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Lord Louis Mountbatten presents medals to Indian and British soldiers of the 5th Indian Division, Indian bagpipe band plays during ceremony in Assam India during WW2
Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia, presents medals to 5th Indian Division soldiers at their camp in Assam, India during World War 2. Lord Louis Mountbatten presents medal to Indian, Sikh and British soldiers individually. 5th Indian Division soldiers stand in formation. Lord Louis Mountbatten addresses British soldier standing in formation. British soldiers in formation, wearing the British Army Jungle Slouch hats. Lord Louis Mountbatten addresses Indian soldiers standing in formation. Lord Louis Mountbatten presents medal to British soldier wearing a Jungle Slouch hat. Soldier takes his turn after his comrade has been presented with a medal. Bagpipe band composed of Indian soldiers plays at the ceremony. Indian soldiers standing in formation, holding their guns, as Lord Louis Mountbatten inspects the army. Flag of the United Kingdom. 5th Indian Division soldiers in formation.
German troops launch V-2 rockets heading to England (WW2)
Germany launch V-2 rockets against England, United Kingdom during World War II. View of the skies. A V-2 rocket in flight after its launch. Rocket contrails form from V-2 rockets in flight. A V-2 rocket in flight as seen from the ground. German soldier uses a pair of binoculars while another uses a gun sight to watch the launch of V-2 rocket. V-2 rocket contrail forms an arc shaped path. Another rocket launches upwards. German soldiers look up and watch. The V-2 rocket disappears from plain sight.
Londoners celebrate VE Day, the end of World war II, in Europe
With the surrender of Germany, World War 2 in Europe ends, on VE (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8, 1945. Scene opens with church bells ringing and view of west front of St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, in London, England. Crowd is celebrating in the square. around the statue of Queen Anne. Amongst the crowd are men and women in uniform. Here and there Union Jack flags are seen, one held by a little girl hoisted upon a man's shoulder. Camera pans across various parts of the celebrating crowds. View from above, of several couples dancing within a circle of people. Several uniformed U.S. Air Force officers in a jeep celebrate with the crowd. High altitude view of Trafalgar Square in London, England. 'Victory over Germany 1945' banner draped on base of Nelson's Column. Crowd of British citizens celebrating on streets of Whitehall and closeup of the Cenotaph with inscription "The Glorious Dead".
Winston Churchill prepares to make radio broadcast in London, England as Germany surrenders in World War II.
Scenes from May 8, 1945 in London as England hears news of the surrender by Germany in World War II. Winston Churchill seated at desk and preparing to make a 3:00pm (15:00) radio broadcast about the German surrender. Churchill along with a British Naval officer greeted by Secretaries who clap and cheer as Churchill gets into a car and doffs his hat as he smokes a cigar. The car pulls away. View of Big Ben clock tower in London, showing the time of 3 o'clock pm, (15:00) which was the time of the broadcast by Churchill.
Victory in Europe: People celebrate in London, England as Germans surrender in World War II.
Germany surrenders in World War II. British soldiers and citizens loaded in a horse drawn carriage ride down a street in London and wave during celebrations on news of German surrender that day. A man selling the May 7, 1945 London newspaper "The Evening News" with headline "Germany Surrenders". A number of men and women buy newspapers from him. Allied soldiers in a jeep with American flag on it. They shake hands. Men and women march down a road with a British flag as they celebrate Allied victory in Europe during World War II. They are also rolling a statue on a cart. Happy British citizens celebrate VE Day.
President Truman and his party at RAF Station Harrowbeer near Plymouth, England during World War II.
United States President Harry S. Truman, and his party, make unplanned stop at RAF Station Harrowbeer during return from the last 4-Power meeting of World War 2, held at Berlin in July, 1945. (Their planned destination, RAF Station St Mawgan, was fogged in. So the President instructed his pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Henry T. Myers, to land at Harrowbeer, when they saw it was clear.) Truman descends steps from the Presidential Airplane (Douglas VC-54C named the "Sacred Cow," used by Presidents Roosevelt, and Truman). Two other C-54 aircraft have also arrived (unseen). One carried Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, who poses with the President and three members of the British WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) identified as: Section Officer Eira Buckland Jones, Corporal Clarice Turner, and Leading Aircraft Woman Audley Bartlett. Views from inside car taking members of Presidential party to Plymouth Harbor. Groups of local people wave as the car passes through the English countryside. Larger numbers of spectators line the streets of the city of Plymouth. View of Plymouth Harbor from launch taking members of President's party out to the USS Augusta, anchored in Plymouth Sound (not seen).