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Winston Churchill,King George VI and officials arrive at Buckingham Palace for V-E day celebration in London,England.

Victory in Europe Day celebration in London,England at the end of World War II. Large crowd of civilians stand in front of Buckingham Palace gateway for Victory in Europe (V-E )day celebration. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and party arrive at the Palace. They get off a limousine car. Churchill climbs up the palace steps. Churchill,King George VI of the United Kingdom and other officials on steps of the Buckingham Palace.

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072740
Winston Churchill,King George VI and officials pose for photographers at the Buckingham Palace on V-E day in London,England.

Victory in Europe Day celebration in London,England at the end of World War II. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill,King George VI of the United Kingdom and other officials stand on steps of Buckingham Palace. They pose for photographers. Dignitaries climb up steps. Large crowd of civilians gathered in front of the palace gateway for Victory in Europe (V-E ) day celebration.

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072743
Early life of General Dwight Eisenhower through World War 2

United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles as he takes off his cap. Brief shots of Eisenhower in academic gown and then in civilian clothes speaking. View of Eisenhower’s birthplace and home (609 S. Lamar Ave. Denison, TX 75021) in Denison, Texas. General Eisenhower standing at the gate to the home. Sign reads “Eisenhower Birthplace”. Interiors of Eisenhower's boyhood bedroom. Photograph of young Eisenhower his mother, Ida Eisenhower. Edgar and Ike Eisenhower’s High School Senior Year photos. A military parade at West Point. Animated map of Europe and the Mediterranean area. Gunners with anti-aircraft gun on deck. Dwight Eisenhower in uniform on ship deck with a naval officer. Soldiers landing on a beach. A tank explodes in the Sahara Desert. Eisenhower shaking hands with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in North Africa during World War 2. Eisenhower pointing to War operations map of Europe. General Eisenhower inspecting United States soldiers in a forest. Troops wading ashore on D-Day. German Commanding Officer Wilhelm Keitel signing German surrender. General Eisenhower speaks, saying, "the truly heroic figure of this War - he is GI Joe."

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079797
Major John Vassos talks to recruit at the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) headquarters in Cairo, Egypt (WW2)

Animated map shows the spread of Nazism in Europe during World War II. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) headquarters and Mediterranean training center in Cairo, Egypt. Also known as the “Spy School” the training center is a lavish royal palace known as the “Ras el Kanayas”. Colonel Toolman and the OSS Middle East theater staff planning special missions for the penetration of the Balkan region. Colonel reads a map on the table. Other staff members beside him read reports. A large map of Europe is seen behind the OSS staff. OSS Schools and Training Commanding Officer Major John Vassos screens a candidate during recruitment. Major John Vassos hands over a list of requirements to the candidate.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079976
U.S. Sergeant W R Thomas celebrates the news of VE Day in Germany.

U.S. Sergeant W R Thomas sits at the roadside in France. A truck drops the newspaper for him nearby. Shooting over the shoulder as he reads the headline 'Victory in Stars and Stripes', which came to be known as VE Day or Victory in Europe Day. VE Day marked the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies. The Sergeant stands up and salutes after reading the paper. He is seen rejoicing and celebrating the Allied victory. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020430
GIs celebrate VE Day with Nazi enactment in Germany (WW2)

Four U.S. Army soldiers sitting in a field in Germany. A GI sticks his head out from behind a U.S. weapon carrier wearing a Daniel Boone fur hat as he starts a funny, humor skit mocking Nazi German forces. He marches out from behind the vehicle carrying several guns and Nazi daggers for a Nazi enactment. He stands before the group, comes to attention and gives a Nazi salute. The GI displays the various guns and daggers for the audience. He gives a bottle, a gun, a dagger and the hat to the GIs sitting on the ground. GIs smile and cavort as they celebrate VE Day or Victory in Europe Day in World War II.

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020431