French President Rene Coty arrives and lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Altare della Patria Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) during a state visit to Rome, Italy. President Coty arrives at Vatican City. View of the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). President Coty meets Pope Pius XII and other members of Catholic Church hierarchy, in the first peaceful visit between the French head of state and the Pope since the year 800. President Coty wears the silver chain of the Supreme Order of Christ (Ordine Supremo del Cristo in Italian), the highest order of chivalry awarded by the pope.
Cotton Carnival in Memphis. A series of parties staged at Carnival. Current year's selected King, Queen and Royal Court of carnival. Presentations and parade by all cotton producing states. Decorated floats go by in a night time parade as crowd cheers. Floats have elaborate artwork and kings and queens. Flags of cotton producing states seen on many floats, including Georgia 1956 flag incorporating the Confederate battle flag on the Georgia float.
The Anschluss (Annexation of Austria by Germany) in 1938. Sign reads 'Bundesstaat Oesterreich' (State of Austria). Mounted German troops ride along the platform of railroad station. Sign reads: "Staatsgrenze" (State Border). Mayor of Kufstein greets mounted Commander of German troops as they cross the border between Germany and Austria. View of Kufstein castle. Crowds cheer as German troops proceed through the town.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) press conference at Palais Chaillot (1 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75016 Paris, France) in Paris, France. The press conference is held by Anthony Eden, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Great Britain and Earl Alexander, Minister of Defense, Tunis. Anthony Eden and Earl Alexander walk into the conference hall and take their place on a stage. Earl Alexander states that he joins Anthony Eden in paying a tribute to Lord Ismay and members of the Secretariat. Reporters and correspondents take notes. Photographers take pictures.
U.S. President Roosevelt discusses U.S. stance as World War II expands in Europe. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Pan American Congress in Washington D.C. He decries the invasion of 3 more independent nations by force of arms: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg. President Roosevelt states that America is shocked by the German attack. State Department and cabinet officials arriving at the White House to discuss U.S. strategy in war crises. Officials converse with each other outside the White House.
On 12 December, 1944, at an airport in Naples, Italy, British General Sir Henry Nathan Wilson inspects an honor guard of American Military Policemen in formation. (Narrator states he is en route to replace the late Field Marshal Sir John Dill, in Washington, DC, USA) A contingent of British troops is also present as part of the honor guard, on the wet airport tarmac. (Narrator states that Wilson will head the British Joint Staff Mission and be personal military representative for Prime Minister Winston Churchill.) He approaches a line of U.S. military officers who salute him. Closeup of General Wilson With U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker, next to U.S. Vice Admiral Kent Hewitt. Also with them (back to camera) is British Admiral Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet. Next, General Wilson and his party are seen boarding a British Avro York four-engine Heavy Transport aircraft. View from the ground, of the aircraft cockpit and the engines running as it taxis out for takeoff. Change of scene shows troops gathered in open air battlefield environment. General Mark Clark, now Commander-in-Chief of the Allied 15th Army Group, decorates some members of the 5th Army, as General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (new 5th Army Commander) stands by his side. General Clark says farewell to members of the 5th Army and shakes hands with many of them. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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