Destroyer Escort,USS Frament (DE 677) is commissioned during World War 2. Lieutenant Commander S. T. McAdam, Jr., in command, reads his orders to crew assembled on deck. Tug boats move the ship away from the pier. DE-677 underway in shakedown cruise.Officers review daily plans for shakedown cruise. General Quarters alarm is sounded and crew mans battle stations. Gun crews at 1.1 inch, 40mm, and 3 inch guns. Crew members positioned to launch depth charges ("ash cans") , torpedoes, and to fire "hedge hogs" (clusters of bombs). Navy aircraft tows a canvas sleeve target for crew to practice fire against. Antiaircraft gun crews shoot down target.
Golf players play during the British Open Golf competition in Hoylake,England. Spectators gather in large numbers to watch their favorites play. Shows several major golf players playing, including the defending champion, American, Jack Nicklaus, and Argentinian player Roberto De Vicenzo. Roberto De Vicenzo wins the British open with a four round score of 278.
Irish flag on an official Irish Government building. Irish Prime Minister Eamon de Valera working in office. Exterior of Fianna Fail-The Republican Party building in Ireland. Officials in a meeting, de Valera addressing. Pictures of important historic political leaders who struggled for independence of Ireland can be seen. Narrator discussing Ireland's decision to remain neutral in World War 2. A statue on the top of a building. Children filling water from a communal hand pump for a town. Views of country side, sheep grazing in Ireland
Post prohibition reenactment of speakeasy days. Well-dressed patrons arriving at the 21 Club (21 West 52nd Street) in Manhattan, New York City. Employee at barred door, talks to a man outside, who is a Federal agent and presents a search warrant. Man inside reaches hidden button to alert others that Federal agents are here. Several Federal agents force their way in and search the basement for illegal liquor. Wealthy patrons continue to enter and leave the 21 Club. Further down the street, at number 35 West 52nd, a Trumpet player and guitarist perform on the sidewalk under an awning reading: 'Casino De Luxe 35'. Patrons are seen entering and leaving number 33 West 52nd Street, Letters on awning read 'Leon & Eddie'. Automobiles parked along street. Sign on building reads 'Tony's'. Another awning sign reads: Casino de Luxe.
General Charles De Gaulle with other officers visits the Free French heavy Destroyer, Le Triomphant, in Algiers. The names "A Scheer" and "Deutchland" are painted on torpedoes fastened to the ship. Sailor blows bugle as General de Gaulle emerges from a gangway. Entire crew is in dress uniform. The gereral visits a submarine, where French crew is lined up at attention. An honor guard with fixed bayonets, on the pier. View of Free French naval flag. The flag of Forces Navales Francaises Libres (FNFL).
A British Airways Short S23 C flying boat, arriving from Khartoum,comes in for water landing in Cairo. British Commander-in-Chief, in the Middle East, Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell and French General Georges Catroux conversing on a boat, among a group of people. British Airways launch brings Officers (passengers) from the flying boat. General Charles De Gaulle seen with Marshal Wavell and British Chief Air Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore together with French General Catroux. General de Gaulle walks gangway off the boat and stands with the British Marshals, on shore. . Brief view of British Marshals in downtown, Cairo.
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