American soldiers in jeeps are part of a traffic jam in Lyon, France, following its liberation by French forces in September, 1944. An air of celebration permeates the scene, Several French women ride with U.S. soldiers in American jeeps. A Blue vehicle displaying "FFI Police" (Free French of the Interior) and the Cross of Lorraine, is caught in the jam. A small black sedan displays "FFI" in white letters.Local civilians crowd the streets and ride on every possible spot on the various vehicles. Crowds of pedestrian spectators are restrained behind rough wooden fences. Camera views from vehicle crossing the Rhone River, show the destroyed Wilson bridge, and parts of city in background. Complete change of sequence to Rome, Italy. The Flag of Italy flying on an official building. Italian women surround American soldiers, Sergeant Lester Koenig and another NCO as they sit in a jeep. They all laugh and talk. Several Italian soldiers (one a medic) and women pose for the camera.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler waves from his car during a motorcade in Germany during World War II. Large crowds gathered on side of street to view parade of Nazi officials. Nazi officials outside a large building. Hitler's motorcade moves past a crowd as they cheer him. Lead car holds a film camera operator standing high on vehicle and using camera on tripod to follow and film Hitler. Crowds and police greet Hitler with the Nazi salute. Hitler stands in the car and gives a Nazi salute to the cheering crowd.
May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese laborers, agrarians and white collar workers leave an assembly area and march along a road in the Imperial Park. Workers from Sunamachi Steel Works march. The workers march. A group of demonstrators has a pep meeting. The workers sitting on the ground listen to a speaker who is on the top of a police box. The workers wave red flags.
A survey of the damage inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A view of Kobe Station Kawasaki and heavy industry and Higashi Kawasaki-cho. An area near Higashi Yuenchi Park shows effect of fire on a light steel frame structure and 2 and 3 story brick buildings. A two-story brick building was gutted by the fire and its south wall has collapsed. Gutted and partially collapsed buildings one block north of a harbor police building. A ruined brick building with rubble in the foreground. Rubble and damaged buildings near Hong Kong Shanghai Bank (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation).
Postwar rail and air transportation facilities and operations in Europe. A new railroad locomotive moves out of a factory in Switzerland. The engineer looks out his side window as it rolls out. A train moves along a track next to a road that then crosses in a level crossing. A car stops for the train, as it passes. People walk on the modern concourse of Roma Termini railway station (Piazza dei Cinquecento, 1, 00185 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. A train moves on the Lorraine railway viaduct (Lorraineviadukt 3013 Bern, Switzerland) in Bern, Switzerland. Views of several new bridges in Europe. Traffic on a road hub with cloverleaf loops. A British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) De Havilland Comet jet passenger airliner taking off. Sign reads “Order of Formalities on arrival 1. Sanitary control 2. Passport control 3. Declaration of currencies 4. Baggage inspection”. Sign reads “…De Police control de Policia…”. An immigration officer stamps the passport of a female passenger. Sign reads “Controle Sanitaire Sanitary Control Arrival – Contro…”. Officer stamping passport at airport. “Controle Currency Control”. A man hands over his passport to an officer. Passenger opening baggage for inspection while going through customs at a French airport. Customs officer marks the baggage. View from under the tail of a DC-6 passenger plane taxiing out for takeoff. View of a Transworld Airlines (TWA) Lockheed Constellation passenger plane in flight shortly after takeoff from airport.
"A Few Quick Facts -Japan" . An animated World War 2 anti-Japanese propaganda film with 'Sato San' shows citizens of Japan during World War 2. Animation depicts the operation thought control in Japan. Japanese men under umbrellas. A Japanese man drinks tea. Another Japanese man commits suicide. Animation shows how mind control operation affects the minds of Japanese people. Japanese policemen arrest Japanese people for thinking wrong.
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