Honor guards lined up at a transport plane of the 9th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at an airport in Torgau, Germany at end of World War II. General Vandenberg and other official of the United States Army step out of a car. They shake hands and talk with Russian officers in blue uniform. Officials salute as General gets into the transport plane with writing "Suzanne" on plane nose near Army Air Force symbol with '9' in it. Remains of a destroyed terminal building at the airport are clearly visible. Military band group. The plane takes off. Other planes and vehicles at distance.
American and Russian military officials meeting at Torgau Germany at close of World War II in Europe; an event sometimes referred to as East Meets West. Forces of US Major General Emil F. Reinhardt, Commander of the US 69th Infantry Division and Russian officer Major General Rusakov, Commander of the 58th Guard Division meet. Officers stand in front of a building damaged due to bombing. They shake hands and talk to each other.
American and Russian military officials meeting at Torgau, Germany at close of World War II. Officers standing on a huge river-bridge with a map in their hands. Officials read the map and plan their strategies. One Russian officer instructs others.
Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges meets American soldiers at United States Army camp in Torgau,Germany. Lieutenant General Hodges meets Russian General Jardov and speaks to him through an interpreter, United States Army Captain Nicholas D. Ruoziak. Lieutenant General Hodges arrives in a military jeep at a river bank where he meets General Jardov and General Bakanov and speaks to them through an interpreter. Lieutenant General Hodges greets General Bakanov and crosses a Russian built bridge over river Elbe.
Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges meets Russian General Jardov at Russian head quarters in Torgau,Germany. They talk through an interpreter. After the meeting, the Generals come out and salute. Photographers stand on the hood of a jeep to take pictures.
Russians and Americans meet in Germany during World War II. American Major-General Emil F. Reinhardt, Commanding General of the 69th Division shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Major-General Vladimir V. Rusakov Commanding Officer of the 58th Guards Division at a meeting of American and Russian troops near the Elbe River and the town of Torgau, Germany in late April, 1945. American and Russian troops stand in formation. US, Russian, and British flags on display.