Italian and German leaders Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler review a grand parade of fascists at Königsplatz, Munich, Bavaria. Motorbikes pass in a parade. They move past the Ehrentempel. Military troops lined on sides. Nazi German soldiers march with flags and swords. Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler salute. Officers stand behind them. Crowds jam the square.
Fascist leaders Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler walk on a road. Officers follow them. Military troops lined on sides. Civilians crowd the street. They wave and cheer. Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler appear on the balcony of the Führerbau (Arcisstraße 12, 80333 München, Germany). They wave to the crowd.
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 first preliminary trial of Nazi war criminals following end of World War II in Europe. Norwegian leader Vidkun Quisling is tried for high treason in Oslo, Norway. Men are seated during the trial. Vidkun Quisling sits during the hearing. View of the Norwegian ship "Patria" which is now Allied headquarters, in Flensburg, Northern Germany. On May 9, 1945, the Allies arrest all elements of the German shadow government at Flensburg. German prisoners march near the harbor. Ships in the background. High German officials are arrested. Two German Navy officers and a non-uniformed official (who has the appearance of a Hitler doppelganger) stand with their hands behind their heads. Exterior view of Castle at Flensburg. Inside lies the body of General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, after he committed suicide. Picture of Admiral Doenitz, on wall above the body. Colonel General Alfred Jodl, leaving the Germany Army Headquarters at Flensburg, as he is taken into custody. Exterior view of German shadow government headquarters at Flensburg. Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, successor to Hitler, is taken into custody. Doenitz and Jodl, are escorted by Allied armed guards, through a tunnel in the Flensburg compound. View of house in Luneberg, Germany, where Nazi SS leader, Heinrich Himmler, commits suicide after his arrest by British soldiers. View of cyanide poison pills taken from Himmler, before he succeeded in taking one he had hidden in his mouth. Body of Himmler.
The Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp in Germany right after liberation by the British 11th Armored Division, near the end of World War Two. British medical officers treat the liberated prisoners. The sick prisoners lie on hospital beds. The prisoners are treated with insecticides. Children receive medical attention and care. Camp Commandant, Josef Kramer, seen under guard by armed British soldier, Jeremiah Mehigan. The Belsen camp is destroyed by British troops using a Wasp Carrier flamethrower, as former prisoners and British troops watch.
United States President Harry S Truman gives a message on the war against Japan in World War II. He states that the Japanese should realize that United States has skill, men, power, leadership, allies and determination to win the war against Japan. He gives a report on the progress of the war.
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