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Medical facility provided to wounded, soldiers remove rubble and homeless people on ground due to earthquake in Volos, Greece.
Damage due to earthquake in Volos, Thessaly, Greece. Roof falling apart during an earthquake. Two women walk past a destroyed church. Damaged buildings and homes. A bulldozer in front of a damaged building. Greek civilians and soldiers remove the dead bodies from the rubble. Soldiers carry a wounded on a stretcher. Medical facility provided to people in tents. Evacuees are led to evacuation site. Some women are holding small children. Men and women setting up tents at the evacuation site.
USIS programs include musical Porgy and Bess and orchestra, sprinter Jesse Owens, writer William Faulkner, and a trade show.
Faces of smiling audience watching performers bow at the conclusion of a performance of Porgy and Bess sponsored by the USIS. View of performance by the "Symphony of the Air, " formerly known as the NBC Toscanini Orchestra, in Tokyo. Author William Faulkner is seen visiting with an audience in Japan. Olympic athlete Jesse Owens shows his running block technique to a crowd gathered in Malaya. Jesse Owens signs autographs for a crowd gathered around him. A test preview of a USIS "People's Capitalism" exhibit is shown at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Two Asian women place a pot on a stove as part of the exhibit. A 1955 Ford Thunderbird convertible is displayed at an international trade fair in Salonika, Greece. A man demonstrates and electric razor at the Greek trade show sponsored by USIS. King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece visit the U.S. trade fair and watch children play on a jungle gym, with toy tractors and with a toy teepee. A crowd gathered at the trade show stand in line to see themselves on a television monitor. View of crowd seen on television. A large spiral display sponsored by USIS demonstrates the "Open Skies Proposal" A model of a B-52 bomber is also at the display.
President Dwight D Eisenhower addresses foreign students at the White House in Washington DC.
President Dwight D Eisenhower arrives to address the American Field Service students from different countries at the White House (The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20500) in Washington DC. Foreign students applaud for President Eisenhower. Journalists take photographs of the president using cameras. President Eisenhower waves at the students. Elvie Nicolopoulou, an American Field Service student from Greece, smiling. The President outlines his principles for the Geneva conference. “Try helping to spread the understanding that will lead to the peacefulness of your own lives to those who will come after.” President Eisenhower said in his speech.
Sir John Harding, the Governor of Cyprus, meets Archbishop Bishop Makarios
Officials arrive at the offices of the British Governor of Cyprus. ArchBishop Makarios II, Leader of the Greek Cypriots in the movement for enosis (union with Greece), arrives and ascends steps into building. He is seen being greeted by Sir John Harding, the Governor of Cyprus.
Axis forces conquer Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II.
Film opens showing Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Benito Mussolini of Italy. Next Mussolini is seen addressing a large crowd from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy announcing plans to invade Greece. Views of Greek troops marching during the Greco-Italian War between the kingdoms of Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. Animated map depicts Italian advances into Greece with subsequent withdrawal as the Greeks drive them back and then invade Albania. Closeup of Hitler enraged about this turn of events, delaying his military Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union. Glimpse of Mussolini visiting his troops in the field. Newspaper headline reads: "Jugoslavia Gets Hitler Terms." A sub headline reads: "Nazi move in Greece Seen." Another view of Greek troops marching. A Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive bomber in flight, enters a steep dive to bomb a target. Bombs exploding in forest. Another Stuka diving and dropping bombs on a city building. Closeup glimpse of a Stuka speeding past the camera. View of a bombed out Yugoslavian building from German air attack on April 6, 1941. Animated map shows German and Italian forces attack paths from their bases in Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Hungary, vanquishing Yugoslavia. Map extends to Greece, where German forces overwhelm three defending Greek Divisions (aided by some British forces). Aerial view of a German Junkers Ju 52 transport plane flying over the Parthenon in Athens.
Civilians at Constitution Square celebrate liberation of Greece, and Greece Premier Papandreou hoists flag in Athens, Greece.
People celebrate Liberation of Greece by Allied Forces in Athens, Greece during World War II. The British battleships underway. The British troops aboard a ship in the foreground. The troops disembark the ship at Athens port. The troops march in a squad. The troops marching. British troops greeted by civilians. The civilians crowd at the Constitution Square. The crowd cheer and hold banners. The troops celebrate liberation at the Constitution Square. The British troops lined up. The Greek Parliament Building. Premier of Greece Andreas Papandreou pays wreath to the unknown soldiers. The soldiers stand in formation. A view of the city. The soldiers holding flags of Greece, march. The soldiers stand in formation. Premier Papandreou hoists the flag. A soldier in the foreground salutes. The civilians salute as the flag is hoisted. A view of the city.
