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German Red Cross women pack Christmas gifts and German soldiers receive gifts and mail in the front lines.

German women Red Cross workers in Germany. They pack Christmas gifts for the German soldiers for Christmas 1944. The gifts on a table. Scene on front lines as German soldiers receive mail from home. A German soldier reads a letter and looks at a photograph. Separately, clips ends with views of the Allied invasion forces landing in France and German efforts at repulsing them. (World War II period).

Location: Germany
Date: 1944, December
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675032099
Meeting of European Advisory Commission in Lancaster House London.

European Advisory Commission meeting to sign the protocol between the Allies on the occupation zones in Germany at Lancaster House London. Chairman Feodor Tarasovich Gousev of Russia, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the government of Great Britain; John Gilbart Winant, American ambassador to Great Britain and Sir William Strang, UK representative on European Advisory Commission enter and have a discussion. View of Advisory Commission with Mons. Gousev at head of table and other military advisors with Sir Strang at top left. Diplomats can be seen talking to each other. 12 September 1944. (World War II period).

Location: Lancaster House London
Date: 1944, September 12
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032328
Front of Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown U.S.

Front gate of Dumbarton Oaks with a car driving inside. A plaque outside inscribed with "Dumbarton Oaks" is there. Front of the building where men with military police walking inside. Exterior of Executive Office Building of State Department. September 1944.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032329
Interior of "department of state press room" in U.S.

Interior of state department building in U.S. A sign - department of state press room outside a room. Reporters sitting inside the room, two of them playing chess, two are typing. Reporters receive a report. September 1944.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1944, September
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032330
Captain Don M. Beerbower, 353rd Fighter Squadron, and his P-51,

U.S. Army Air Forces 354th Fighter Group in Normandy. Ground crew run to pull camouflage from P-51 at advance air strip Criqueville (A-2) in Normandy during World War 2. The P-51 prop turns,engine starts, and it taxis forward. The name "Bonnie B II" is painted on the fuselage, and 17 swastikas are painted below the cockpit. A Mustang is painted on the tail. It's serial number is 43-12375. The aircraft stops. The name, Captain Don M. Beerbower,is painted below the cockpit. He stands up and climbs out of the airplane, wearing his oxygen mask and helmet. Scene shifts to a loudspeaker in a control facility.A soldier is seen talking on the radio in a plexiglassed enclosure. A flight of P-51s approaches the field. They break off and proceed to buzz the field. (Note concerning Captain Beerbower,of Hill City, Minnesota, seen in this clip. He served as acting Commander of the 353rd Fighter Squadron and was later promoted to Major. He was Commander of the 353rd Fighter Squadron when killed in action, by ground fire while flying his P-51, Bonnie B II, leading an attack on a German airfield near Reims, France, on August 9, 1944. His decorations included: the DSC, Silver Star,DFC (3), Air Medal (26), British DFC, Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Citation and Campaign Medals.)

Location: Criqueville, France
Date: 1944, July 22
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033413
International Labor Conference in Philadelphia; also Funeral of Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox (WW2)

International Labor Conference in Philadelphia during World War II. Exterior of Temple University. A sign reads 'International Labour Conference'. People go into the building. Delegates from 40 nations at the conference. Walter Nash, of New Zealand, the new president of the ILO (International Labor Organization), talks about post war labor problems. Interpreters translate for delegates wearing headphones over their ears. Chinese delegates present. Next portion of clips shows funeral of U.S. Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox on May 1, 1944. The funeral procession along Constitution Avenue, Washington DC. Flag-draped coffin rests on a caisson pulled by horses. Elements of all the three Branches of the military services parade behind the coffin, including women in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) and WACs (Women's Army Corps). As the procession enters Arlington Cemetery, an honor guard of U.S. Navy admirals salute. Military pallbearers carry the casket to the burial site and an honor guard of sailors fire rifle salutes. Admiral Ernest King, Chief of Naval Operations, escorts widow, Mrs. Annie Reid Knox, from the scene.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1944, May
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033603
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