An American aircraft carrying French General Charles De Gaulle's arrives in Algiers during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Forces Lockheed B-34 Ventura aircraft taxis after landing. Cameramen in the foreground. Many crowd around De Gaulle's airplane, including a number of French officers.
United States Army General Dwight David Eisenhower aboard the USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater. Dwight David Eisenhower talks to United States Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney and Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner on the flag bridge of the ship. A signalman sends a message with a blinker light. USS Leyte moves left to right in the sea. The blinker light flashes. A sailor uses the blinker signal. USS Des Monies moves through water.
U.S.General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe, aboard USS Des Moines (CA-134) with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. General Eisenhower takes photographs of United States Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney and Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner with his stereo camera. Sailors and marines in formation on the deck. Dwight David Eisenhower, Robert Bostwick Carney and Matthias B. Gardner talk. A Sikorsky H-5 helicopter rises from the deck and flies off. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) at sea. The rails of USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the foreground. Several carrier-based aircraft put on a demonstration, strafing and firing rockets into the water.
Spanish Dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja appointed as the Prime Minister after winning a revolution in Madrid, Spain. Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja hugs an officer. He comes out of a building with officials.
Religious faithful gather at Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (10018 Ave Royale, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec G0A 3C0, Canada), a national Catholic shrine in Quebec, Canada. The exteriors of the shrine. People gathered outside the shrine to celebrate the annual novena to the blessed Mother of Mary. Exterior view of the original former shrine building. Pilgrims in the religious procession, led by Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, Archbishop of Quebec. People kneel at stations of the cross and pray for loved ones and those away fighting in World War II. People outside the shrine. Two women in wheelchairs. People pray in the shrine. A statue of the Virgin Mary inside the shrine. View of many crutches and assistive devices that were left at the shrine by those who received miracle cures from afflictions.
Fort Hancock in New Jersey, United States, during World War 2. U.S. soldiers and at least one Navy sailor enter the military post theater for an evening of entertainment. The soldiers pass a ticket window with a sign announcing "Ballet Russe" in the background. A poster reads, "The one and only, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Friday Evening." Interior of the theater: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo presenting ballet "Prince Igor" by Stravinsky with Franz Allers conducting the orchestra. View of faces of the audience of soldiers as they sit and listen. Views of the dancers in elaborate costumes as they perform. The soldiers listen to an announcement, and then break out in applause and are seen smiling and clapping enthusiastically.
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