United Kingdom Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee addresses the United States Congress in Washington DC. Prime Minister Attlee speaks of the problems confronted by Britain and the United States. He talks about the United States being a super power and yet not misusing its power. He states that a common man should feel secure and peace is a moral progress. Congressmen applaud after Attlee's speech. United States President Harry Truman and United Kingdom Prime Minister Attlee in a meeting discussing atomic energy. They pose for a photograph with other officials.
Neighbors build a home for United States World War II hero and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Eugene Atkins, in the United States. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson presents land and the home to the war hero. Atkins, a U.S. Army Private and war hero during service in the Philippines, shakes hands with Anderson. Atkins walks with his wife into the house. An plaque on the wall of the house commemorating the gift. Atkins and his neighbors eating during a country barbecue in Campobello South Carolina near Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Animated map shows the Japan Sea. Military Police at the Omori Prisoner of War Camp after Japanese surrender in World War II. Views of Japanese war criminals in Omori Prisoner of War Camp. Among those seen are Hideki Tojo, Colonel Hashimoto, General Koki Hirota, General Kuroda, General Homma, and others. They are seen eating inside the prison. But Tojo is shunned by the others (because of his blundered suicide attempt) and eats alone. Hideki Tojo eating alone in prison cafeteria. United States soldiers hunt for valuable Japanese treasure in a Japanese barnyard. They find bricks of silver in an underground sealed room. Valuable metal worth millions of dollars are found from defeated Japanese. A pile of silver bricks.
Japanese troops and leaders surrender to the Allies after their defeat in World War II. Tanks being demolished during disarmament in Japan. United States troops advance with tanks. Imperial Japanese Army officers surrender their swords and salute to the British forces in Malaya (Malaysia). A Japanese officer surrenders his guntÅ or military sword. Captured Japanese soldiers march on a dirt road amongst a heavy rainfall.
United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft drop parachutes and supplies over the Rhine in Europe during World War II. Aircraft fly in formation. Paratroopers descend through parachutes. A large number of parachutes coming out of the C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Supplies dropped by the aircraft on the ground through the parachutes. The aircraft fly over after dropping parachutes. View of the ground below.
Wrecked German equipment on the ground in Germany during World War II. Dead horses on a road. A wrecked cart with a dead horse alongside the road. Deceased German soldier lying on the ground. A damaged German jeep. A wrecked wagon with German countryside in the background.
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