Senator William Edgar Borah,Republican Senator from Idaho,addresses in a conference in Washington DC. Borah warns U.S. to pay heed to Washington's advice and continue adopting the Monroe Doctrine as part of U.S. National Defense.1939.
Scattered wreckage of a transport plane across crash site. Torn apart wing of plane can be seen. Search and rescue teams stand near the separated fuselage.Bodies of deceased lie at a side with debris scattered all over field.March 1939.
High altitude view of Beartooth Mountains overlooking Wyoming. Bounty hunters with rifles and binoculars take positions at several locations around Beartooth. Group of Wyoming National guards put dead body of an outlaw in truck. A note written by legendary outlaw Earl Durand to Sheriff Blackburn and a bullet on top of it. View of First National Bank in Powell Wyoming. Several bullet holes can seen on the walls and gate of the bank. A 17 year old boy, Tipton Cox, poses for camera with his rifle after shooting Durand. March 1939.
The Boeing-314 Yankee Clipper also known as the flying Hotel or Boat docked at the Pan American Base in Florida. Crew officials dressed in uniforms pose for camera. Clipper takes off for a transatlantic flight to Azores and Europe. Many gather to bid farewell.March 1939.
A group of tourists in George Town, Penang, Malaysia in 1939. A tourist holding a movie camera. Tourists leave in a convertible car. Tourists walk up a rock stairway followed by natives carrying material in baskets on their shoulders. Turtles swimming in a turtle pond. View of the Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas (Ban Po Thar), at the Kek Lok Si Temple complex. Air Itam hillside (Crane Hill) visible. Tourists at high altitude pose for the camera, with city in the background.
Animated map shows Germany and bordering states of Slovakia, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and the area of Memel (Klaipeda) in Lithuania, during advent of World War 2, Under duress, Lithuania ceded Memel to Germany by a treaty, effective 23 March 1939. It was immediately reincorporated into East Prussia. Newspapers being thrown to people gathered in a square. They carry headline: "Memel is Free."Nazi flags flying. Banner reads "We are swept home."border gates are thrown open and people rush through. Trucks full of German troops are welcomed. Formation of German Heinkel He-51 biplane aircraft flies overhead. View from under triple 11 inch guns at stern of the German Cruiser ship Deutschland. Adolf Hitler standing behind canvas at railing on the deck with officers. A German destroyer coming into port. Hitler transferring from the Deutschland to a pier at Memel. He reviews troops in formation on the pier. The Deutschland in background with her crew lined up on deck. Hitler stands in an open car as it moves off the wharf to streets where people line the sidewalks to wave and salute him. He reviews German troops drawn up in a city square. Police control crowds. Hitler stands at a podium and exchanges Nazi salute with the crowd.
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