British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin at Yalta Conference (Argonaut) in Crimea, Russia. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt lights a cigarette. Premier Joseph Stalin seated next to him. U.S. Admiral William Leahy stands behind Roosevelt. Prime Minister Churchill seated in uniform smoking a cigar. He takes off his hat. 'Big Three' seated on chairs in courtyard. They pose for photographs. They talk and laugh. Admiral William D Leahy stands in the background. Sir Andrew Cunningham, Sir Charles Portal, General George Marshall and other officers in the background.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin at Yalta Conference (Argonaut) in Crimea, Russia. 'Big Three' seated on chairs in courtyard. Premier Molotov and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius stand behind them. Dignitaries enter a building. Sarah Churchill, Cathy Harriman and Mrs Anne Boettiger talk to each other.
Marshal Ion Victor Antonescu, Military Dictator of Romania, inspects Romanian troops in the Crimea. Shakes hands with young officers, awards medals to soldiers,reviews Romanian troops on parade. A military band plays. (World War II period).
Marshal Ion Victor Antonescu, Military Dictator of Romania, inspects German and Romanian troops in Crimea. He is accompanied by entourage of German and Romanian Generals. He awards medals to Romanian and German soldiers, including the Order of the Star of Romania, that he awards to a General, who then presents Antonescu with a large book. He exchanges parting salutes with General Avramescu, commander of Romanian Mountain troops, and boards a Junkers J-52 aircraft. The aircraft taxis for takeoff. The engine cowling of the aircraft bears a painted image of a mustached mans head wearing a fez and encircled by a Crescent. (World War II period).
Allied leaders at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Russia during World War II. The meeting was also codenamed the Argonaut Conference. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in British uniform removes his hat as he enters the Livadia Palace. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in a uniform enters the palace along with Vyacheslav Molotov, Andrei Vyshinsky, Pavlov and Russian diplomat Andrei Gromyko. Allied leaders seated around a table at the conference, including: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (on Roosevelt's right), Harry Hopkins (seated away from the table behind Roosevelt's right shoulder), Roosevelt's chief diplomatic advisor Alger Hiss (on Roosevelt's right), Roosevelt confidant James F. Byrnes, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Permanent Under Secretary to Foreign Secretary Alexander Cadogan, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Ambassador Pavalov (primary English translator for Stalin), Deputy Commissar for Foreign Affairs Andrey Vishinsky, Andrei Gromyko, Ivan Maisky, and Ambassador Gusiev. Also seen seated at a table: U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King, President Franklin Roosevelt, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman.
The Yalta Conference in Crimea, Russia during World War II. A diagram with a sign on it that reads 'Traffic diagram effective 1800 hrs'. The diagram for traffic movement during the Yalta conference.