German officials surrender at the end of World War II. American and Russian troops meet near the river Elbe in Torgau Germany. United States General Reinhardt meets Soviet Army General Rusakov. Representatives of the German Army, wearing civilian clothing, sign a surrender document at Allied Mediterranean Headquarters in Italy, yielding Italy and Austria. W.D. Morgan signs for the Allies, on behalf of Supreme Mediterranean Commander Alexander. Massive American Flag raised to cover the giant swastika symbol at outdoor stadium in Nuremberg. Then in a later shot, explosion is seen as the Nazi Swastika symbol is destroyed (blown-up) by American troops at the Zeppelinfeld stadium in Nuremberg, Germany.
United States 3rd Fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan during World War II. USS South Dakota off the coast. USS Missouri at anchor in Sagami-Wan into Tokyo Bay. War correspondent Norman Paige looks through binoculars. Ships of the 3rd Fleet ride at anchor off the coast of Japan. Main batteries of USS Iowa. American flag flies from the gaff of the ship. USS Missouri at anchor close to the shore of Japan. HMS Duke of York and HMS King George I underway at sea. Superstructure of USS Iowa as American flag flies from the gaff. Muzzles of a quad mount 40 inch gun. A signal plays on starboard yardarm. A gunnery officer uses a battle phone in the foreground.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. United States Marines advance across an area. A wounded tank driver being assisted across an exposed, open area toward a first aid station by a infantry man. A 30 caliber M1919 machine gun emplacement.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Signal Corps men string communication lines on the island. United States Marine infantry men with carbines and a dog as they walk across a beach. Entrance to mountainous caves dug by the Japanese. The Marines on a hill.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Captured Korean prisoners seated outside a tent. United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Holland Smith and Major General H. Schmidt confer at a map. Korean prisoners get a hair cut, eat food, smoke cigarette, sleep and read. A guard at a stockade. A man behind a barbed wire fence. Captured Japanese supplies. Piles of supply bags. Supply crates piled up. Captured Korean prisoners and captured Japanese supplies in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.
A film about Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan (Operation Detachment) during World War II. Clip opens with view of simple model of the island. This is followed by battle scenes on Iwo Jima. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Intense battle scenes during Battle of Iwo Jima. A walking wounded Marine with his arm over another Marine is assisted to safety during fire fight. Wounded Japanese prisoner is carried to safety. Scenes of rocket launchers firing rockets at Japanese enemy positions. View behind a Marine as he fires a machine gun. A Marine fires a rifle at a Japanese soldier lying in a ditch. Fire and smoke rises as explosions occur. Another wounded marine in great pain is carried by two fellow Marines for medical care by Corpsman. Blood plasma being administered to a wounded Marine. Flame throwers direct fire on Japanese positions. Artillery fired at Mount Suribachi. United States Marines soldiers through cratered landscape.