President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle arrives in Washington DC. An aircraft taxis at the Washington Airport. Charles De Gaulle arrives and is greeted by United States Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes. Motorcars arrive at the White House. Honor guards standing at attention. De Gaulle meets U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
Exiled European royalty King Peter of Yugoslavia and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in North America during World War II. King Peter of Yugoslavia meets United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his cabinet at the White House in Washington DC, United States. The King and the President seated in chairs. American journalists and photographers in the foreground. King Peter and President Roosevelt talk to each other. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands visits her heir Princess Juliana at their home at Stornoway in Ottawa, Canada. Queen Wilhelmina meets her granddaughters, Beatrix and Irene. They are seated in chairs in a lawn. Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene play on a seesaw.
Demonstrators protest against a proposed movie tax in New York, United States. Protestors in front of Lowe's State theater. Marquee sign reads 'Gone With The Wind'. A banner reads 'Kill The 5% Movie Tax'. An usher encourages patrons to sign a petition against the movie tax. A sign on a petition table : 'Ask Your City Councilman to Help Kill 5% Threatened New York City Movie Tax! Sign Petition Here'. People sign as they pass. At the Criterion theater, a banner reads ' Help Fight The 5% Movie Tax'. The marquee reads, 'Jane Russell in The French Line, 3D' Traffic and crowds on the road in front of the theater. View of Times Square with neon lights and signs. Signs advertise 'Chevrolet' and the movie 'Elephant Walk'.
World War 2 Project Eagle by the United States Office of Strategic Services. A Secret School to train Polish soldiers, in London, England. Students stand and sing in chorus in a classroom. An officer sings along with them. The flags of the United States and the United Kingdom on a flag pole. A crucifix placed on a wall.
Liberation of Rome from German control during World War II. United States, British and Italian flags flutter in wind on a building in Rome, Italy. United States Army General Mark Wayne Clark, Major General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, General Lucian King Truscott and Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keys and French Army General Alphonse Pierre Juin. A military band plays during the welcoming ceremony of American troops. A large crowd of civilians gathered to cheer the troops. Buildings on either side of a street. A bell rings at Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Pius XII addresses a large crowd in the Vatican City.
Activities of United States Marines in Hue, Vietnam during Tet Offensive of Vietnam War. U.S. Marines standing on a paved road fold the United States flag. A truck parked near buildings in the background. The folded flag is handed to a marine. The marine holding the folded flag walks toward the parked truck. The marines run on a dirt road. Telephone poles and trees in the background. Marines carrying a PRC 25 radio walk on a paved area. They walk on a brick patio. A grassy area in the background. The marines walk on a sidewalk. An M48 Patton battle tank with a 90 mm gun moves on a paved city street. A marine stands atop an M50 Ontos anti tank vehicle moving down a street. Barbed wire in the grassy area in the background. A marine standing atop an M50 Ontos anti tank with a 106 recoiless rifle moves down a street. Another marine stands near a tree on a sidewalk.
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