Views from balcony in rear of sanctuary. Crucifer leads clergy and choir of men and boys toward altar, followed by color guards with flags, including those of the British Empire, at start of Sunday Worship Service in St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Saint Thomas Church 1 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019) in New York City. Rector Reverend Roelif Brooks stands before the altar, facing the congregation, as crowds of parishioners come forward carrying their "bundles for Britain" to aid war-torn British civilians in World War II. Clergy at the altar arrange the bundles in two piles and then pray to bless them. Scenes at the altar, as clergy arrange the packages into two piles. View of clergymen accepting bundles from parishioners. View of Crucifer leading procession of color guards with British and American flags, along sidewalk outside the church along 53rd Street, New York City. The street is lined, at the curbs with cars, and with onlookers on the sidewalk. The procession rounds the corner and enters the church's main entrance on 5th Avenue.
Allied military and some civilians gather for a ceremony at the ruins of Saint Martin's Cathedral, in Ypres Belgium, destroyed by Germany in World War 1. Scots Guards in kilts are seen among the assembled military. A ladder is seen and something is being raised by a hoist in the background,as preliminary cleanup is being undertaken. Scene shifts to point of view footage from a moving rail car on the Suspension Railway (Schwebebahn) in Barmen-Elberfeld Germany. At first it travels above a street in the city. Then it is seen moving over the Wupper River, in the Elberfeld region, as another suspension rail train approaches from the opposite direction. It continues traveling along (above) the waterway. (Note: Barmen-Elberfeld was re-named Wuppertal in 1930. The Schwebebahn is still in operation today, and is the oldest operating transportation monorail in the world. It is now called the Wuppertal Suspension Railway. Its original full name is: "Electric Elevated Railway (Suspension Railway) Installation, Eugen Langen System" (Anlage einer elektrischen Hochbahn (Schwebebahn), System Eugen Langen)).
Allied delegates at a meeting in Berlin, Germany. Allied Control Council building in Berlin, Germany. Meeting of the Allied control Council. Russian delegation. Chairman of the meeting General Joseph T. McNarney. Marshal Georgy Zhukov. American and Russian delegates. French delegation with its head General Pierre Koenig. Koenig with his political advisor Jacques Tarbe de Saint Hardoin.
Skiers ski at Zugspitze Platz in Garmisch, Germany. A group of skiers skies down the slope. Man inspects woman's skies. Saint Bernard dog covered with jacket. Scenic view of snow covered mountain with a lake in the valley.
United States troops enter French African Port of Oran, Algeria, North Africa, during World War 2. U.S. soldiers seated inside an armored assault boat, advance towards Port Oran. Supplies and equipment brought to the beach area. United States medics treat an injured Vichy French prisoner. Civilians welcome U.S. troops as they move on streets of Oran. Troops honor a French soldier from a different war at a memorial. Vichy French soldiers (prisoners) seated on ground in groups. U.S. Army soldier sends telegraphic message to his regiment. Sign board read Saint Cloud. Troops move on road in jeeps and trucks. Two U.S. Army soldiers standing on top of a moving railroad car. U.S. Army truck driving by with large American flag on its front.
Beatification of Italian American religious sister Frances Xavier Cabrini (Francesca Saverio Cabrini) in New York. Devout Roman Catholics file past the glass coffin bearing the relics of Mother Cabrini, at the chapel in Mother Cabrini High School (701 Fort Washington Avenue Manhattan, New York City, New York 10040 United States). A wax mask of Mother Cabrini’s face covers the saint’s skull. Priest in the chapel during Mother Cabrini's Beatification Ceremony. Nun in Black habit kneels in front of her coffin.