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British PM Churchill aboard U.S. Navy USS Quincy during the Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom.

The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill with a few British naval officers aboard HMS Orion. Other ships in a harbor. Churchill and officers aboard HMS Orion salute as U.S. cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) passes. U.S. Flag and naval guns seen on the Quincy. Its crew lines the railings, at attention.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066454
Allied American, British and Soviet leaders during the Malta and Yalta Conference.

The Malta Conference in Malta, January - February 1945. The Malta fortification, building and towers. A plane taxis on the Luqa Airport on the island. General Woods, Smith, Marshall and Brehon B. Somervell deplane in Malta. Major General C.P. Woods shakes hands. Lt. General Walter B. Smith met by British Air Commander Whitney Strait. Ambassador W. Abel Hellemen with Major General F. M. Andersen. Arrival of Admiral Ernest J.King at the airport. Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean Theater. Admiral Andrew and B. Cunningham greet each other. General George C. Marshall steps off a plane. General Brehon B. Somervell greets England's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. On February 2, 1945 an American warship arrives with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is saluted by the British Prime Minister Churchill. Sailors on deck. View of the Montgomery House. Combined meeting of U.S. and British Chiefs of Staff at the Montgomery House. The chiefs are seated around a table, military plans agreed upon. A wall map in the background. Delegates leave for another conference. Policemen control the crowds on either sides of a street. A Russian airport near Yalta in the Crimea. A transport plane lands at the airport. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov greets Allied leaders outside a tent. Edward Stettinius U.S. Secretary of State gets off the plane. UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. The flags of three countries fly over the field: US, UK and Soviet Union. Secretary of State outside the tent. Harry Hopkins arrives. Prime Minister Churchill gets off a UK plane. Kremlin Guards form the guard of honor. Franklin D Roosevelt greeted by Russian reception committee. Daughters of Roosevelt and Churchill talk All the delegates around the transport plane. Delegates salute during the national anthem. British Prime Minister and U.S. President inspect the guard of honor after the national anthem. Kremlin Guards march past in review. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 6 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033669
Allied Officers and political leaders arriving for the Malta Conference, (code word: Argonaut, Phase I, Cricket)

Allied Officials arrive for the Malta Conference (Code Word: Argonaut, Phase I Cricket)during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 of Air Transport Command arrives at Luqa Airfield, Malta. It taxis to the Allied Air Terminal where Major General John E. Hull deplanes and is greeted on the tarmac. After exchanging greetings with those meeting him, he is taken away in a staff car. Another arrival is Lieutenant General Holland Smith, USMC. who is also greeted and departs in a staff car. Ambassador Averell Harriman and another diplomat arrive, on yet, another airplane, and are duly greeted at the Allied Air Terminal on Luqa airport, Malta

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065896
Allied officers arrive in Malta for WW II Malta Conference (Code Word: Argonaut, Phase I, Cricket).

Allied leaders and officers arrive for the Malta Conference (Code word: Argonaut , Phase I, Cricket) during World War 2. American Admirals King and Leahy arrive and are greeted by other officers and Ambassador Averell Harriman, at the Allied Air Terminal, Luqa, Malta. British Field Marshal Allan Brooke gets off the aircraft and is greeted by officers. U.S. Army General George C. Marshall arrives and shakes hands with Averell Harriman. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden being greeted on his arrival.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065897
Allied Officers gathering for the Malta Conference (Code name: Argonaut, phase I Cricket) during World War II

A U.S. Air Force C-54 aircraft, of the Air Transport Command, lands at Luqa airport in Malta. It taxis to the Allied Air Terminal and U.S. Rear Admiral, Lynde D. McCormick, chairman of the Joint Logistics Committee of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, deplanes. He is greeted by other officers involved in arrangements for the Malta Conference, code named: Argonaut, Phase I Cricket). they chat briefly on the windy ramp and then enter a staff car and depart.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065895
UN Commissioner Adrian Pelt and members of an Advisory Council meet people and the Emir of Cyrenaica in Libya.

A film depicts steps in Libyan independence. Allied soldiers on tanks during World War II. A tank goes past a ruined building. People gathered look as the Union Jack is unfurled. People read a proclamation pasted on a wall. Ruins of World War II. A meeting in the United Nations in 1945 where it is suggested that Libya be placed under temporary UN trusteeship. A resolution in the UN on 21st November, 1949 to create an independent Libya. The Russian delegate to the UN states his disagreement. The United Kingdom delegate speaks in favor of the resolution. A UN aircraft lands and taxis in Libya. Advisory Council members, led by Mustafa Qasim Mizran, who is first to exit the plane and is head of the National Party and Director of the School of Arts and Trades in Tripoli, are joined by UN Commissioner in Libya Adrian Pelt as they are greeted by dignitaries. The headquarters of the Commissioner and the Advisory Council in Tripoli. A sign reads 'Office of the United Nations Commissioner in Libya'. Members of the Advisory Council include representatives from Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fezzan, Egypt, France, Italy, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States and a minority group delegate. Cars carrying the representatives drive out of the gates of the headquarters. They meet people to become aware of their problems. People greet the UN Commissioner and the members of the Advisory Council. A visit to Benghazi where they meet the Emir of Cyrenaica. People holding placards in front of the Emir's palace to greet the Advisory Council. They meet the Emir, who is the religious Muslim leader, in his place. The headquarters of the Commissioner and the Advisory Council, where Mustafa Qasim Mizran is seen touching his face, as he stands behind king Idris,

Date: 1950
Duration: 5 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675050654