U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill together with British and American delegates to the Atlantic Conference, and crew members of the USS Augusta and HMS Prince of Wales, assemble for Sunday church services aboard the British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales. The service is conducted by Church of England clergy. U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill are seated side by side in the first row. Among those behind them are: Presidential advisors, Harry Hopkins and Averell Harriman; U.S. Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet; U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall; and British Field Marshal, Sir John Dill. Views of those assembled as seen between gun barrels of HMS Prince of Wales. A British Navy band ensemble provides music for the service.
A horse named 'Willie the Kid' wins the Kings Plate in Toronto, Ontario. People watch from the stands. Horses arrive at the track. The race starts, the horses run on the track. People cheer from the stands. 'Willie the Kid' wins the race. It is brought forward.
Toronto Policemen participate in annual "Church Parade" to honor fallen from World War 1. The Police Pipe Band leads the parade past the City Hall Branch of the Dominion Bank, at Queen and Bay Streets. They are followed by uniformed policemen wearing white gloves.The Pipe band continues along tree-lined section of street. Police official on horseback leads the uniformed police officers. A contingent of mounted police take part in the parade. An elderly man in Police uniform stands with three elderly officials, in top hats, in front of the Toronto City Hall, where members of another police band in uniform, stand, at ease, conversing. Spectators are gathered under a flagpole. A Color Guard of police officers stands at attention. The four elderly gentlemen are assisted in placing a floral wreath at the base of the World War I memorial at the City Hall. Inscription: "To Our Glorious Dead" is seen on the monument. The four men stand as the police band plays music.
Wild ducks find food and refuge at a waterfront in Toronto, Ontario. Women stand on a lake shore to watch the ducks. A pole next to the lake with a board that reads 'Danger'.
View of U.S. Army transport ship, "El Aquario," at dockside in San Francisco, California, preparing to get underway in support of the Army Air Corp Alaska Flight Project, in 1934. Views from aboard the El Aquario, as it makes its way out of San Francisco. View from amidship, forward to the pilot house. Views of surrounding scenery as the ship makes way in protected inland waters from Seattle Washington through Vancouver, British Columbia, and Southern Alaska. View on deck as the ship rolls while underway.. View in ship's dining hall during meal as she rolls slightly (not enough to upset the dishes). An isolated waterfront house seen along the way.
War Loan Campaign in Toronto,Ontario during World War II. Banner reads '1941 Victory Loan' and ' Tools for Churchill'. Large crowd of Canadian civilians gathered at the street square. Tanks move. American and British flags flutter in wind from a building. Woman hoists a flag. Military band plays.
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