Iceland becomes a republic during World War II. Tents set up for citizens of Iceland to vote in a referendum outside the city of Reykjavik. Citizens gather for the ceremony marking the proclamation of Iceland as a republic. President Sveinn Bjornsson and the Bishop of Iceland as the new republic is formed. American commander on Iceland General William Key watches the ceremonies.
Displaced Jewish orphans in Weimar, Germany soon after World War II. Jewish orphans who had been imprisoned at Buchenwald Concentration Camp by the Nazis, board a railroad train. Some of them saying goodbye. Allied soldiers stand around. The train pulls out as boy and girl orphan children wave from windows. Jewish flag hanging from a train window. Flowers adorn the train windows. One boy waves an American flag. Polish, Hungarian, Czechoslovakian and French, Jewish orphan prisoners liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp board a train with their belongings. Signs on a side of the train: 'Recommencons une vie nouvelle et libre'. (Our beginning of a new life in liberty). The train pulls out from the station.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp near Weimar, Germany towards the end of World War II. The group includes Frances E. Walters from Pennsylvania, Eugene Worley from Texas, Carter Manasco and Albert Rains from Alabama, Henry W. Jackson from Washington, Earl Wilson from Indiana, Marion Bennet from Missouri, Gordon Canfield from New Jersey, Major General Vanier of the Canadian Army and Major Walter Mosmiller of SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces) who is in charge of the tour. The group views piles of dead bodies and crematoriums. The group poses in front of a memorial.
German newspapers and weekly magazines in Germany. New York Times Newspaper article headline : "24 Churchmen Face Trials in Germany." Another paper reads: " Nazi to Stage Mass Trial of Religious Foes." and another reads: "Nazis Assail Pope - Order Nuns to Trial". Pictures of leaders of the historic political eras in German history, from Frederick the Great to Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
Efforts for additional cultivation in London, England during World War II. Men set up fencing at Richmond Park as a part of effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation. A horse-drawn carriage loaded with fence sections moves ahead. Men set up fencing at Richmond Park. London suburb dwellers on their new allotments to produce their own vegetables. The dwellers pass by women standing at doorways of a building.
Efforts for additional cultivation in London, England during World War II. Suburb dwellers on their new allotments to produce their own vegetables. The dwellers carry their agricultural equipment and get on a truck. Children get on the truck. Men unload iron scrap from a cart. A pile of scrap. Signs read 'Clear Out Scrap - It All Helps To Win The War' and 'WHO WASTES WASTEPAPER HELPS THE ENEMY'.
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