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Russians swear their oath to fight against Germany and take revenge as German forces retreat leaving victims (WW2)

Soviet war strategy against German invasion during World War II. Home of Russian musician Tchaikovsky converted into museum and his symphonies. Home and portrait of Leo Tolstoy in Russia. Dead bodies of Russian men and also some women and children dead civilians lie on snow covered grounds following a massacre by retreating German forces. Russian citizens cry and mourn the atrocity and loss. Russian children abused and mass murdered by German forces. Russians tortured and killed by Germans. Russians swear their oath to fight against Germany and take revenge. City of Leningrad attacked by German Army.

Date: 1941
Duration: 6 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041525
The Battle of Stalingrad during World War 2

The Battle of Stalingrad, Russia. Animated map shows the Battle of Caucasus and the Crimea. Germans plan to capture the Russian oil fields. Stalingrad is bombarded from German aircraft. Smoke rises due to the explosion. German guns fired. Wrecked Soviet buildings in Stalingrad. House to house fight in the streets of Stalingrad. The Russians fight back. Snow covered mountains. Maps show Russian encirclement of Nazi German forces. Marshal Nikolai Voronoff confers with his aides. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 10 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041528
The Quebec and Tehran Conferences in World War II. German defenses in the Western Wall. The air war in Europe.

Allied strategic Conferences in World War 2. Opening scene shows Château Frontenac. Then President Franklin Roosevelt seated with Canada Prime Minister, McKensie King, and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Scene shifts to their respective military staffs conferring at a table. Next scene shows the Russian Embassy in Tehran, Iran, with the Big Three (Joseph Stalin, FDR, and Churchill) seated on the portico, and their top ranking military officers standing behind them. Soviet Marshal Kliment Voroshilov stands behind Stalin. American officers are seen in next scene, including General George Marshall, Admiral Ernest King (lighting a cigarette) and General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, W. Averell Harriman, stands behind King and Arnold. Closeup of Churchill. Shift to an animated map of Europe. It illustrates the massive fortifications put in place by the Nazis along the coast of occupied Europe. Camera pans across heavy German coastal guns, Pill Boxes, and shore obstacles in place on the beaches. Marshal Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel leads a group of German officers on an inspection tour of the "Atlantic Wall" defenses. Closeup of Rommel. British Bristol Blenheim bombers en route to attack targets in the German occupied areas. Views of Allied airmen inside cockpit of their bomber aircraft. A flight of five German fighters (appear to be Bf-109s) peeling off to attack an Allied bomber. View inside bomber of American gunner in bomber firing machine gun at attacking German fighter. Head on view of German Focke Wulf FW-190 fighter heading straight toward the camera, and point of view from gun camera as German aircraft zooms up over it. Gunner in bomber firing. An aircraft exploding inflight. View inside Allied bomber, through cracked windshield, of aircraft in a formation of U.S. Martin B-26 Marauder bombers. Next shot is rearward from bomb bay showing bombs away view as bombs are released from a B-26. Scene shifts to aerial view from rear of a U.S. B-17 bomber dropping bombs. View of the bombs striking a railroad marshaling yard. Another view of a B-26 bomber in flight.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041991
United Nations Security Council decides to send forces to Congo to resolve the crisis.

United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, United States. People in Belgium protest against the violence against Belgians in Congo. United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the Congo crisis. A heated argument between the Soviet and American representatives takes place. The Council votes in favor of sending forces to Congo to control the crisis.

Date: 1960, July 14
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042245
George Bidault speaks to delegates during Conference on World Security Organization by United Nations in San Francisco.

Conference on World Security Organization by United Nations in San Francisco. French foreign minister, George Bidault speaks to the delegates during conference. He talks about the battle fought by brave American troops, The Soviets and other Allied troops. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043439
German Army representative signs surrender document as war ends in Europe.

People celebrate as war ends in Europe. Huge crowd gathered on street for Victory in Europe day (or V-E Day). People enter an American Church. Clergy leading worship service inside a church. American citizens in pews participate in prayer and worship. United States President Harry Truman speaks, announcing that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. View of U.S. Army and Soviet Army forces meeting at River Elbe near end of World War 2. German Army representative signs surrender document at the Allied Mediterranean Headquarters in Italy. U.S. Army General W.D. Morgan signs on behalf of General Alexander for the Allies. The American flag hoisted in front of a large Nazi Swastika symbol on top of the Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg Germany (Zeppelinfeld). A dead German soldier seen on the ground nearby just before the flag is shown being raised. American forces than detonate an explosion to destroy the Nazi swastika emblem.

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043440