May Day Parade in Moscow, Russia during World War II. Posters of Soviet leaders. British, French and United States officials are guest of honor. A huge crowd gathered for the May Day celebrations. Buildings in the background. Troops march with guns. Band plays trumpets. President Mikhail Kalinin, Joseph Stalin and Marshall Voroshilov salute the officers. Motorized rocket launchers move along the road. Tanks pass in formation.
The Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence, Italy, in World War 2. A sign in Italian reads “Ponte Vecchio é permesso il passaggio solo per pedoni e carrette a mano” (“Ponte Vecchio is allowed to pass only for pedestrians and handcarts” in English). The sign reads 'Ponte Vecchio' in Italy near Arno River. People of Florence cross the ruined Ponte Vecchio Bridge (Ponte Vecchio, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy). Several buildings lined on a side of the bridge. Men walk with bicycles. People walk through a mine cleared path approaching Ponte Vecchio Bridge. Italian refugees escape from German concentration camps near Florence. U.S. Brigadier General Edgar E. Hume, 5th Army, talks to the refugees. Several refugees stand in a group. A United States soldier distributes cigarettes to Italian men. Men smoking. Shops in the background.
American Federation of Polish Jews. Jews gathered at Commodore Hotel in New York City, United States. The Jewish memorial prayer Kel Malei Rachamim is chanted by Cantor Moshe (Maurice) Ganchoff before the film skips to the memorial Kaddish recited by another cantor (name unknown). A man directs the music. A singer sings Kaddish. A man wipes his face with a cloth in the background. Audience listens. Men seated in Jewish World Congress meeting. Flags and posters on the stage. Several men seated on the stage.
United States President Harry S.Truman decorates Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. The President pins a medal on Admiral King, and then holds it and admires it as he converses with Admiral King. The President shakes hands with Admiral King.
The end of World War 2 in Europe. United States fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolts of the 362nd Fighter Group in Germany. Group commander's P-47 (multi-colored checkered cowl represents all three assigned squadrons) taxiing on an airfield. The planes take off. Group commander leads a formation of twelve P-47s from the 379th Fighter Squadron (yellow cowlings). They maneuver in flights of four each.
United States fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt parked on an airfield in Germany. Flying personnel and ground crewmen walk on the airfield. The men walk in a line. Several planes in flight over the airfield. A pilot stands near an aircraft. The pilot gets into the cockpit of the aircraft.