Goliath tracked mine, known as a Beetle Tank by the Allies (or a German Robot tank), is started and examined by United States soldiers soon after end of World War II in Europe. A soldier starts a Goliath tracked mine. Several Goliath tracked mines in a field. The soldiers make them run on a field and crash with each other. A soldier opens its front and shows control systems and mechanism of the tank. A soldier rides on top of a Goliath tracked mine.
German radar antennas at a military base near the end of WW2 in Europe. Various large and small radars. Smoke rising in distance beyond partially wrecked buildings from allied bombing in a German city.
Soviet tanks and other military weapons being displayed at a parade in Moscow. Flags of Soviet Union, United States, and United Kingdom fly outside the site of the Potsdam conference. President Harry S. Truman of United States greeted by Andrei Vishinsky, along with British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Charles Bohlen is seen. Truman shakes hands with Stalin. Attlee, Truman, and Stalin pose for picture. View of Soviet newsstand showing "New Times" publication in various languages, including English. Poster of Stalin at the newsstand.
World War 2, in Europe. Military Police on military motorcycles and United States Army Generals in staff car. General Dwight Eisenhower, General Omar N Bradley, General Cortney Hodges, General William H. Simpson, Generals Collins, McLain, Parker, and Oliver with other officers posing. General Eisenhower, General Bradley and Lieutenant General William H. Simpson come out of building. A different scene, on a street in a village. Driver of a staff car has trouble starting the engine. So the Generals push the car to get it started and then get in and it drives away.
Large numbers of French and other European prisoners, along with displaced persons (carrying their belongings in carts) are seen filling the roads and paths in an exodus from a German prison camp, in final days of World War 2. Several boys pose outside the gate of a German Army establishment. The military evacuees are all dressed in uniform and seem in relatively good health. Several carry a French tricolor flag. They proceed along a path beside a river, and assemble in a grassy area near a town.
United States M-24 Light Tank of the U.S. 9th Army fires at a target. Soldiers aboard tank. Narrator describes the M-24 to help distinguish it in appearance from German tanks, during World War 2. The torsion bar suspension of M-24 Light Tank and its 16 inch wide tracks. The 75 mm gun barrel of the tank. Side by side shot of M5A1 and the M-24 replacing it. Comparing ammunition placed on ground. Recognition features of M-24.