The Battle for the eastern Gustav Line. Snow covered mountains in Italy. British troops being re-supplied with food fuel and ammunition by means of mule trains run by Italian Army troops under Allied control. Wounded British soldier on stretcher is carried high above the snow on shoulders of comrades. British artillery directed toward German positions in Majella mountains. New Zealand troops unloading supplies at their position less than a mile from the Germans. The supplies include snow capes to camouflage the infantrymen. The New Zealanders don the snow capes and proceed through the snow. (World War II period).
Exterior and interior views of the newly completed Astrodome in Houston Texas. Star topped column outside. Fans pack the stadium for an exhibition baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros. View of the then-translucent ceiling of the dome shaped stadium. The centerfield scoreboard reads 'Tilt' as Mickey Mantle of the Yankees hits a home run. The Astros score the winning run. Views of the advanced new scoreboard displaying lighted animation of Texas bulls and fireworks. In Washington DC on April 12, 1965, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson throws out the first pitch at the opening day game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox. Players take pictures and home movies. The president shakes hands with Senators manager Gil Hodges and Red Sox manager Billy Herman. Johnson throws out first pitch, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey watching at left.
Police of Nuremberg march, in their new parade uniforms, carrying swastika flags. Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler reviews the parade. Scene switches to the Zeppelin Field of the Nazi party rally grounds. An architect's scale model of the planned Deutsche Stadion (to be the world's largest stadium and hold 305 thousand people) is on display. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at a podium. He holds a mason's hammer, and taps it on the foundation stone, as he reads the words of dedication for the new Deutsches Stadion stadium (Silberbuck, Messezentrum 1, 90471 Nürnberg, Germany). Hitler Youth parade carrying flags and singing their anthem, Fahnenlied (Banner song). Hitler stands in open car circling the field, as youth salute him. Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess rides in the back seat.
Goering dedicates the first aircraft carrier in Germany on 8th December, 1938, in Kiel. People gather in a large number for the launch of the carrier laid down by Deutsche Werke. The flags of the Nazi Party. Nazi Reichminister of Aviation, Hermann Goering, arrives to dedicate the new ship. Goering on platform in front of the bow of the new German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin. Goering gives a brief dedication speech.
Late 1930s and early 1940s life in Jerusalem, Palestine. Views from 1917 era as British military patrol under British Army General Edmund Allenby advances in military trucks up the plains from Gaza. Arab forces riding on camels. The Arabs move in support. Jerusalem is captured by the British in 1917. British men in the city. Jerusalem aerial view of late 1930s and approximately 1940 "new" Jerusalem contrasting the ancient and old parts of the city and new buildings. Narrator descriptions and visual portrayals of nationalism among Jewish and Arab residents in Jerusalem. Jewish men construct what the narrator terms as "a typical Zionist house just going up" Jewish civilians walking on the streets including one woman pushing a baby carriage. Cars move on a street and a view of a bus moving up Queen Mary Avenue. Jewish residents at a beach of Tel Aviv. They enjoy the water and dance the hora at the water's edge. A British man teaches an Arabic farmer the modern methods of agriculture. Men harvest food grains with a harvester. Arab boys in a class get a proper education "as in Europe." Palestinian girls in dresses play a game of basketball. The ex mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Khalidi in the center and other people around him.
Aviator Hughes tests the new Boeing Stratoliner aircarft in Seattle, Washington. Planes parked outside a Boeing production plant hangar. Howard Hughes talks with two men beside a parked Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner. The men examine part of the plane (possibly part of its new pressurized cabin system). Hughes boards the Stratoliner. The plane taxis and takes off for a test flight.
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