General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. QUEBEC PEACE CONFERENCE, AND VARIOUS RELATED SUBJECTS

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. QUEBEC PEACE CONFERENCE, AND VARIOUS RELATED SUBJECTS

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LS DD underway.Aboard English BB that has brought PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL to Canada: PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT holding arm of son JAMES as he is greeted by CHURCHILL.Various battle scenes at outbreak of WW II.MR. CHURCHILL and PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT in conference.Factory scenes; arms factories in operation; lathes turning; general industrial scenes.CHURCHILL and ROOSEVELT in conference.MS Troops going aboard transport on way to European theater (SV, short).Conference between high-ranking officers including GEN. OMAR N. BRADLEY and GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.Convoy scene; ships firing on European coast as they go into invasion.Allied troops making beachhead; aircraft and general battle scenes.Casablanca, Morocco: Conference (Jan., 1943) between CHURCHILL and ROOSEVELT.HA MS Troops marching; Itallan prisoners.Conference between CHURCHILL and ROOSEVELT.Beachhead and battle scenes.MS Raising American flag.Battle scenes.Convoy scenes.Troops moving ashore; equipment moving ashore.CU BENITO MUSSOLINI giving salute.CU GEN. GEORGE S. PATTON and GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER congratulating each other on surrender of Italy.Airlift personnel including Italian citizens.ECU Bombardier as he adjusts sights and releases bombs.A to A Bombs dropping and bombers (B-17"s) under-shots way.Gun camera film: German submarine is hit and sinks.Bombers dropping bombs; flares lighting up targets and bomb explosions below (night scene).Bombed-out church (in England) with services in progress.Globe of world as it turns; clouds in front and behind globe.Pentagon and White House; Number 10 Downing Street to Quebec, at Chateau Frontenac.Guards and security measures taken at Quebec conference.Inside Chateau Frontenac: Changing of the guards; conference area and guards; statues of MONTCALM and WOLFE (Battle of Quebec).Scenes aboard ship: Naval officers censoring mail and making plan of attack.Guards checking passes of people who enter conference room.See also No. 21002 with footnote to same.Apparently a cut film.QUALITY GOOD

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