Joint Allied maneuver in Berlin. An American Army officer talks to a soldier. French and American officers salute. General Mark W Clark and another Major General salute. Truck moves over a pontoon bridge. M-26 tank rolls. Soldiers also march. Various types of equipment. A soldier reads a newspaper with a headline 'UN advances on Seoul'.
Crowd gathered in front of the Jailhouse in San Jose, California, where a mob of thousands had broken in and seized prisoners Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes, who had reportedly confessed to the kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart, son of Alexander Hart, the owner of Leopold Hart and Son Department Store. The mob had taken the two and lynched them, in St. James Park, across the street. Under-sheriff Hamilton, is interviewed and states that they held the mob off until they ran out of tear gas, and then didn't shoot, because of women and children. View of many people and cars outside, as seen through cell windows inside the prison. One of the prison inmates, testifies about seeing the mob break into the prison and make their way to the third floor. View of the St. James Park, where many people are seen gathered beneath its palm trees. Camera focuses on trees where the prisoners were hanged. California Governor,James Rolph, Jr., makes a statement tantamount to condoning the lynchings. The film shifts to a new location, in Missouri, where, On November 28, 1933, a crowd of 7-thousand broke into the Buchanan County Jail, St. Joseph, Missouri, to seize and lynch an African American man, Lloyd Warner, who had been charged with criminal assault. The mob overpowered defending police officers and members of the 35th Tank Company, Missouri National Guard. One of tank company's six ton M1917 light tanks parked in front of the prison. View of broken steel prison door and battering ram used by the mob. Wrecked interior of the prison quarters. People posing near a broken prison steel door.
Events related to the barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. A road barricade lifts at the United States Marines Corps (USMC) camp site. U.S. soldiers riding in a motor cart enter. The U.S. soldiers enter in a jeep. Guard at the entrance checks their ID cards (Identity Cards). Sign board at a fence reads, 'Show ID Cards'. Guards armed with M-16 rifle. Another jeep arrives. Guard lifts the barricade. Guard checks their IDs.
79th Infantry troops in La Haye Du Puits, France in World War II. View through a damaged wall of a ruined building with sign on a shop reading 'M. Gigory.' A World War I memorial and fountain topped by bust of a French soldier, is guarded by U.S. troops and used as a motor pool. A nearby sign points to it reading: 'water point.' American troops move on street and in a narrow alley. Troops arrive in a Jeep. Two German prisoners sitting on the hood of the Jeep with their hands raised are brought at gun point. The Jeep moves on. More prisoners are driven away on Jeeps. Heavy concentration of troops in the area.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen platform beside the new stone Post Office in Hyde Park, New York. He speaks to a crowd gathered for the dedication of the Post Office. Brief view from across the avenue, then back to the crowd at the dedication site. The President speaking to the crowd. He then takes a trowel and ceremoniously applies mortar to the top of a cornerstone. Closeup of the corner stone shows names of current officials and the architect, including: Franklin D.Roosevelt, President of United States of America; James A. Farley, Postmaster General; John M. Carmody,Federal Works Administrator; W. Englebert Reynolds, Commissioner of Public Buildings; Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; and Neal A. Melick, Supervising Engineer. The year 1940 is also engraved.
British Eighth Army advances in North Africa during World War II. A British officer and a soldier atop a tank turret. One of them looks through field glasses. British Honey and M3 Grant tanks and other vehicles advance along a desert highway. Soldiers atop the tanks.
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