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Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett are cheered and congratulated upon their return from the North Pole
As U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd, and pilot Floyd Bennett step from their Fokker airplane upon their return from overflight of the North Pole, they are greeted and congratulated by Norwegian explorer, Ronald Amundsen and American Lincoln Ellsworth (who, themselves, are preparing to fly, from Spitsbergen, to the North Pole, and beyond, in the airship Norge). Members of the Byrd expedition team rush to greet the returning aviators and huddle about them expressing congratulations. They lift Byrd and Bennett up on their shoulders. Crewmen are gather and celebrate, aboard the SS Chantier, as a sailor who wouldn't shave until the mission was complete, gets his 34-day beard shaved off, as one of the sailors plays a ukulele.
The King and Queen of Norway arrive at the award ceremony for Father Georges Pire in University of Oslo, Norway.
Father Georges Pire awarded in the auditorium of University of Oslo, Norway. Father Pire, the Belgian priest who won the 1958 Nobel prize for his work aiding displaced persons receives award. The King and Queen of Norway arrive at the ceremony. People gather at the ceremony.
Atoms for Peace. UN approves formation of IAEA. Nuclear scientists gather in Geneva Switzerland
UN General Assembly seen meeting in 1954 as it approves an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge II, and French ambassador, Henri Hoppenot, speaking. Finn Moe, of Norway, speaking. View of the city of Kjeller, Norway. Flags of Norway and the Netherlands at joint atomic laboratory. Scientists with various pieces of scientific equipment inside the facility. Indian ambassador, Krishna Menon, speaking at the United Nations. Atomic laboratory and a Government Teachers' Training College, in India. Indian scientists in a laboratory. Indian lecturer speaks to students. Brazil's Professor Ernesto Leme speaks at the UN. The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The University of Sao Paulo. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Center for Physical Research. Clock tower of Brazil Central Station in Rio. Sutan Sjahrir,of Indonesia at the United Nations. An animated map shows nations interested in atomic energy. The UN Headquarters building on the East River in New York. A person looking through a microscope. Foreign scientists attending indoctrination courses at the U.S. Argonne National Laboratory. Diplomats sign agreement between the U.S. and Philippines on July 27, 1955, for the Philippines to lease uranium for a research nuclear reactor, and to receive technical assistance. Views of Geneva Switzerland in August 1955, including street views with pedestrians, and tram or streetcar on city streets. Exterior of Palace of Nations, then interior view with atomic science conference in progress. Indian nuclear physicist, Homi Jehangir Bhabha, presiding over conference of scientists and university representatives from 73 nations, including, inter alia, John Cockcroft, of Great Britain; Otto Hahn, of Germany; Willard Libby, of the U.S.A.; Vladimir Vexler of the Soviet Union; and Niels Bohr of Denmark. Views of exhibit hall at the conference, and displayed models of nuclear reactors, uranium ore refining exhibits, and accelerators. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower views swimming pool reactor, while visiting the exhibit hall. Site work and construction underway in Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland for a research laboratory for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN - Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). Sitework seen for a facility of Euratom in Europe (European Atomic Energy Community). View of early sitework in Manila for an Asian nuclear center in the Philippines under the Colombo plan, for training personnel in nuclear science and technology.
German Naval and Airborne attacks during the Norwegian Campaign of World War II.
The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate the East Prussian Corridor. Nazi swastika flags on a building in Germany. German railroads transport war material. Newspaper headlines proclaim war. Animated maps of Norway depict German aggression during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940. German naval units cruise off Norway. German sailors and troops aboard the ships and submarines German paratroopers land in Norway. German aircraft fly over Norwegian mountains. German troops in the fields during invasion. Soldiers look through binoculars. German guards outside the Reichstag in Berlin. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler emerges onto a balcony and salutes the Berlin crowds.
French 501st Combat Tank Regiment soldier cleaning M4 tank in North Dalton, England (WW2)
The Regimental Insignia of the 1st Tank Company Regiment of Free France and the words “1 ere Compagnie” as part of a banner. The previous World War II campaigns of the First Tank Regiment- Narvik (Narvik, Norway), Bjervik (Bjervik, Norway), Ankenes (Ankenes, Norway), Lybie (Libya), Tripolitaine (Tripolitania, in present-day northwestern Libya), Tunisie (Tunisia)- are written on the banner. Reverse of the banner shows the Regimental Insignia of the 501st Combat Tank Regiment with words written “501RCC EN TUER” (“501 RCC in kill” in English). French 1st Company Tank soldiers assembled near the village of North Dalton, Yorkshire, England. French soldiers carrying oil barrels between tanks. A jeep drives past tanks. A French soldier cleans a tank bearing the insignia of the 2nd French Armored Division and the name "Narvik" on side of tank. French soldier wipes the side of a tank bearing the name “NARVIK”. French soldiers cleaning the “NARVIK” French M4 Sherman tank.
German troops invade Norway. British Navy destroys German warships in Narvik harbor, Norway.
Norwegian civilians flee in trucks, and cars, in advance of German invading troops. German troops march into a Norwegian city. British warships attack and destroy many German ships in the Norwegian harbor of Narvik. The British Tribal class destroyer, HMS Matabele (F 26) is seen. British warships fire heavy guns and numerous German vessels are sunk. A torpedo is launched from side of a British ship. Harbor is littered with sunken vessels. (World War II period).
