Tugs tow Phoenix units for making an artificial harbor at Normandy beachhead in France during World War II. A Liberty ship scuttled to form breakwater. The flag of the U.S. on the ship. Ships and a barrage balloon in the background. Troops on the deck of a ship. A tug tows a Phoenix (reinforced concrete caisson) unit. The Phoenix unit is taken to position. It is towed.
British General David Henderson reviews soldiers in Tours, France during World War I. General James Harbord, General Harts, General Edgar Jadwin, Langfitt, Connor, Roackenbach, U.S. Army Major General George S. Simonds, General McCaw,General William Wallace Atterbury, General Dawes and General McCoy stand together. Soldiers stand in the background in courtyard of a fort. The soldiers carrying guns on their shoulders march. British General David Henderson escorted by officers reviews the soldiers . The soldiers standing in formation. A soldiers stands holding a flag in the center. General David Henderson reviews the soldiers standing in formation. The Generals lined up salute. Buildings in the background. General David Henderson escorted by the officers reviews the soldiers.
British General David Henderson decorates Generals in Tours, France during World War I. General Henderson decorates General McCaw,General William Wallace Atterbury, General Dawes and General McCoy. General Harts, General Edgar Jadwin, General Langfitt, Connor, General Roackenbach, U.S. Army Major General George S. Simonds, General McCaw, General William Wallace Atterbury, General Dawes and General McCoy lined up with medals around their neck. Several views of the Generals talking to General Henderson and congratulating each other.
U.S. Army General John J. Pershing inspects a hospital in Tours, France during World War I. General Pershing with a dignitary and other Generals comes out from a building. Soldiers standing outside the building salute as Pershing comes out from the building. General Pershing standing with the dignitary and a General reviews the soldiers. General Pershing speaks to a French General and shakes hand with him. General Pershing standing with Generals. The soldiers stand in the background. Pershing speaks to the officers. He visits a hospital. Wounded soldiers recuperating in beds of hospital ward. General Pershing escorted by officers leaves the hospital after the inspection.
U.S. Army General John J. Pershing visits a camp and an airfield in Tours, France during World War I. General Pershing along with an officer inspects a building. Airplanes stationary at the airfield. Hangars in the background. An airplane in flight over the airfield. General Pershing stand with the officers in the foreground. He speaks to pilots. He talks to an officer who has a fractured hand. Soldiers stand in a formation in the background. General Pershing talks to the soldiers. He visits Camp Rochambeau and talks to people there including a group of boy children. General Pershing talks to an officer and a brigadier general.
UN delegates are seen gathering for a meeting of the Security Council at the temporary United Nations headquarters in Lake success, Long Island, New York. One of the first to be seated is Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union. Another delegate stops to converse with him. Camera pans across delegates settling into their respective places at large curved table. Their nations are identified by placards at each place. Attention is focused on French Delegate Alexandre Parodi, who has apparently just been elected President of the Council for the month of May, 1948. At TC: 00:54, He is seen standing with Secretary General Trygve Lie. And at TC:01:19 he gently uses a gavel. At TC:01:28, another delegate holds the gavel with him as they laugh. After a while, the delegates settle down and begin to conduct business.
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