A ticker tape parade in Sydney, Australia during World War II . People crowd on either side of streets. Australian soldiers parade on a street. Civilians cheer. Buildings on either side of the street. The troops carry guns and parade. Governor General of Australia Lord Gowrie salutes and reviews the parade. A crowd marches with the troops. The troops march and the crowd cheers.
The U.S. and China sign a new treaty in China during World War II . Chinese Ambassador to the United States Wei Tao-Ming signs the treaty. U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull also signs. A close of the pact. They both shake hands after singing the treaty. Chinese troops board a U.S. transport aircraft. Another aircraft taxis in the background. The aircraft in flight over mountains. The troops seated inside the airborne aircraft. A view of the mountains. A pilot in the cockpit.
The West Point Military Academy sends 409 new officers into the U.S. Army during World War II . The cadets seated in a hall at West Point, New York. They climb up the steps of a stage and receive diploma certificates. The cadets seated in the hall cheer and applaud. The cadets stand in formation in a courtyard. The cadets parade.
U.S. Army artillery soldiers are taught invasion tactics in the Unites States. Physical training of the artillerymen. The artillerymen carry a log and toss the log. Men practice physical exercises. They climb up a tree one after the other and get down a rope. Dynamite explosions in a field. The men crawl under the fire and cross a trench. Smoke due to an explosion. The artillerymen fire machine guns during their practice. They pass under fences in prone position. (World War II period).
British 8th Army takes Tripoli as Nazis flee Libya during World War II. A land mark. British Royal Air Force aircraft bomb Tripoli. The aircraft drop bombs and smoke rises due to explosions on a field. Commander of British 8th Army General Bernard Montgomery hoists the British flag over a captured German airfield. British ground crew near a captured German aircraft. A crew member paints the tail of the aircraft and covers German insignia with Royal Air Force insignia. A pilot exits a jeep and climbs into the cockpit of the re-purposed German plane, and takes off. British Army sappers locate, disarm, and collect German mines in Libya. Metal detectors are used by soldiers to locate a German Teller mine. Soldiers take out the Teller mine. View of hundreds of captured German land mines. A sign reads 'Safe Lane'. Trucks drive past on a road. The Medjerda River in Tunisian. British 1st Army soldiers near artillery. Aircraft in flight. A soldier signals and fires artillery. Smoke rises in the foreground. Dive bombers in flight. The bomber aircraft drop bomb. Hills in Tunisian. German soldiers fire guns. Soldiers on U.S. made tanks and trucks drive on a dirt road. A road side marker reads "Mateur" The aircraft in flight. British Douglas Boston bombers flying overhead.
Canada hails the 3rd year of Empire Air Training. A flag and insignia of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Officers seated in chairs. Cadets enroll themselves. Air force cadets from all parts of the British Empire. An officer surrounded by cadets looks into a paper. The cadets stand in front of an aircraft. An aircraft is moved out of a hangar. Airmen walk on a airfield. An airman gets in a cockpit. The aircraft taxis and takes off. Other aircraft parked on the field. The aircraft in flight. Aerial view of a training center. Graduates stand in a formation. A close up of the graduates. A close up of a badge on a uniform which reads 'R.N.Z.A.F. New Zealand'. A graduate student marches forward and shakes hand with an officer. The officer talks to a graduate cadet. The cadets march. Canadian trained airmen on a deck wave.
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