A United States cruiser sailing the English Channel after the D-Day landings in World War II. United States Navy Admiral Harold R. Stark’s four-star flag. Admiral Stark looks through binoculars on board the ship. Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk climbs down a sea ladder and is assisted aboard the USS Augusta by crew. Crewmen from the USS Augusta watch as officials board the ship. Allied ships in Normandy as seen from a DUKW. Admiral Stark with Admiral Kirk and Admiral John L. Hall Jr. on their way to Normandy beachhead. The three admirals tour the shore installations. An official talks to them. Soldiers wading through water ashore while carrying guns and supplies. Admiral Stark looks on as the official shows a part of the installation. Admiral Hall inspects a foxhole. Admiral Stark and an officer talk while standing on top of a Jeep. Soldiers carrying supplies in the foreground.
Re-enactment of preparation for the birth of quintuplet girls to Mr. and Mrs Olivia Dionne on their farm at Callander, Ontario. A basket of clothes. Hand washing in basin. An actor (playing as Oliva Édouard Dionne, the father of the Dionne quintuplets) talks on the phone. Partially obscure woman puts a lid over a cookware. Mr. Dionne’s feet and shadow paces in his room.
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, is seen in his office with a woman secretary. They attend to administrative paperwork. Large paper files can be seen in the background. Members of M.Duplessis' staff enter for a meeting. One shows him a copy of the Quebec anti-nationalist newspaper, Le Jour, which he peruses and discusses briefly with his staff.
American military officer hats on a conference table in Chateau Frontenac, around time of the Quebec Conference during World War 2. Group of allied officers gathered around wall map. One points at India. Another points at Suez. Reports labeled India, marked "Secret." British officers examining charts. Scene changes to exterior view of President Franklin Roosevelt's Springwood Estate house in Hyde Park, New York. American flag flying on house. Rolls Royce limousine parked at entrance drives away.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band performing and marching. Sailors march. Mounted police open large gates at Chateau Frontenac. Point of view shot from from inside of the car looking past driver as car enters grounds of Chateau Frontenac. Open car as it enters grounds. Mr Churchill arrives in Cadillac convertible. President Roosevelt arrives in Packard convertible. Troops salute as their leaders arrive. American flag is raised. Various flags represented at conference.
Scenes at the Quebec Conference in 1943. President Franklin D Roosevelt, Mrs Churchill, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated. Allied military generals stand behind the leaders, and Prime Minister Mackenzie King is seated also. Chateau Frontenac in background. President Roosevelt and General Omar N Bradley watch plane land on water. Boat brings party from plane. Anthony Eden and President Franklin Roosevelt shaking hands and talking. (World War II period).
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