Statues of Bolivar and of Artigas. The statue of Benito Juarez in Washington DC with the Watergate buildings behind. The statue of Winston Churchill at the British Embassy in Washington DC. Brief view of Winston Churchill waving to a ship and then seen in a car touring ruins of London following a German Blitz attack in World War 2. People wave to Churchill. Winston Churchill in a car waves back to them. A close up of Churchill. Pilots walk towards the aircraft parked at a field. Explosion blast of swastika at Zeppelinfeld Nazi Party Grounds at end of World War 2. British soldiers greet Churchill during World War 2 as he rides by on an armored car beside a machine gun, tips his hat and waves to soldiers. A French dignitary (appears to be President Rene Coty?) greeting and presenting an award to Churchill. Churchill waves to onlookers from a boat passing under a bridge. Churchill looks out of a window. African American woman sits on a park bench in Washington DC. A close up of a pigeon. An African American man reads a newspaper. The statue of Henry Longfellow at Connecticut Avenue. The statue of Taras Shevchenko. Aerial view of Kennedy Center in background and grounds of Teddy Roosevelt Island Park. A woman and a dog walk in the park. A branch of a tree. The statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the park and the trees in the park. Footage of Theodore Roosevelt speaking to people. View from Virginia side of Potomac River looking at Georgetown University and, beyond, at the Washington National Cathedral. The tomb of Woodrow Wilson at the National Cathedral. A close up of stained glass windows and architecture in Washington National Cathedral. View of Woodrow Wilson wearing a top hat and speaking to the people. A montage of scenes from World War 1. People crowd on a street in jubilant celebration for the Armistice Day in World War 1. Woodrow Wilson in a car tipping his hat to a parade crowd.
Activities of U.S. 96th Aero Squadron at the First Air Depot in Colombey-les-Belles, France during World War I. Hangars of the First Aero Depot and mechanics working on French Spad XIII biplane fighters, Spad XVI, and Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter biplane reconnaissance aircraft parked on a ramp at a French air base. Large canvas-covered maintenance hangars in the background. Two Spad XIIIs, a Spad VII and four British Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter biplanes parked in front of the canvas-covered hangars. Sopwith 1-1/2-Strutter in a flight line at the air base. Mechanics push a Spad VII. A group of officers get in cockpits and looks over a group of Spad XIIIs at the air base.
Exterior view of terminal and tower of airport called Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California. View of Northrop Gamma 2G (NR13761) aircraft, piloted by aviator Howard Hughes, as it lands in Burbank, having set a speed record for flight from Chicago to Los Angeles. View of the Northrop Gamma 2G aircraft as it taxis and stops near airport terminal buildings. Howard Hughes is greeted by crew and supporters. He removes flight goggles, stands, and exits the aircraft. Hughes in his Northrop Gamma 2G had flown from Chicago to Los Angeles in 8 hours and 10 minutes, traveling at 215 miles per hour.
Many sightseers stand around the wreckage of a German Heinkel He111H-2 bomber that crash landed in a field. A swastika painted on the tail of the bomber. The damaged cockpit. Several British Royal Air Force fliers examine it. (Note: This is German Heinkel He-111H-2 bomber,coded 1H+JA of Luftwaffe Stabskette/KG26. Known as the 'Humbie Heinkel,' it crash landed, on 28 October, 1939, at Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland, after being shot down by No.602 'City of Glasgow' Squadron of the British Royal Air Force, during an armed reconnaissance mission over the Firth of Forth, where Royal Navy warships were harbored, during World War 2.)
Training of American troops of Japanese ancestry, at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, during World War 2. Film opens showing a steam locomotive heading toward the camera, pulling a long train of passenger cars from which U.S. Army troops of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, comprising American soldiers of Japanese ancestry, are seen waving from the windows. They step from the train, carrying their personal gear in duffle bags. Two African American train porters in white coats assist some soldiers as they leave the train. The troops load their gear and climb aboard canvas covered 2-1/2 ton army trucks that drive into Camp Shelby. The camp's Water tower and chapel building are seen in background. One soldier reads newspaper with headline:"Rommel Reported Moving Out Men,"(referring to German General Rommel and his Afrika Korps). Next scene shows troops gathering up their gear and marching off the their billets
Opening scene shows view from stern of a warship in an Pacific U.S. Navy task force during World War 2. Other convoy warships are seen in far background. Closeup of American flag on a ship. Glimpse of U.S. Destroyer moving behind the camera ship. Four warships in side-by-side formation. Naval guns firing in the dark at night. A U.S. light tank being loaded aboard a ship at a dock. Several towable pieces of field artillery covered and ready for loading at the port. Numerous army trucks parked in a group at the port. Silhouettes of U.S. Army soldiers, in full battle gear, ascending a gangway to a troop transport ship. Heavy field guns being loaded aboard a ship. Cargo manifests for U.S. Army Transport Service ships preparing to sail from the New York Port of embarkation in Brooklyn, New York. Several Army transport ships underway in the ocean. A Fletcher class destroyer nearby. A Yorktown class aircraft carrier. Closeup of a sailor manning a Bofors 40mm antiaircraft gun on board an aircraft carrier. Fletcher class destroyer in background. View from the bridge of troops on open deck of a transport ship. Sailors standing near variety of guns aboard a warship. Sailors scanning skies for enemy aircraft. A Grumman F4F aircraft being launched from deck of an aircraft carrier. Quad Bofors antiaircraft guns being fired and skies filled with black flak clouds. View down from Bridge on the Island of an aircraft carrier, showing antiaircraft gun positions. More views of black flak clouds. Sailors in battle gear on the aircraft carrier deck. Bofors guns firing. View from carrier flight deck of Japanese Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" attacking close to the carrier. It is struck by gunfire and bursts into flames. Another Japanese Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bomber passing close to the flight deck. It bursts into flames and crashes into the water, close to the carrier, exploding violently in heavy black smoke. View from carrier of transport ships following.
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