The end of the North African Campaign of World War II. Bizerte and Tunis civilians greet French, U.S. and British troops. The troops in jeeps. People crowd on either side of streets. The people crowd in a street and give 'V' sign for the victory. Buildings on either side of the street. The troops on tanks. People hold flags. The soldiers hold guns and parade.
Manufacturing Ford Liberty aircraft engine in the United States. Silhouettes of workers and machinery. The workers working at a manufacturing plant. Welding of an engine. A worker welds motors. Finished motor (V-12) and the Statue of Liberty superimposed. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
In 1938 American distance runner and athlete Glenn V. Cunningham wins the race in Princeton, New Jersey. Cunningham and U.S. athlete Archie San Romani during the last lap of the race. The spectators seated in a stand as they cheer. Cunningham wins the race.
U.S. aviation pioneer General James Harold 'Jimmy' Doolittle sets a new air record for flying a passenger airplane from Burbank, California to Newark, New Jersey in twelve hours. Doolittle and his wife seen looking at a map. They both board the waiting aircraft, American Airlines’ Vultee V-1A Special NC13770. 'Shell' oil company symbol written on the airplane. The airplane taxis and takes off from Union Air Terminal, Burbank, California. Aerial view of the airplane in flight over mountains. The airplane in flight over the clouds. The airplane lands at Newark Airport and taxis on a runway. Hangars and a building in the background. Doolittle exits the airplane with his wife at and greets people waiting. They pose for pictures beside the airplane.
Veterans Day Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC. People crowd in large number during the ceremony. An American actor James Stewart speaks into a microphone. The people listen to him. The U.S. soldiers stand holding flags. U.S. Veterans Administrator Harvey V. Higley places a wreath on a tomb of the unknown soldier. A bugler blows bugle. The wreath on the tomb. The U.S. soldiers pay tribute.
U.S. Air Service officers observe test firing of Vickers machine gun on a Brequet 14 airplane, at the First Air Depot in France, during World War 1. Colonel T. D. Milling, Commanding Officer, First Brigade, First Army Corps; Captain G. C. Thomas Jr.,96th Aero Squadron; First Lieutenant V. F. Ludden, 96th Aero Squadron, and Pilot, 1st Lieutenant C. G. Sellers (in the cockpit) examining a Vickers machine gun mounted on the side of a Breguet 14 airplane, named "Photo." Lieutenant Sellers fires the machine gun from the cockpit. View of the machine gun firing with expended cartridges being ejected. (The gun is designed to synchronize and fire through the turning propeller when the engine is running. But that is not demonstrated here.)
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