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.
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.
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).
Unveiling of memorial statue of Franklin D Roosevelt in London England. King George VI of England and wife of Franklin D Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, walk to a monument wrapped in a British flag. Mrs Roosevelt pulls a string and statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt is unveiled. British guards at attention pay homage to the great leader. Inscription on the monument reads 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882 - 1945'. King George VI places a wreath at the statue. Clement Attlee, Mrs Roosevelt and Queen Elizabeth at the ceremony. Winston Churchill along with his wife. Churchill looks at the monument.
U.S. Army soldiers stand near German V-1 robot bomb lying on ground in England. A military jeep in the background. Soldiers take out cover of wings and then they dismantle all parts of the flying bomb. Main body of the robot bomb put in a truck. Nose of the V-1 bomb. An American Army official sits on tail of the robot bomb, examines the bomb control mechanisms and manually moves them. A sign in German is seen near that part of the rocket. Inner sections of the bomb are seen. The main body of the robot bomb carried by U.S. military truck mounted crane. A man signals truck. Truck mounted crane puts main body of robot bomb into a waiting aircraft. (World War II period).
Mechanics repair damaged Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers during World War II. United States Air Force bombers flying in formation. Closer view of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber with its damaged engine, wing and nose. A mobile workshop trailer truck carrying United States air corps mechanics arrives beside a damaged B-17 aircraft at an airfield in England. A cartoon with words “Which way’d he go Sheriff?” and “Air Corps- U.S.” designed on mobile workshop trailer truck. Mechanics lift the plane by inflating balloon jacks and work on the damaged aircraft. Groups of mechanics repair engines of damaged bombers. Another B-17 Flying Fortress makes a belly landing without landing gear and skids to a stop. Pilot and co-pilot crawl out of the plane.