk, Poland) is filled with flags and banners of Nazi Germany during World War 2. A crowd watches a Nazi marching band in the square. German 60th Infantry Division (60th Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle) marches in the streets of Danzig holding their banner. The Nazi Wehrmacht infantry marches past the front of Danzig ( Gdansk ) Główny Central Train Station (Podwale Grodzkie 2, 80-895 Gdańsk, Poland). Rows of German soldiers neatly lined up as Zug (platoon) marches into place. Soldiers execute the Inspector Arms formation, showing their rifles. Saluting SS officials in Danzig. German soldiers standing in formation. SS generals walking by soldiers as they do the Nazi salute. A group of German soldiers standing with a Nazi banner displaying the words “Feldherrnhalle”, “Deutschland” and “Erwache” (“Feldherrnhalle. Germany Wake up”). Danzig town square filled with Nazi banners and Feldhernnhalle Wehrmacht soldiers standing in formation. “Feldherrnhalle” banner on display. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching. General performing the Nazi salute. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching in the Long Lane (Ulica Długa in Polish, Langgasse in German) leading to the Danzig Town Hall.
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