Pre-Olympic skiing during the Hahnenkamm Races in Austria. Penny Pitou of New Hemisphere and Linda Meyers of California participate in the championship. In the men's events, Adrian Avillard becomes the first non Austrian to win the combined title on a challenging course. Spectators watch the championship.
Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga being scrubbed at dockyard in San Francisco, California. Crew members stand on the deck of the ship. Workers scrub the exterior of USS Saratoga. The ship gets its annual cleaning before the New Year.
U.S. 1st Marine Division undergoes training at Wagga Wagga Island in New South Wales, Australia, during World War 2. Marines cross rope bridges over a small stream. Explosion near them throws water into the air.. Wirraway trainer airplane flies low overhead. Marines wait in line to cross the rope bridge.
Envoy of Finland Hjalmar J. Procopé at Finnish Legation in Washington DC. Finnish minister Hjalmar J. Procopé at his desk in the office. He speaks over the phone. Hjalmar J. Procopé reads the front page of The Evening Star newspaper with headlines “New Smashing Finnish Victory Reported”. He looks at the newspaper and takes out dollar bills and newspaper clippings from envelopes. Hjalmar J. Procopé looks at the newspaper clippings.
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 Elysees, with the Arc de Triomphe in background. German troops firing artillery at Soviet forces after Germany turns on the Soviet Union and commences Operation Barbarossa in 1941. Wooden buildings burning. Russian soldier with hands up approaches German soldier to surrender. German soldier motions him behind battle line.
Workers cutting sugar cane in a field in Cuba, before the takeover by Fidel Castro. View from above of a Cuban city slum at that time. Street scenes and ordinary life in the slums. Children being bathed from buckets of water. Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara with other revolutionaries in the Sierra Maestra mountains.Later they move through the land amidst cheers of supporters. Raul Castro and Che Guevara attending a public meeting. Fidel Castro harranguing a crowd in the countryside; and later from the balcony of a building in a city. Soviet Leader,Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev with Fidel Castro at the UN and in Harlem in New York City in September 1960. Cubans being executed by Guevera firing squads.
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