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Soldiers of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of Bulge and Germany, in World War Two.

U.S. 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of Bulge in the Western Front of World War 2. A map points Belgium, Germany and France. United States Army soldiers move forward in snow on the front. They pass through the Ardennes. Scenes of U.S. and German soldiers. Snow and ice covered forest. American soldiers on tanks and half-track vehicles. U.S. troops cross the Rhine River over a captured bridge at Remagen. The 1st. Division continues to move through Germany all the way to Czechoslovakia. German soldiers load up into trucks at war's end. Soldiers smoke, talk and rest. A soldier talks on phone. Quick scene from Nuremberg trials.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028436
U.S. President Harry S. Truman closes the San Francisco Conference leading to founding of the United Nations.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman greeted at San Francisco Airport by U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius before a parade through streets. President witnesses the voting, as fifty nations agree to the new United Nations Charter. First to sign is China followed by Russia, Great Britain and France. Then Mr. Stettinius affixes his signature. A close view of signed charter is shown. President then addresses the Conference.

Date: 1945, June 26
Duration: 5 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032530
Representatives of nations sign United Nations Charter at end of San Francisco Conference.

San Francisco streets, people standing. Representatives of nations signing the United Nations Charter during the San Francisco conference, including representatives from France, two other nations, and the United States (with Edward Stettinius signing and U.S. President Harry S. Truman standing by. View of a U.S. Navy bus pulling up in front of the building. Disabled war veterans from World War 2 exit the bus with assistance. Many are missing limbs and are using crutches or wheel chairs. A small group of citizens is gathered to welcome them. A young boy looks on with concern as the disabled soldiers and sailors exit the bus. His father comforts the boy. President Truman addressing the General Assembly. Views of United Nations flags of many countries fluttering in San Francisco, California.

Date: 1945, June 26
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032539
UN Charter signed in San Francisco Conference; President Harry S. Truman addressing General Assembly; Franklin Roosevelt speech about peace

Delegates arrive in San Francisco for United Nations Conference for World Organization in San Francisco, California. U.S. President Truman arrives by airplane at the conference and is met by representatives from U.S. delegation including Stettinius. Delegates from other countries are also present and greet the President including Jan Smuts of South Africa and William Lloyd Mackenzie King of Canada. Views of presidential motorcade traveling through streets of San Francisco in a parade-like environment, with crowds lining the sidewalks and cheering. Delegates sign the United Nations Charter during the conference. First to sign is Dr. Wellington Koo from China, signing with a traditional Chinese brush. Also shown signing is Gromyko from the Soviet Union, Lord Halifax from Great Britain, and the delegation from France led by acting delegation chairman Joseph Paul-Boncour. Next is Edward Stettinius and Senator Tom Connally, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Commander Harold Stassen, from the United States. U.S. President Harry S. Truman addresses the general assembly. Representatives of different nations like Lord Halifax of Great Britain, Mackenzie King of Canada, Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa, Andrei Gromyko of Russia and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru of India can be seen. Flashback to President Franklin D Roosevelt, shortly before his death, addressing Congress about the coming San Francisco Conference. Roosevelt speaks, expressing his hope that Congress and the American People would "accept the results of this conference as the beginning of a permanent structure of peace, upon which we can begin to build, under God, that better world in which our children and grandchildren -- yours and mine - children and grandchildren of the whole world -- must live and can live."

Date: 1945, June 26
Duration: 8 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032540
Officials from different nations sign the Japanese instrument of surrender on the deck of USS Missouri BB-63, Tokyo Bay

Japanese envoy and delegation board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63). USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. Mamoru Shigemitsu, Foreign Minister of Japan, General Yoshijiro Umezu and other Japanese staff on the deck of USS Missouri. Japanese General signing the surrender document. Russian General Derevyanko, General Sir Thomas Blamey from Australia, Colonel Moore Cosgrave General Jacques P. Leclerc of France and Admiral Cel Helfrich from Netherland signs the peace treaty concluding with General MacArthur from United States.

Date: 1945, September 2
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032939
Representatives of nations sign Japanese surrender and peace treaty ending World War II, on the deck of USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay

Officials of various countries arrive. Sailors standing at attention. General Douglas MacArthur arrives on deck and stands in front of a microphone. Japanese officials, military and civilians standing in groups. Japanese General signing the surrender document then the Russian General Derevyanko, General Sir Thomas Blamey from Australia, Colonel Moore Cosgrave General Jacques P. Leclerc of France and Admiral Cel Helfrich from Netherlands signs the peace treaty.

Date: 1945, September 2
Duration: 4 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032942