France declares war. Bus loads of troops leave the city en route to the front. People walking on a bridge. They buy vegetable and other articles from the market. They gather outside a building. Soldiers standing nearby. Soldiers marching. Buildings along the street side. Tanks advance towards the front. Planes in formation. Buildings set on fire. Firemen try to control the fire. Soldiers preparing for the attack. A soldier talks on the radio.
Dignitaries at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia. Large crowd gathers inside the building to nominate the presidential candidate. Dewey and Taft lose out. Wendell L Willkie is nominated. Man at the podium addressing the crowd. People holding boards in hands. Boards read the names of the various cities and states of the U.S. Willkie addresses the nation and seated at the desk in his office.
Wendell Willkie's home town Elwood, Indiana. Cars passing on the street. A board reads: 'Elwood City Limit'. Buildings along the sides of street. Men swimming in a waterway. Willkie's relatives and friends pose for pictures near his home, school and other areas. They read articles about his nomination in newspapers. Man with cattle on a farm. A house in the background.
World War II Nazi German Blitzkrieg damage in Britain. Destruction in the city. Britain defends against the Nazi's air raid. Winston Churchill, England's leader and the British King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon inspect bomb damage from German Blitzkrieg attacks. Destroyed buildings, rubble on ground and wrecked equipment in the area. Poster with instructions on a building wall, "In an Air Raid, if you are caught in the street..." Young girls sweeping up rubble with push brooms. The dignitaries cheer people of London who have suffered the most in the air raid. Firemen spraying water from fire hoses to control the fire in buildings.
Norwegian citizens flee Oslo in advance of invading German troops, who are seen marching into the Capital city during World War 2. Street scenes as the German troops occupy Oslo. Offshore, German warships are seen, including an F-class escort vessel (Flottenbegeleiter), the F-26. German naval guns firing and torpedo launched. Norwegian vessels being sunk. View of Norwegian harbor with parts of sunken vessels seen above the water.
A heartsick Airedale in Del Monte, California. The dog arrives by a plane from Kansas City. The dog in a basket outside the plane. Private Everett Scott and troops from Scott's company watch the dog. An officer pets the dog.
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