View of a B-29 fuselage painted with cartoon bird and lettering: 'The B.A.Bird' written beside it. [This aircraft, Serial number 42-93896, and Tail Code "Circle X, (unseen) belongs to the 1st Squadron, 9th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing stationed on North Field, Tinian. Its aircraft commander is Captain Wendell W. Hutchison, and one of its Crew Chiefs is Sergeant Chester Ziel.] Next seen are B-29s on Saipan, in the Marianas Islands in World War 2 . Numerous United States B-29s parked on the field with plain "V" tail codes, indicating 20th Air Force, 73rd Bomb Wing, 499th Bombardment Group. A Group of B-29 Superfortress bombers in formation over the airbase. A B-29 lands on the runway.
U.S. troops huddle together on Sherman tanks late in World War 2 in Europe. U.S. Infantry and tanks moving across open fields. View from cottage window of American infantrymen swarming across a field. U.S. tanks and infantry entering outskirts of Cologne, Germany. One soldier plays a French horn, as he marches into town. Several German civilians walking together. German soldier POWs (prisoners of war) being herded under guard of American Army forces. German civilian refugees walking on a road. Graffiti scrawled on wall reads "Hitler ist Kaput". Numerous trucks filled with German prisoners of war. Civilians watching as U.S. Army M10 tank destroyers move into town towing 155mm long tom guns. Amusing graffiti by U.S. troops reads, "I'll walk Cologne" with arrow pointing (alluding to popular song, "I'll Walk Alone.") U.S. troops loading and firing 155 mm long tom guns. Civilians holding their ears, as they watch. U.S. troops entering center of Cologne, Germany. Towers of Cologne Cathedral visible in background. U.S. infantry firing from behind pile of rubble. Tanks rumble through streets of Cologne. House to house fighting. U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division tanks in streets of Cologne, and soldiers with small arms firing at buildings in clearing operations from building to building. A German soldier emerges from building with hands held up in surrender. Tank firing causes part of a building to collapse. Infantry moving along roadway with Cathedral visible in near background. City buildings of Cologne seen destroyed with rubble everywhere. German Mark V Panther tank is hit by fire from U.S. Army gunner Corporal Clarence Smoyer in a M-26 series Pershing tank (a T26E3) with a 90mm gun, at position at the An den Dominikanern and Marzellenstraße crossroads. German Army soldiers jump from the Panther tank. The Panther Tank is hit again from the American Pershing tank, and goes up in flames and smoke. View from wreckage of the Cologne Cathedral. Bridge across the Rhein (Rhine) River. U.S. forces moving across the bridge. A sign posted on bridge pillar reading: "Cross the Rhine with dry feet, COURTESY OF 9TH ARMD DIV." View from vehicle crossing the bridge. U.S. medics treating casualties in wooded area.
A large crowd honors Frederik IX of Denmark at Windsor in England. King Frederick of Denmark receives the highest order in Britain's chivalry. King Frederick is installed as knight of the Garter. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Britain's royal family at reception in Guildhall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom), London. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Princess Margaret, and Princess Elizabeth are seen entering the event. Herbert Morrison is seen. Princess Elizabeth is seen talking to King George VI. Other officials are present to honor the King of Denmark.
President Woodrow Wilson visits Guildhall in London, a month after the end of World War 1. President Woodrow Wilson exits Buckingham Palace. British soldiers on horses guard the carriage of President Wilson. Citizens gather beside road and wave to the president as his carriage goes by. President Wilson and his wife, Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, step down from their horse-drawn carriage. People gather on street to watch them. President Wilson, Lord Chesterfield (Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield), and Duke of Connaught (Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn) arrive at the Guildhall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom). (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
United States President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson enter an open horse-drawn carriage in London. Mrs. Wilson has a large bouquet of flowers. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, enters the carriage to accompany them. Attendants place carriage robes upon the occupants. The carriage proceeds, accompanied by many others, along the narrow streets of London where spectators line the sidewalks and American and British flags cover the buildings and are strung across the road. In various places, British military personnel are seen in formations along the route. At one point, President Wilson, accompanied by senior British officers, reviews a cadre of British troops drawn up in formation. Later, the carriage of the President and First Lady arrives at the Guildhall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom), where they step down from the carriage. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Brief glimpse of ceremonial carriage arriving at Guildhall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom), carrying Colonial Members of the Empire Council upon whom the Freedom of London is to be conferred. Elaborately uniformed attendants, carrying ceremonial maces, greet the carriage. An honoree, replete in powdered wig, steps from the carriage. An automobile is parked at curb in background. A London Bobbie and a gentleman and man in uniform stand on the sidewalk.
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