Allied officers greet the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammad V, as he arrives to visit allied warships at port in Casablanca, during World War Two. The Sultan is accompanied by his son. They board a motor launch which proceeds to carry them toward a warship.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States. Nurses visit homes. A nurse instructs a mother about taking care of babies and feeding them. She bathes the baby. Young men and women stand in a queue to continue their education, program being conducted by National Youth Administration during the Great Depression. Point of view from moving boat approaching fishing dock areas at port in Gloucester, Massachusetts. A hatchery at Gloucester, Massachusetts for catching and breeding fish. Braille plates for Braille written works and braille maps being created by craftsmen. Braille mapping at the Perkins Institute for the blind at Watertown. Close-up view of braille works being proofread by visually impaired men and women. Children take free music lessons. They learn to play piano and a vocal instrument. Shows nursery school activities: Children eat food, play at jungle gym and wash hands. Children prepare to go to sleep.
People meet relatives and friends at a harbor in Middle East. A large crowd gathers on a pier. At the terminal building, a man waves the flag of Lebanon. A ship arrives and people disembark from the ship. Some enthusiastic greeters climb up side of ship. Life preserver on ship shows name SS Mir...(remaining letters obscured) and registered port of Monrovia. People meet their relatives. Two men hug each other and smile. A man with his family members.
Protests in the Balkan Peninsula as Allied troops withdraw from Trieste and it is handed over to Italy. Yugoslavians vow to never give up Trieste as United States and British troops prepare to withdraw. View of Trieste's port, streets and a soldier guarding from behind a barbed wire fence. Sign says "Trsta ne damo". Italians in Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste. Man in car speaking to a border control officer crossing to Italy. Italian flag and writing "W Trieste Italiana". Italians see the raising of their flag for the first time since 1945. Italians with Italian flags and placards saying "Viva Trieste" and "L'Istria e Italiana" ("Istria (region) is Italian" in English). Mobs raising their fists in front of the United States embassy in Belgrade, storming the embassy following defiant speeches in which Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia threatens to invade Trieste. Yugoslav rioters break into a fight in front of the American embassy. Yugoslav policemen marshal unruly rioters in the street.
Views of the area around RAF Bassingbourn airfield, as B-17s of the U.S. 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, line up for takeoff on a mission to bomb German-held port of Wilhelmshaven, during World War Two. among the named aircraft seen taking off are: "Dame Satan," "Hitler's Gremlin," "Helno-gal," "Royal Flush," "Der Fuehrer's Face," "Old Bill," "Peggy, my little Waaf," and "Desperate Journey."
German Bf.109 E aircraft fly low in formation over railroad tank cars being filled with liquid from a ship in a port. Closeup of the liquid being discharged from a large hose into the tank car. A formation of German Dornier DO-17 bombers in flight overhead. German aircraft with engines running on a flight line. They have two long curving pipes, each collecting exhaust from six cylinders of its 12 cylinder engine. A formation of Heinkel He 51 airplanes taking off. A formation of Dornier Do 23 G heavy bombers in flight. View of bombs falling from aircraft. Bombs bursting on the ground. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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