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Lend-Lease material to Russian seen in Iran and Iraq; and view of General Motors plant in Khoremshar, Iran (WW2)

World War II Lend-Lease activities to Russia via American outposts in Iran and Iraq. Traces routes of American shipments from Basra to other positions in Middle East. A convoy of trucks takes war material under lend lease activities from Basra. An officer checks the papers of the shipment. Freight trains carry shipment. A map traces route of war material shipment from Basra to Tehran. Workers at General Motors assembly plant in Khoremshar, Iran.

Location: Middle East
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038765
British 9th Armored Brigade at a parade during World War II.

British tanks and armored vehicles on parade. Tanks and armored vehicle convoy at a parade in Middle East in desert area. British 9th Armored Brigade tanks. Officers review a parade.

Location: Middle East
Date: 1944
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049253
Traditional horse race in the Arabian desert

A desert horse race in the Middle East. An Arab dignitary arrives on a white Arabian horse, flanked by servants. Commoners bow down to the dignitary on his arrival. Spectators sit on the ground before the start of a race. A trio of musicians play instruments. Arab spectators crowd to watch a race. Horse gallop at the start of race, with jockeys firing with guns.

Location: Middle East
Date: 1918
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078837
Czechoslovak coup with Communists coming to power; anti-Communist demonstrations in various European nations over 10 years

U.S. propaganda piece about threats by communists against various European countries. The Czechoslovak coup and demonstrations. Czech citizens moving on a street in Czechoslovakia during a strike forcing conservative elements to resign from the cabinet. Scenes of police brutality and beatings against strikers. Communists take over the police. Czech President Edvard Benes with conservative politicians in a government building. Huge crowd on a street. Police clashing with crowd. Czech Prime Minister Klement Gottwald with officials. President Edvard Benes, facing possible civil war or invasion by the Soviet Union, accepts a Communist cabinet. He is seen signing documents to that effect on February 25, 1948. Other officials beside President Benes during the signing. View of the first President of Czechoslovakia Tomas Masaryk's son, Jan Masaryk, who remained the Foreign Minister, and did not agree to the new government. Two days later Jan Masaryk is discovered dead. The body of Jan Masaryk in a coffin. Edvard Benes, who resigned in June 1948 after refusing to sign the communist constitution, is seen walking slowly outside the Parliament using a cane. A guard saluting Benes. View of the body of Edvard Benes, who died in September 1948, laying in a coffin. Mourning citizens offering flowers and cry. Officials bearing the coffin. Shift several years later to street strikes in East Germany in 1953. People during a strike and riot in Poland in 1956. Russian tanks moving on a street and Soviet soldiers are seen. Elevated view of panic and Polish citizens fleeing soldiers. October 1956: Student demonstrators on street in Budapest Hungary during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. Soviet Russian red star is toppled by crowds from a building roof in a sign of defiance. Russian troops respond with tanks on the streets in Hungary. Crowd fights back. Russians retreat. Crowd overwhelms local police. Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary, ascends steps. Hungarian crowd on streets burn communist books and papers. Russian tanks invade Hungary to crush revolt. Tanks fire guns on Hungarian street. Imre Nagy's execution announced June 17, 1958.

Location: Eastern Europe
Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066495
Britain, France, and Israel attack Egypt following nationalization of the Suez Canal.

Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal leads to war as Israel attacks Egypt, and France and Britain embark troops for transport to a joint staging area at the island of Cyprus. View of commercial ships in the Suez canal. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. in discussion with officials. French troops embarking a transport ship in the port of Marseille, France. Brief glimpse of their destination port at Cyprus. British troops boarding airliners to take them to Cyprus where they will reinforce the existing British garrison. British and French carriers and warships assembling in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. A flight of four British Hawker Hunter jet fighter-bombers are seen flying in formation. Closeup of one inflight, with rockets mounted beneath its wings. Closeup of a rocket under its right wing. Scene shifts to another Hawker Hunter armed differently. It displays four outer wing rocket rails on each wing, carrying three rockets each. Auxiliary fuel tanks are installed on pylons under each wing. View of the White House in Washington DC. Inside, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles discuss the Suez situation. Next, speaking at a press conference, President Eisenhower states , "the United States was not consulted in any way about any phase of these actions, nor were we informed about them in advance." He asserts America's intent not to become involved and to bring the matter before the UN General Assembly where their is no threat of a veto. He states his intent to "keep in contact with Congressional leaders of both parties," and expresses hope that the United Nations can bring an end to this "tormenting problem." View of the United Nations General Assembly building in New York City. Inside U.S. Secretary of State, Dulles, is seen seated next to America's UN ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Glimpse of the General assembly with all delegates seated.

Location: Middle East
Date: 1956, November 1
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036656
Dr. Henry Kissinger and Pat Buchanan speak about steps taken by U.S. President Richard Nixon to bring world peace

United States President Richard M. Nixon after being elected President of the United States. Special consultants, counselors and advisors to the President speak about Richard Nixon as the President. Richard Nixon and U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger discuss while walking in the White House. Dr. Kissinger talks about his role, assigned by President Nixon, in the U.S. Air Force One plane. Patrick Buchanan talks about Nixon's efforts to bring peace in Vietnam, Middle East and People's Republic of China. President Nixon with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and other Chinese leaders during a state dinner in Beijing, China. The Chinese band playing "Home on the Range." From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "Portrait of a President" about President Richard Nixon. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign. (Vietnam War period)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1972
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056795
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