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Registration of a treaty at the League of Nations 1st Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
Shows registration of a treaty at the League of Nations 1st Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Protocol to the treaty is being signed by the representatives of Siam, Japan, Portugal, New Zealand and Uruguay. Sir James Eric Drummond, the Secretary General, at his desk in his office.
Delegates from many nations at the 7th assembly of the League of Nations
Delegates of the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations at the Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva, Switzerland. Shows Norwegian delegate Dr. Fridtjof Nansen; President of International Labor Organization Thomas Albert; Count Johann-Heinrich Von Bernstroff of Germany and a host of inventors and reformers. Delegates at ease before for the council meeting at the Palais Des Nations (Quai Wilson 47, 1201 Genève, Switzerland) in Geneva, Switzerland. Japanese delegates pose for a group photo at the League's gardens. Latin American delegates converse. Shows Mr. Francisco Urrutia Olano of Colombia and Mr. Alberto Guani of Uruguay in conversation.
Spanish journalist talks about the Cuban Missile Crisis
A Spanish-speaking journalist reports on the developments of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Words read "Cuba: Peligro Rojo" ("Cuba: Red Danger") beside the journalist. The journalist talks about the missile confrontation in Cuba inside a conference room of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC. The reporter reads from his report while holding a microphone. Nameplates bearing the names of countries from the Organization of American States such as Uruguay, Brazil, Costa Rica and Chile. The journalist reads from his report while a janitor cleans the conference room behind him. The journalist interviews a man who just arrived in the conference room. The man, a representative from the Organization of American States, talks about the ongoing Cuban Missile Crisis. The camera shows the seal of the Organization of American States in Spanish (“Organización de los Estados Americanos”).
U.S. Army Air Corps sends its XB-15 bomber with medical supples to assist victims of earthquake in chile.
Views of extreme destruction from an earthquake in Chile, on January 24, 1939, that killed 25 thousand and injured 40 thousand persons. Homeless people stand out side wreckage. Relief supplies that the U.S. Army Air Corps flew from Panama are seen. Since all Red Cross medical planes were already being used, U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered additional medical supplies to be transported on the U.S. Army Air Corps XB-15 bomber, a single prototype, operated by the 2nd Bombardment Group at Langley Field, Virginia. Views of pilot, Major Caleb V. Haynes, supervising the loading of supplies. With Major Haynes,at the controls, the XB-15 is seen taking off on its earthquake relief mission in February 1939. Later, it is seen landing back at Langley Field, Virginia, after completing its mission. (Note: For this exceptional flight, Major Haynes and his crew were awarded the MacKay Trophy, in 1939.)
War machinery prepared in Canadian factories. Adolf Hitler's army parades honoring his 50th birthday in Berlin, Germany.
Machine power in Canada and Germany in World War 2. Canadian Industry workers walk into a war production plant punching time cards as they enter. Men welding. Steel worker checking heat of hot steel with temperature-reading glasses. Workers in Canadian factory prepare machinery for war. 20th April 1939: Adolf Hitler in Berlin, Germany reviews German army in parade on his 50th birthday (Narrator incorrectly states the year as 1938, but Hitler's 50th birthday was in 1939 and these images are from the 1939 parade). Heavy breakthrough tanks roll by, followed by Army division assault tanks. Motorized troops march followed by Infantry and then parachute troops. Stuka Dive bombers fly overhead with Berlin Victory Column (Siegessäule) in the foreground. Hitler and others watch the flight.
Actions of Germany and Russia at the beginning of World War II
Events leading to start of World War 2. Contingents of German army troops and black uniformed SS (Schutzstaffel) troops parading past Hitler on reviewing stand in German city. Hitler youth at a rally in a stadium. Hitler addressing an open air assembly, shaking his fist, yelling about the might of Germany in an animated fashion. Women holding signs reading: "Down with War and Fascism," and "Aid the Allies." 1939 edition of the New York Times carries headline about Nazi pact with Soviets and of Estonia giving Moscow air and sea bases. Views of Soviet leaders, Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, and General Boris Mikhailovitch Shaposhnikov, preparing to meet with German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop for signing of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact agreeing to non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union. Von Ribbentrop descending from his airplane for the meeting. Scenes of German attack and invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939. Vehicles carrying German troops on the move. German Stuka, Ju87 dive bombers peeling off in dives and dropping bombs. German He-111 bomber in flight. Many explosions and collapsing buildings and destruction depicted. Soviet T-26 Twin-Turret Cavalry Tank seen moving through snow as it crosses Polish frontier, on September, 17, 1939. Soviet troops charging into Poland in the snow. The two forces meet in central Poland. Newspaper cartoon of the time shows Hitler and Stalin politely addressing each other in deprecating terms. Soviet icebreaker opening the way for German warships. German submarine making way on the surface, ostensibly from a base in Murmansk, and firing at a surface ship with its 88mm deck gun. A French fighter plane spinning towards earth and pilot parachuting. Narrator speaks of French Communists sabotaging electrical systems on the aircraft. The plane burning on the ground. German troops marching along the Champs Elysee, with the Arch of Triumph in background. German troops firing artillery at Soviet forces. Wooden buildings burning. German soldier taking a prisoner.
