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)
Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel (Grossinger Golf Course Liberty, New York, 12754 United States) in the Catskill Mountains, in New York, United States. A sign "Grossingers". Guests arrive at the hotel in cars. They enter the hotel. A man signs in a register at the reception. A woman and a young girl talk to each other. People seated in the lobby. Mrs. Grossinger greets new guests in the hotel lobby. She smiles.
The Grossinger Hotel (Grossinger Golf Course Liberty, New York, 12754 United States) in New York, United States. A view of the hotel and pool from the golf course. People on the golf course. A woman hits a ball and smiles. View of several putting shots. A man hits the ball. The man and another man carry golf equipment and move out.
U.S. President Herbert Clark Hoover and his wife, Louise, leaving the United States Capitol in Washington DC. Views of the Capitol building. President and Mrs.Hoover, led by uniformed officials and surrounded by officials and secret service agents, descend steps of the Capitol and enter a waiting motorcar. A man takes snaps of them. A United States flag and a Presidential flag on the car. The license plate bears the number 100. The car is driven away, followed by several other cars. .
Activities of United States soldiers after the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland, after assassination death of Martin Luther King, Jr. United States soldiers in formation walk through streets. Troops in lock-step move down a street. A soldier talks into a walkie-talkie. Views of soldiers in action on a road. U.S. policemen and soldiers move through narrow streets. A man sits with his pet outside a house.
Activities of the United States Army after the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland, following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Elevated view of the city of Baltimore. Camera pans across wide expanse of city of Baltimore. Normal street traffic. Camera shot focuses on the Fifth Regiment Armory building (National Guard armory) and flag of the United States on it. Soldiers stand guard outside the building. A car parked outside. Elevated, sweeping views of residential area of the city of Baltimore in 1968.
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