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Naval review at Gibraltar A general view of the parade beneath the Rock of Gibraltar showing Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell (First Lord of Admiralty) with back to camera, and to his right, vice admiral C.J.C. Little (Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff) looking at cameral and Sir Oswyn Murray, (Secretary of the Admiralty) short figure.

Opening of the XI-Olympic Games at the Lustgarten in Berlin. A General view of the opening ceremony of the XI. Olympic Games at the Lustgarten with the lighted Olympic fire in the foreground. Dr. Goebbels delivering his opening speech, behind him Reichs Minister Rudolf Hess; in the back row from left tot right: the leader of the Hitler Youth Baldur von Schirach and Reichs Sports leader Hans von Tschammer ...

The British Army council in session: First picture. The Army council in session. Left to right, General Sir Walter Venning, Q.M.G.; General Sir Gordon Finlayson, the Adjudant-General; General Sir Edmund Ironside, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Minister for War; Viscount Cobham, Parliamentary Under-Secreatary for War; Sir James Grigg, Permanent Under-Secretary ...

Supply Council of Ten meets for first time. The meeting of the Council. Clockwise from Chairman (Dr. Burgin), who is at the head of the table, are - Lord Weir (Director-General of Explosives); Lord Woolton (Director-General of Equipment and Stores); Mr. Ashley Cooper (Director-General of Finance); Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Taylor (Senior Military Adviser); Colonel J.L. Llewellin (Parliamentary ...

'Relieving Guard' in Italy. The new secretary of the Party, Muti, at left, with the late secretary of the Fascistic Party, Starace, now nominated chief of the General Staff of the Fascistic Militia with the Standard of the old Fascistic combatants.

Harry S. Truman sworn in as President of the United States. Harry S. Truman (holding a Bible) is sworn in as 33rd President of the United States at the White House in Washington, U.S. capital, April 12, 1945, following the sudden death of Franklin Dalane Roosevelt. U.S. Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone administers the cath. Watching the solemn ceremony are members of the President's Cabinet, who will ...

Beginning of the construction of Reich plants Hermann Göring in Linz. The ceremonial beginning of the structure of 'Reichswerke Hermann Göring' in Linz took place on Friday (13.5.) in the presence of Fieldmarshal General Göring. Fieldmarshal General Göring during his speech. Left: Gauleiter Bürkel, near him right Secretary of State Körner, Lieutenant General Christiansen, left from the platform Mr. ...

The Chiefs of America's Armed Forces seen after White house interview. The five men commanding the Armed Forces of the U.S. seen together walking away from the White House at Washington after a conference with President Roosevelt on September 1. Left to right: Secretary of War Harry Woodrin, acting Secretary of Navy Charles Edison; assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson; Chief of Naval Operation, ...

Allied armistice with Romania signed in Moscow. Russian Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky, representing Russia, the United States and Great Britain, and acting in the interest of all the United Nations, signs the armistice in Moscow with Romania under which the former German satellite agreed to enter immediately the war against Germany. Looking on in the foreground are (left to right): Lucretiu Patrascanu, ...

Meinoud Rost van Tonningen. Prominent Dutch Quisling, now in supreme control of all Dutch banks from which he robs the nation's funds to support German interests. Born in Surabaya (Java) in 1894 of partly Indonesian parentage. His mother was a great grandchild of the Governor General of East Indies van den Bosch. At 28 gra. from Leiden University as Doctor of law. nominated secretary of the American-Norwegian ...

Two points up. Two-dagger salute for General Achille Starace (right), Secretary of the Italian Fascist Party, when he visited Milan.