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Churchill talks about the situation in Europe while addressing people in Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri.
Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, addresses people at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. In an excerpt from his famous "Sinews of Peace" address, Churchill talks about the situation in Europe and the Soviet influence. He makes his famous statement that, "...an iron curtain has descended..." President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries seated on the stage behind him.
People gathered at New York harbor to welcome the U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team back from battlefields of Europe
The U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese-Americans, is welcomed back after three years of combat in Europe, during World War II. The Combat Team soldiers aboard their trooop ship entering New York Harbor. They display their logo and motto, "shoot the works," on the side of the ship. New York City skyline visible behind the ship. Family and friends gathered at a harbor to receive and welcome them. Since many of the soldiers are from Hawaii, their reception committee includes several hula dancers who also bedeck them with garlands (leis) of flowers as they disembark from the ship. The Combat Team assembles on the wharf and marches away.
Women survivors of the Lidice massacre place wreaths at the common grave of the people who were killed; mass war destruction.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Empty fields marking the site of Lidice, Czechoslovakia. Women survivors of the Lidice who had been sent to concentration camps. They place wreaths on the common grave of the people who were killed at Lidice. View of a lineup of captured Nazi SS soldiers and officers involved in the destruction of Lidice. Packed courtrooms at Nuremberg, Germany with German Nazi leadership present at Nuremberg Trial. Rubble and destroyed bombed-out Reichstag building in Berlin. Debris on the street. Past events show German Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses people and talks about the destruction of other cities. Ruins of buildings from war. A wrecked bridge and burned out fields of a farm from World War 2.
Life in the U.S. soon after World War II; quiet midwest streets, markets, milk delivery.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. A man in the midwest United States walks in sidewalk of a neighborhood street. Narrator discusses the comfort of living in an area where buildings, homes, and farms were not affected by war. Buildings along the sides of the street. People shop in a grocery store and views of produce and vegetables in the store. A sign reads: 'No Butter Today' and narrator mentions shortages as being small inconveniences compared to shortages and starvation in war-torn Europe. Children play in a playground enjoying jungle gym bars and a slide. Boys and girls enjoying swing sets. Exteriors of St. Louis Cathedral church building with its two steeples, in St. Louis, Missouri. A delivery horse-cart of a milk man moves on a quiet neighborhood street. The draft horse has feathered fetlocks. Sign on side of delivery wagon reads, "Insist on Clover Leaf Pasteurized Milk. It's Safe." (Cloverleaf Dairy was in Springfield, Missouri.) A milk man walks towards a house in the midwestern town. View of a hand giving a telegram to a woman. View of a sign with 3 blue stars in window, showing that home has a man serving in war. Narrator describes blue stars having given way to gold stars, meaning killed in war. Photographs of soldiers on the table in a home where they lost a loved one at war.
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain speech" regarding USSR and Eastern Bloc, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri
Iron Curtain speech by Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, early in the Cold War. British Leader Winston Leonard Churchill at podium addresses the gathering in his "Sinews of Peace" speech. Officers seated on a platform in the background. Churchill speaks of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) and the creation of the Eastern Bloc. He places certain facts about the present position in Europe. The Opposition Leader states that Soviet Russia does not desire war but the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines. The gathering applaud. He continues his speech by insisting on the permanent prevention of war and the establishment of conditions of freedom and democracy. He declares that a good understanding on all points with Russia under the general authority of the United Nations Organization should be made.
Churchill addresses people and expresses the need to prevent any further wars at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, delivers a speech at the Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. In these speech excerpts, Churchill talks about the situation in Europe and delivers his famed Iron Curtain reference. He talks about the two world wars and the need to prevent any further wars. U.S. President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries sit behind him on the stage. The audience applauds.