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Former war correspondents reach London in an American Overseas aircraft from New York, United States.
An American Overseas Airlines aircraft leaves the United States from New York. It is on a multi-leg journey carrying 45 former War Correspondents back to Europe for celebrations commemorating the 5th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of World War II. Former war correspondents board the aircraft. Aircraft in flight over a cloud cover. Officials get off the aircraft. A man refuels the aircraft. Officials again board the aircraft. Aircraft in flight over a cloud cover. Double decker buses on the streets of London. The former war correspondents talk and smile on the streets of London.
Former war correspondents tour Frankfurt, Germany five years after World War 2
A passenger airplane of the American Overseas Airlines in Frankfurt, Germany. It is on a multi-leg journey carrying 45 former War Correspondents back to Europe for celebrations commemorating the 5th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of World War II. Views of Frankfurt from a moving vehicle, high atop a ridge, looking down at the city, and winery grape fields. Many Frankfurt buildings visible and the Main River running beside the city. Views of some buildings still destroyed from World War II, five years prior. Several African American U.S. Army soldiers beside cars greet the party of former war correspondents. The correspondents meet with a U.S. Army General -- possibly J. Lawton Collins or Thomas Handy. A correspondent looks out from a window at a war-damaged building in the background. A street car with the sign "Nied Hochst" arrives at a stop and civilians get into it. Exterior and interior views of the main train station, the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof. Some cakes and pastries in a bakery. Correspondents meeting with a local Frankfurt official and his wife. Remains of a largely destroyed church, likely either Frankfurt Cathedral (Imperial Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew) (German: Kaiserdom Sankt Bartholomäus) or Katharinenkirche (the Church of St. Katherine). Views of the wrecked exterior and interior of the church. A West German flag draped over an interior balcony. Sign outside the church door indicates "Entrance to the Exhibition" (Eingang zur Ausstellung). A Germany girl selling trinkets at a market cart. German boys and girls in a market square and fair area, possibly Romerberg. Correspondents approach a booth selling cigars and cigarettes. More partially destroyed buildings in Frankfurt. Correspondents boarding a plane at Rhein Main Airbase. View of the airport terminal. Sign on a building reads 'Rhein Main Base Operations. Elev 358'. The correspondents boarding the American Overseas Airlines aircraft, and seated inside the aircraft. Aerial view of the German countryside below. Passengers sleep and relax aboard the airborne aircraft.
Dead and injured people due Communist rioting in Italy and Britaim
People dead and injured in Communist rioting in Italy and Britaim.. Injured women being carried away by people. People clash on the streets in Britain and policemen try to control them. Police escort a man.
Moscow, Russia, in Springtime of 1949.
The Kremlin viewed from Borodinsky bridge over Moskva (Moscow) River, in May, 1949. Cathedral Square can be seen to the right (East) dominated by the tall Ivan, the Great, Bell tower. The Metropolitan Hotel viewed from across a square. Buses moving on the streets. Camera pans across members attending meeting of a USSR legislature (Duma), focusing on the wide variety of ethnicities and cultures represented by the persons and dress of the delegates. A speaker delivers a dramatic poetic speech and is applauded. Huge illuminated images of Lenin and Stalin flank the backdrop of the stage and podium. The film ends with the Chairman of the Gosduma, rising and applauding, quickly accompanied by others on the stage and then, by those seated in the hall.
Hungarian parliamentary elections of 1949; citizens voting and celebrating. Mátyás Rákosi and President Szakasits seen voting.
Russian newsreel shows scenes from election day in 1949 in Hungary, as citizens vote in the parliamentary election. Farm workers coming in from fields and preparing to vote. A decorated tractor on election day. Men carrying an election banner. Men and women with families walking toward centers to cast their ballots. Scenes beside ballot boxes with citizens casting their votes. Communist posters visible including those of the Hungarian Working People's Party. Men and women dressed in traditional Hungarian costumes arrive at a voting center. Elevated view of a Hungarian city and bridges over water in the foreground. Hungarian people dance in groups. The happy crowd surrounds First Secretary Mátyás Rákosi when he arrives at a voting center. Matyas Rakosi seen casting his vote in a ballot box. The President of Hungary, Árpád Szakasits, also seen casting his vote. Election officials look on as Arpad Szakasits folds his ballot. A huge crowd gathered on the streets in Hungary for a night time parade. They carry caricatures that parody democratic world leaders and democracy, including U.S. President Truman and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, among others. Hungarians in traditional clothing dance and celebrate
Expansion of Soviet and Communist Chinese territories from World War II through 1949
German invasion of Russia during World War II. A map showing German invasion path in Russia until defeat at siege of Stalingrad. A map showing Soviet postwar expansion into Eastern Poland, East Prussia, portions of Finland and other areas. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are incorporated as Republics into the Soviet Union. Russian zones of occupation in Germany, Austria and North Korea. Map depicts an "Iron Curtain" encompassing the Soviet postwar territories. Soviet troops and tanks occupying countries. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns traveling along a city street. Crowds cheering in a stadium in Soviet East Germany. President Wilhelm Pieck of the German Democratic Republic is among people seen applauding in the stands. . Soviet cargo ships in a harbor operating under trade agreements. Chinese Communist forces moving with guns and artillery and tanks to expel Chiang Kai-Shek and Chinese Nationalists from mainland China to Taiwan, in 1949. Chinese refugees flee an area, carrying an injured civilian on a stretcher. A refugee child is shown with the group of people.
