Ten horses of the U.S. Olympic horse jumping team are loaded aboard a Pan American World Airways DC-6 Cargo Clipper in New York City. They are bound for Stockholm, Sweden. A trainer is seen leading a horse up a long ramp, into the aircraft cargo hold. Members of the U.S. Olympic Team: Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus (Team Captain), Hugh Wiley, and Warren Woffard. pose in front of the aircraft: View inside the aircraft, as the horses are being secured in their stalls.
The 1966 Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Theatre Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Women beauty pageant contestants seen on the stage include contestants from Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Syria, Venezuela, USA, France, Yugoslavia, and India. Miss India, Reita Faria, sits on the throne while Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom, crowns her as Miss World 1966. Italian artist and director Beni Montresor is seen as one of the judges. Reita Faria walks the stage carrying scepter and wearing crown.
The Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. British Palestinian coast guard ship confronts the Haim Arlozoroff (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53). The Haim Arlozorov after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Chiefstain intercepts the Haim Arlozorov. Jewish refugees onboard the Haim Arlozorov, with a sign in Hebrew and the name “Haim Arlozorov”. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim. Lifeboat pulls up alongside the Haim Arlozorov. Refugees are processed dockside after disembarking. British soldiers carry a man on a stretcher, injured during fight to prevent the British from capturing the ship. British medic escorts a young female Jewish refugee along the dock. British soldiers sitting on the beach watching the interception of the Haim Arlozorov.
The British Navy captures a Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, in Palestine. The immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. The Haim Arlozorov (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53) after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. Some civilians watch the refugee ship near the coast. Jewish immigrants crowd the deck of the Haim Arlozorov. British navy men form a human shield on the deck. Sign in English and Hebrew reads “Haim Arlozorov”. Medics carry a woman on a stretcher. An injured Jewish man with splint is escorted out of the ship. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim.
On Election Day, November 7, 1944, in World War 2, Americans are seen waiting patiently to vote. They stand in a long line extending down a city sidewalk next to brick and stone buildings. Views of several persons in the line. Scene shifts in flashback to the election of Woodrow Wilson, in 1912. Four men on horseback arrive at a polling place. Another travels to vote, in his 1910 Ford Model T truck. Change of time and place shows farmer arriving by horse-drawn wagon and walking to polling place past 1930s car and truck. A fully laden truck stops at a rural gasoline station, temporarily serving as polling place. American town residential street scene in the 1930s. Citizens gathering to vote at a polling place set up at a laundry shop, in the Bronx Borough of New York City. Views of various places in the United States, serving as polling places. Americans seen waiting to vote at various places, in the 1944 national election. Among the sites shown is Bridgeport Central High School, built in 1916, (which later became Bridgeport City Hall), at 45 Lyon Terrace in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Persons in various places, registering to vote, including actor Lewis Stone, actress Esther Williams, and USO entertainer, Bob Hope. Voter closing curtain behind him as he votes in a voting booth. Views of voters' feet, below curtains, as they vote. Various types of boxes. Newspaper headline speaks of the large voter turnout in millions during the 1944 election. Shipyard workers at end of their shift, are seen heading to the polls to vote.
Thanksgiving 1944 in Northeastern France, with the U.S. 26th Infantry Division, during World War 2. Several U.S. Army women nurses walk through muddy snow covered field in Northeastern France, during World War II. One of them pulls a small sled. At the same time,US troops march along sides of a nearby road. A U.S. soldier is issued a winter coat by a quartermaster.Other soldiers putting on new overcoats. U.S. troops in overcoats march along a wet road. A soldier holds up a sign reading," 26 'Yankee' Infantry Division, HAPPY- THANKSGIVING !, Europe 1944." The troops huddle over field cook stoves in a field. They smoke cigarettes. Large group of U.S. soldiers in a chow line near a cemetery in a French town (probably Dieuze, which they captured on November 20th). They receive a Thanksgiving dinner. Soldiers playing football on a snow covered field.
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