Allied officers in Brazzaville, Congo during World War II. Exterior of Governor General Felix Eboue's residence. Several officers gather outside the building. A reception for French General Charles de Gaulle. The officers inside the building. They shake hands and talk to each other.
Allied victory parade in Paris during World War 2, following liberation of Paris. Nurses and medics with American, French and Red Cross flags sitting and standing on top of a moving Red Cross ambulance during the parade. A medic with cigarette waving at camera. A well-dressed man with a Red Cross arm band stands in front of guards forming a human barricade to control heavy crowds. Guards holding each other’s arms to push back crowds. A little boy peering in between two guards. More guards reinforce human barrier to control crowd. An African man with arm sling raises his left arm as a soldier, man and woman lead him away from the crowd. French crowds waving behind guards. Allied military officials salute. French leader General Charles de Gaulle salutes with French military officers. Guards saluting, with flags of Allied nations (United States, France, United Kingdom) behind them. A nurse salutes as other Red Cross nurses sing. A female Red Cross medic singing. French woman waving her handkerchief as a man takes a photograph of parade using camera.
Cuban volunteers depart Tampa, Florida to participate in the Spanish-American War. The Cuban volunteers carry rifles and their bedrolls as they walk on gangway to board a ship. The first United States troops land in Cuba. View of the pier at Daiquirí, Cuba. Coal dumps and ore elevators from a mining company are seen at the end of the wharf. Soldiers lead pack mules carrying supplies and ammunitions in Santiago de Cuba. The 34th Michigan Regiment under command of Captain Dodd of Troop E, 3rd Regular Cavalry are working with picks and shovels to build a road.
Activities of Apollo 204 review board at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in United States after Apollo 1 disaster. Technicians uncouple Apollo service module from spacecraft lunar module adapter, using cranes and other specialized equipment.
American Expeditionary Forces troops on the move along a road in France during World War 1. They pass Two French refugee women accompanied by three children. They have all paused to rest on some stacked railroad ties. One woman has a very large straw basket of belongings from which she gives some food to a boy, who shares it with a girl, and the other woman, who is sitting next to an American soldier. Meanwhile, the columns of American soldiers passing continues unabated. View shifts to French refugees, an old man and woman, posing for the camera. She shoulders a large basket of belongings. He carries a walking stick and a rod over his shoulder. The woman smiles and waves her fingers at the camera. As they finish posing and begin to move on, a younger woman is seen accompanying them. Next, about a dozen French civilian refugees are seen, some shouldering belongings, and others moving them in wooden wheelbarrows. Several American soldier are walking behind them, and two of them begin to help by pushing wheelbarrows. Another view of soldiers helping refugees with their wheelbarrows.
Scene at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey, as the U.S. Destroyer Escort USS McConnell is launched. Shipyard workers aboard the deck and handling lines. U.S. Naval Ensign displayed at her bow and crew looking down. Mrs. Grace Otteson McConnell swings the bottle of champagne and the USS McConnell slides down the ways after christening. View from deck of the McConnell as she goes down the ways. View from water, as she enters, stern-first. Change of scene to high vantage point overlooking the shipyard, at change of shift, when those ending leave and those arriving enter the yard to start work. Workers leaving through guarded gate. Incoming workers punching in on the time clock.
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