Swiss embassy with a state emblem reads Legation of Switzerland in Washington DC ,United States. British embassy building with its states emblem which reads Dieu et Mon Droit meaning 'God and My Rights'. Another official building of a nation with its flag hoisted at the top is seen. Cars pass by a street.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the chapel at Georgia Warm Springs Foundation in Warm Springs, Georgia. Cars parked on the road side. President Roosevelt arrives at the new chapel and drives up footpath to the door. Closeup of license plate on the President's 1938 Ford convertible (with hand controls) reads 'Georgia FDR 1938'. Following the dedication service, the President is seen standing supported by door of his car, as he shakes hands with Rt. Rev. Henry J. Mikell, D.D., Bishop of Atlanta. Standing nearby are Rev. J.D.C. Wilson, Rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in LaGrange, Georgia, and FDR's neighbor and friend, and former owner of Warm Springs, Georgia Mustian Wilkins, who donated the funds for the chapel. Scene shifts to large group of polio victims, in wheel chairs. Closeup of President Roosevelt. Group of polio victims , in their wheel chairs, posing outside a Foundation building, with McCarthy Cottage and the E.T. Curtis Cottage in background.
Drag Racing Championship held in California, United States. A large crowd gathers to watch. Racing vehicles parked on the ground. Driver Don Garlits is seen in his car: Wynn's Jammer. He makes a run at 206 miles per hour. View of drag chute deploying and stopping his car. Driver Mike Snively is seen donning his protective mask. Two cars race side by side on the strip. Brief glimpse from behind staff in the control booth, where Ray Francisco,is at the mike, with his wife,Bernie,beside him, as they mark elapsed time (ET) and speed of each racer. Snively narrowly beats Garlits to become day's winner and is seen accepting the winner's trophy and being kissed by a young woman presenting it.
Pope Pius XII delivers an Easter message to a quarter of a million Easter pilgrims from St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City) in the Vatican City. A huge crowd gathers at the square to attend the Pope's Easter Urbi et Orbi address. People walk through flooded streets in New York City. People cover their heads with umbrellas and boxes to avoid getting wet while entering Saint Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). A woman holds a live Easter rabbit.
Allied drive towards Rome after the capture of Monte Casino during the end of World War II. Ruins of Cassino crushed by Allied war machines. Artillery shelled walls of Monte Cassino. Enemy mines and booby traps. Commanding officer of British, American and French army including British Army Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, U.S. Army General Mark W. Clark and Juin et al plan for the drive on Rome. Army tanks drive. Smoke rises. German prisoners are being taken.
Victory in Europe Day celebration in London, England at the end of World War II. 'The Glorious Dead' written at the Cenotaph (Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET, United Kingdom). Building in the background. People place flowers at the base of the Cenotaph. People purchase flags from a street vendor. Large crowd of civilians gathered at a street square for Victory in Europe (V-E) day celebration. Soldier on a horse back. People wave and hold flags.
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