Refugee children, displaced children, and war orphan boys and girls arrive in New York harbor, United States during World War II. The European refugee children aboard the passenger ship Serpa Pinto as they arrive in New York to begin a new life after fleeing war and persecution in Europe. Children, including many Jewish children, from much of war torn Europe, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Spain and Germany disembark from the ocean liner operated under the auspices of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children (USCOM). A group of children poses for camera. Red Cross provides food and fresh milk to refugee children. The children eat the food.
East German civilians receive free food in Germany. Cargo ship, the American Inventor, at a pier in Hamburg with surplus food from America for starving East Germany. A pallet of food cartons is hoisted out of a hold. An official hands a box to a workman. Thousands of people wait for their turn to get food in queues in West Berlin, ignoring threats of reprisal from the communist government of East Berlin. In West Berlin, volunteers get food packages ready including lard, flour, condensed milk, beans, and peas. Women pick up their allotments and put them in shopping bags. A crowd milling around in front of buildings, with many camping overnight and waiting their turn to get food having come from as far away as the border with Czechoslovakia and the Baltic Coast.
Generals inspect troops in Yekaterinburg, Russia during World War I. View of a large building in a cold, snowy setting. Horses pull sleds with passengers and equipment. Slovak General Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1st Minister of War of Czechoslovakia), together with Czechoslovakian Generals Rudolf Gaida and Jan Syrovy review and decorate Russian troops in Yekaterinburg. The troops assemble for movement to the front. The soldiers march holding guns through the streets. Civilians watch as the soldiers march past.
Crowd greets German leader Adolf Hitler upon his return from Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he signed a declaration establishing the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The scene shows a swaying crowd at night, outside a hotel. Hitler and Hermann Goering appear on the hotel balcony, which is festooned with a garland of greens. Four candles appear in each window of their section of the hotel.
Captain Gunter Prien and crew of German U-boat, U-47, being greeted in Berlin, Germany during World War II. Crew members of U-47 submarine exit aircraft at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, and are greeted by officers and cheered by crowd. Motorcade of crew member pass on a street cheered by crowd. Next scene, unrelated, shows Jozef Tiso, President of the Slovak State (Slovakia) greeting victorious Slovak 1st Infantry Division soldiers of the Field Army Bernolák following their participation with Nazi Germany in the invasion of Poland. Axis Slovak soldiers in Holíč M32 helmets (style of Czechoslovakia) seen marching and receiving awards from Slovak commander and Minister of Defense, Ferdinand Čatloš. View of a visiting German General greeting a non-uniformed official. Then same General poses with Ferdinand Čatloš seen behind his right shoulder.
A speech by British Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill in London, England during World War 2. He states that Britain is in stronger position than it was at the start of the war. He says that fate of Holland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Austria will be decided by the victory of Britain and French Republic.
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