The United States First Army enters Roetgen, Aachen and other German border towns without opposition during World War II. Map showing the capture of the Ardennes, Albert Canal, Aachen, and Trier by the First Army. View of Luxembourg’s Ardennes. A dugout in Wallendorf, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. A captured pillbox displays sign in German reads “Der führer besichtigte diese anlage am 15. mai. 1939” (“The Führer visited this facility on May 15, 1939” in English). The town of Wallendorf with heavily damaged buildings from recent Allied shelling. Civilians saving their belongings outside the bombed “Gastwirtschaft von Franz Wenzel” in Wallendorf. Troops on moving M4 Sherman tanks and Jeeps. Soldiers climb the hill and enter Germany. The troops maneuver over fields. Troops occupy the Roetgen, located approximately 16 km (10 mi) south-east of Aachen. 'Roetgen' written on building. White flag on building of 'The Deutsche Reichsbahn'. View of village and huts. Belgian White Army lights fire for supplies by airborne. They gather hay to make bonfires. A White Army soldier with bayonet scans the sky. Another soldier holds a rifle. Soldier watches through binoculars towards plane. A passing bomber drops supplies for the Belgian White Army. Parachutes landing on earth. Supplies and arms are dropped to and retrieved by Belgians. Parachute are rolled and returned to England. Men load supplies into a truck. Horse cart moves away.
U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull at a press conference in Washington DC. Secretary Hull gives a statement to the press. He replies to the questions raised by the press. Views of Assistant Secretaries. Entire group discusses at meeting. Secretary Hull is surrounded by the Assistant Secretaries. Hull is in his office and a visitor enters Secretary of State's office. He talks over phone.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover campaigning in Des Moines Iowa, United States. A banner strung across a main street with image of President Hoover reads "Iowa Welcomes You". The motorcade of the President passes through the streets of Des Moines,Iowa. People stand on both the sides of road to welcome President Hoover. People shower ticker tapes. The President seated in a car waves towards people. The State Capitol building can be seen in the background. The President's motorcade is followed by dissidents who ride in trucks, motorcars and on horseback. Farm workers fill a truck bearing a sign that reads "Hoovers Farm Relief. First - Foreclosure. Then -This". A sign on the back of a truck reads 'In Hoover We Trusted, Now We Are Busted'. Two dissidents ride horses carrying signs just above the horses' tails saying: "Hoover Put Us Here".
Bombers soar over Yosemite National Park in California, United States. United States Army Air Corps B-10s in flight over the national park and over a high mountain peak.
United States punitive expedition against Pancho Villa in Mexico. United States Army Soldiers stand at a railroad station. Men being searched by the soldiers. Houses in the background. A cart on a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Mexican people walking. Graffiti on the wall in background. A horse-cart loaded with luggage passes on the street. A poster reads: 'Potter Floral Co'.
Boston State House in Boston, Massachusetts. golden dome of Boston State House. Upper structure of the dome
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