Russian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Valerian Zorin in Czechoslovakia. Valerian Zorin addresses the meeting of the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR. Large posters of Soviet figures Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin hang behind Zorin. The audience listen to Zorin’s speech. Zorin speaks into a microphone. The crowd applauds.
Czech Prime Minister Klement Gottwald at an airfield in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Prime Minister Klement followed by military officials walks on the airfield. Prime Minister Gottwald shakes hands with Russian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Valerian Zorin. Gottwald boards an aircraft for Moscow. Russia. The aircraft takes off.
U.S. 1st Army, 23rd Regiment, 2nd Division soldiers attack on Mechernich, Germany during World War 2. U.S. soldiers move along street. Civilians watch. Soldiers break down door of house and enter. Soldier directs civilians and German officers by wave of hand. Woman unlocks door of house and soldiers enter. German Army prisoners, including one who is a young boy soldier, being searched by soldiers. U.S. officer speaks with civilian.
U.S. 1st Army, 23rd Regiment, 2nd Division soldiers attack on Mechernich, Germany during World War II. U.S. soldiers crossing field and entering Mechernich. Soldiers enter houses. Soldiers break window and climb into house. U.S. officers including Brigadier General Truman E Boudinot, Major General Maurice Rose and Brigadier General Doyle Hickey on the steps of cathedral in Cologne during its capture by U.S. 1st Army. Ruined buildings in surrounding area.
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff exit the plane at Rheinman airport, Germany. Control tower at Rheinman airport. U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster nicknamed 'Independence' taxis on airstrip. U.S. JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff) get off the plane. JCS walk across airstrip. JCS descend the stairs of plane. U.S. Admiral Donfield, General Omar Bradley and General Hoyt Vandenberg descend the stairs and talk with other officers and civilians near the plane and walk away. JCS stand at attention before a color guard. Airport MPs (Military Police) at attention. Generals talk to each other and with the press. Crowd of army personnels in front of them. Chiefs get into a car. Motorcyclists escort the car.
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff exit the plane at Rheinman airport, Germany. U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster nicknamed 'Independence' taxis on airstrip. U.S. JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff) descend down the stairs of the plane. JCS walk across airstrip. JCS descend the stairs of plane. U.S. Admiral Donfield, General Omar Bradley and General Hoyt Vandenberg talk with other officers and civilians near the plane and walk away. JCS stand at attention before color guard. Airport MPs (Military Police) at attention. Generals talk together and with the press. Crowd of army personnels in front of them. Chiefs get into a car. Motorcyclists escort the car as it moves away.
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