Inter American conference at Mexico. United States Secretary of State Stettinius and Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller attend the conference. Airplane parked on air base. People gather to greet dignitaries arriving for the conference. Car arrives. Dignitaries come out of car. Other officials greet them. People applaud and greet them. Other dignitaries arrive. People greet them. They enter the conference hall.
United States troops penetrate the Siegfried line in Northern France during World War II. Troops advance on the battlefield. A sign board reads: 'Kolmar 33 Km'. Soldiers fire. Dead bodies lay on field. Red Cross people help the wounded. Civilians stand outside their houses. American soldiers fight on the snow covered area. Mules carry supplies to the front. Soldiers advance on the front. They build barricades and fire artillery. Smoke arises due to firing. Soldiers take prisoners of war with them. Wounded soldiers. Graves of the dead soldier. Houses in the area. Soldiers on tank move forward on the front.
Czech soldiers in Prague, Czechoslovakia near end of World War 2 in Europe. The soldiers sing as they march in the streets. Civilians stand beside a street and watch them. The soldiers carry rifles on their back. A group of liberated United States military and New Zealand military prisoners stand on a bridge.
U.S. battleships at D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Beach area of Iwo Jima. Convoy lined behind United States Ship Bayfield. Convoy visible in the background.
San Francisco Security conference of representatives of four powers meets in Washington DC prior to the United Nations San Francisco Parley. United States Secretary of States Edward R. Stettinius Jr. meets British ambassador to U.S. Edward Wood (Lord Halifax), Russian ambassador to U.S. Andrei Gromyko, and Chinese ambassador to U.S., Dr. Wei Tao-ming. Assistant Secretary Archibald MacLeish speaks on a microphone. Chinese ambassador speaks. Assistant Secretary of State, Archibald MacLeish, poses and talks on a microphone.
Dignitaries meet for Potsdam Conference in Cecilienhof, Germany. United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower greets President Harry S. Truman at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. President Truman salutes the marching troops. Troops march with flags. President and general review troops. Palace of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern in Potsdam. United Kingdom Prime Minister Clement Attlee arrives. President Truman meets Attlee and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. Russian leader Joseph Stalin arrives. Stalin shake hands with Attlee. Truman meets Stalin. Truman, Attlee and Stalin pose. They all sit at a round table. (World War II period)