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.
Elections in Soviet Russia. People lined outside a building in Kiev. Posters of Russian leaders on the building. They read newspapers with election news. Interior of the polling place. Several people sit on desks. They give ballots to people for the election. Ballot forms kept on the table. Men and women drop ballots into box. People enter the polling booth. People drop ballots into boxes with a picture of Joseph Stalin in the background. A view of the seal on the ballot box.
A frozen river in Kiev, Soviet Russia. Two children skating on the ice. Hills partially covered with snow in the background. A house on top of a hill. Vegetation near the frozen river. A child lies down on the ice. One child stands on the river. Both lie down on the ice. Children fishing.
A farm and farm activities in Kiev, Soviet Russia during winter time. People stand with horse wagons on grounds of a farm covered in snow. Many sleds and horse drawn sleds are seen. Russian men lead a cow. A man leads a group of cows. The cows at a watering trough. A woman draws water from a well. Horses carry a hay wagon across a farm. A woman feeds chickens in a farmyard. Horses harnessed and a farmer pitching hay onto wagon. A farm accounting office. Interior of an accounting office on farm. Accountants seated on a desk. An accountant talks to a woman. He looks at a book kept on his desk. The book-keeper figures out a sum on abacus as a farm woman named Luda Volkhova looks on. A tractor repair shop. Men work in it on motors. Men working on tractor engine in a farm repair shop. Men using sledge on tractor cart and links driven into tractor treads. People ascend hill towards a building.
Scenic views of Crimea. Mountains partially covered by snow. Goats graze on hillside. Flowers and trees in bloom. Farmers prepare vineyards for fall grape harvest. A man observes grape vines through a magnifying glass. Women work in the vineyard fields pruning grape vines. Elevated sweeping view of Yalta. Several people stand and stroll along the coast of the Black Sea. Mountains in the background.
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.