A map shows the Eastern front. Hungarian units near Stanislavov in the Soviet Union. Soldiers rest, eat, shave, and clean themselves. Horses and chicken around the soldiers. A train passes by. An officer meets the troops. The officer salutes while seated on a tank. Carpathians: German and Hungarian troops advance. Infantries march on the road. Soldiers on horses. An officer talks to a soldier. German tanks and artillery halt a Russian thrust. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Grenadiers recapture a village. They advance into the village with tanks. Fire and smoke from burning huts. Officers consult a map. A burning truck by the road side. Soldiers on horses carriages. 5th SS Volunteer Strumbrigade Wallonien Colonel Lucien Lippert reviews and decorates troops.
5 June 1940: German Luftwaffe airplanes start and take off. The planes in flight. The aircraft machine gun. Aerial view of Paris. The planes drop bombs over the city of Paris. They bombard railway yards, train tracks, hangars, buildings and areas used for air operations. German fighters fly in formation. Pilots in the cockpits. (World War II period).
Prime Minister of United Kingdom Winston Churchill arrives at the train station in London. He detrains and is greeted by officials and dignitaries. Allied soldiers fight Germans in unoccupied territories. Soldiers and tanks advance. Smoke due to explosions and bombardment. Vichy: Troops march on the streets after the liberation of Vichy. A large crowd of civilians gathered to welcome them. A lady presents a bouquet to a soldier. (World War II period).
A bridge under construction in France. German recruits at work on the bridge. Workers assemble wooden planks. They pull a rope and lay an iron bar. '6 / EISB.PI.RGT.2' written on the side of a building next to railway tracks. German soldiers lined by the tracks. The Swastika insignia sewn on their sleeves. An officer inspects the troops. The officer and other soldiers survey the constructed bridge. A decorated train inaugurates the newly constructed bridge. (World War II period).
The Executive Committee of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) meet at the United Nations headquarters. The agenda of the meeting is a medical and welfare campaign against diseases and malnutrition world over. Delegates from Pakistan, Israel and United States seen. A nurse trains ladies with the aid of a skeleton. India: A doctor checks a boy's ears as other children wait their turn. Korea: A doctor checks a boy as other children watch. A girl is given a pill and food in a backward area. Men carry supplies of antibiotics, serums, and powdered milk on their backs.
Newsreel clip on the Braves, Milwaukee's first Major League Baseball team, arriving in town for the first time. Girls in theme sweaters hold theme bags to welcome the team. Club owner Lou Perini and Mayor Frank Zeidler wait for the team's arrival. Men lay out a red carpet for the team. Men, women, and children wait to receive and welcome the players. The team arrives at the Union Station. Team manager Charlie Grimm and the players get off the train. A large crowd gathered to witness the event. Players in convertibles ride through city streets crammed with tens of thousands of people. Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Braves Drive for the day) flanked by people on either side. Players, in civilian clothes, wave to the crowds. (Note: the Braves had just moved from Boston. They would stay in Milwaukee only 13 years before moving to Atlanta.)
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