Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in several retakes of his broadcast remarks, regarding Guatemala, following the US-aided overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in that country. A large picture of United States Capitol behind him.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressing the 77th Congress of the United States in the annual State of the Union address. In his "Four Freedoms" speech he speaks of threats to the U.S. and all the American Republics. He calls for support to nations suffering attack from aggressors, He calls for promotion of human rights. After speaking, President Roosevelt turns to greet Congressional leaders, John Nance Garner, his Vice-President (President of the Senate) and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. President Roosevelt is assisted as he departs the podium, using a cane. (World War II period).
A pictorial depiction of episodes in the life of Calvin Coolidge as the Vice President of the United States of America. Vice President Coolidge visits Minneapolis State Fair. People gathered on the sides of a path. Officials accompany Coolidge. Coolidge on a center stage on which the U.S. flags are hoisted. He addresses the crowd. Coolidge breaks ground for the Roosevelt Memorial at Portland, Oregon, and turns the first spadeful of earth. Cannons are fired. Vice President Coolidge talks about Roosevelt's contributions. The U.S. flag and several men in the background.
Richard Nixon political commercial on television in the United States. Voice over states that Nixon is the best candiate to speak for America. Still image scenes include a crowd of Americans gathered. The crowd marches. Leaders of several foreign countries including Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union and Fidel Castro of Cuba . Two telephones on a table. Many microphones on stands. The President's official seal. The White House in Washington DC.
United States Ambassador to Great Britain, Frank B. Kellogg, succeeds Charles E. Hughes as Secretary of State. Former Ambassador Kellogg reading a speech following the resignation of Charles Hughes.
A bomber takes off from an airfield for Normandy during World War 2. A group of bombers in flight. Free French 2nd Armored Division soldier looking up the sky. B-17 bombers flying. A German soldier looks up to see bombers. Bomber dropping bombs. German troops get out of a camouflaged truck. Close up of bomber pilot flying. Bomber cockpit with view of bomb sight. Bombs falling. A B-17 bomber dropping multiple bombs from its bomb bay. Anti-aircraft guns firing at bombers. A bomb lands on a factory. Aerial view of bombs landing onto crossroads. More B-17 bomber planes dropping bombs simultaneously. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs over Normandy. Multiple bombs fall on Normandy, creating clouds of explosion. United States General J. Lawton Collins and General Omar Bradley (wearing glasses) ascend stairs. United States troops remove camouflage branches from a Jeep. An M4 Sherman tank moves. Soldiers began moving as Operation Cobra has begun. “Marigny” and “St. Gilles” are highlighted from a map of Normandy. United States soldiers moving through a village with destroyed houses. A German soldier in foxhole aims his rifle. United States M4 Sherman tank passing stone house on road. German soldier with deep scar on his face. German soldier fires a rocket launcher (Raketenpanzerbüchse 54). Multiple explosions on field. German troops fire artillery at United States soldiers. German commander observes field using binoculars. German soldiers prepare to attack Allied troops. German soldiers running. A German soldier fires a Maschinengewehr 34, also known as the MG 34, machine gun. A German soldier throws a hand grenade. A Panzer IV firing at Allied positions. Explosions and thick smoke. United States soldiers crouch beside a hedgerow for cover. Soldiers carry supplies after fighting ceased for the day. Soldier sitting while holding a pistol. Soldiers moving and running with rifles. Tank artillery firing. An M4 Sherman tank drives through a forested road. United States soldier climbs a hedgerow. Soldiers firing artillery from under camouflage nets. A group of United States soldiers climb a hedgerow. Soldiers on top of a moving M4 Sherman tank. Two soldiers fire a mortar from a foxhole. An M4 Sherman tank moves across a field. American commander directs troops to climb over hedgerows. United States soldiers firing at Germans from behind a hedgerow. Soldier firing an M9 Bazooka. A soldier firing with an anti-tank rifle grenade launcher (M7 grenade launcher). Soldiers firing with an M1919 Browning machine gun. An M4 Sherman tank pass by a house. An Armored Column with M4 Sherman tanks enters the town of Saint-Gilles. Most houses in Saint-Gilles are damaged. Piles of rubble in Saint-Gilles. United States 7th Corps soldiers engage in street fighting with German troops in Saint-Gilles. Destroyed houses in Saint-Gilles. Tank firing at a house. Soldiers running far. United States soldier firing with machine gun behind bushes. A tank climbs up a hedgerow. United States soldiers climbing hedgerows. Soldier puts more shell into an artillery. Map of Normandy showing the town of Avranches.
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