A U.S. Army Air Corps honor guard stands around a C-47 transport plane, at an airport in Torgau, Germany at end of World War 2. Glimpse from behind of officers assembling on the ramp near the airplane. Closeup of the Ninth Air Force logo and the name, "Suzanne,"below the pilot's window on the aircraft. A staff car arrives and several U.S. Army Air Corps officers step from the car, including Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Commander of the 9th Air Force and Major General Otto P Weyland, who would succeed him as 9th Air Force Commander. They join officers of the Free French Air Force at an area of the airfield ramp beside a destroyed hangar. They shake hands and talk with Free French Air Force officers, wearing black caps. The one in Leather jacket is General Martial Henri Valin Commander of Free French Air Force. Closeup of General Valin and General Vandenberg conversing. All stand at attention and salute colors or band plays National Anthems (unseen) General Vandenberg leaves walking toward the camera and boards his aircraft, as those behind shake hands and say good byes. A brass band plays and then the honor guard marches away from the aircraft. The right engine starts and then the left. An unidentified Air Corps Brigadier General waves goodby as the C-47 taxis out for takeoff.
A newsreel titled 'Terror grips Palestine' shows passports of Jews being checked as they leave the country. They board a train and wave goodbye. A ship carrying large number of Jews arrives at the coast and the injured are being carried away. People disembark from the ship. Bomb blast occurs at British Officers Club in Palestine killing 16 people. Injured being carried out from a wrecked building by the soldiers. Suspects being arrested and captives being searched for weapons. Soldiers patrol the streets as Martial Law is imposed in the city.
German national tricolor flags with swastikas, fly from three tall flag poles, at a stadium, as martial music plays. Adolf Hitler is seen silhouetted against a light sky, as he stands with military officers on a reviewing stand. A german cavalryman astride a cantering horse, plays a drum, using both arms. Next, a unit of mounted cavalry parade, at a canter, along a dirt field. Camera focuses on the reviewing stand, where we can see Hitler, in the center, flanked by Hermann Goering and cavalry Colonel, Eberhard von Mackensen (son of Marshal August von Mackensen). The mounted cavalry are seen again, followed by a number of Adler Kfz13 armored cars, some showing maneuver capabilities as they pass the reviewing stand, and others driving past in a wide side-by-side formation. Closeup of soldiers seated in stands with steel helmets at their feet. Closeup of Colonel Mackensen and Hitler smiling and conversing. Mounted troops pulling artillery field pieces and caissons, ride past and camera shows closeups of some.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Solidarity leaders speak during a press conference. Striking Gdansk Shipyard workers outside the building listen to the press conference. A large crowd celebrates the selection of solidarity leader Lech Walesa as the spokesperson. Walesa addresses the crowd from a stage, holding a roll and speaks on microphone. A large crowd watches Walesa.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Posters and banners at the entrance of a printing press office. Workers print journals from a press machine. Solidarity workers paste posters of the solidarity movement on walls of a meeting hall. People take membership forms of the solidarity movement.
Crisis in Poland around time of Martial Law by its Military Government. Polish trade union Solidarity leader Lech Walesa enters a building with other solidarity leaders. Holy cards with images of the Polish Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Our Lady of Częstochowa) are distributed to civilians lined outside the building. Walesa during meeting with a priest. Civilians buy eatables from a shop in the market. Solidarity posters at the shop.
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