Unemployed men in New York, United States during the Great Depression. Slum shacks in a temporary living area. A sign reads: 'City Hall'. A flag flies atop a flag pole on the terrace of a building. jobless men who have formed the community together walk outside the shacks. A man irons a cloth kept on a table. Other man get his beard shaved by a barber.
French and United States soldiers on the streets in Paris, France after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. Civilians gathered around a statue. They cheer and applaud. An army truck in the center of the crowd. A French soldier kisses a girl. Civilians and soldiers gather in front of a church with the flag of France in the foreground.
French General Charles De Gaulle marches on the streets in Paris, France after the Liberation of Paris during World War II . A huge crowd cheers as the procession moves ahead. People watch the procession from the balconies of their houses. French and United States soldiers drive past in army vehicles. The crowd waves at them. German snipers open fire from a building near by. People on the street run for shelter. They hide behind cars. French soldiers try to put the situation under control by directing the crowd.
Plans and preparations made by the Germans for the campaign in North Africa during World War II. Animated map shows the territories occupied by the Allies and the Axis powers during the war. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel along with his troops establishes new forward positions. The troops working to build a canal to transport water. A number of ships in harbor of Tobruk, Libya. German war supplies being loaded on rail cars. Camels crossing a railroad track. Rommel and Marshal Kesselring shown in discussion in North Africa. Animated map showing routes controlled by Axis forces. Scene shift to active battle footage with the British Eighth Army attacking German positions. Night battle with artillery fire. Aerial view of a formation of United States bomber aircraft in flight. They drop bombs over German positions on the ground in North Africa. Explosions on the ground with British tanks and soldiers advancing. A British soldier stands in front of signboards at a former German encampment captured by British forces. Low aerial view of convoy of German army trucks on a road, which narrator implies were captured by Allied forces. Destroyed German airplanes parked on an airfield. Captured German troops walking on a desert road, along with their General Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma.
Plans and preparations made by the Germans during World War II. United States troops arrive at a beachhead on landing crafts. A soldier with the American flag. Scottish troops play bagpipes. A map shows the Allied and the Axis territories. The French flag flutters on a pole. French troops marching with rifles in hand. They join hands with the Americans. The map shows the French, the British and the Americans on one side fighting against the Germans.
A reporter interviews Nobelist Ernest Hemingway in Cuba, on the occasion of his award of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Hemingway states that he would not be able to go to Sweden on advice of his doctor. He also talks about his new book on Africa, its people, animals and the changes that have taken place there.
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