New York Daily News headline reads 'Japan at war with U.S.' Journal American newspaper headline reads:'US votes war'. Boxes of M-1 ammunition being off-loaded from a ship by African American soldiers, and placed on a roller conveyer. U.S. Army tank, trucks, and aircraft ready for shipment overseas.
New York Daily News, August 26, 1944, headline reads 'Nazis yield, Paris freed'. United States soldiers carry American flag on a tank into Paris during World War II. Celebrating French population cheer on Allied soldiers after the withdrawal of German forces from the French capital. Aerial view of huge crowd near The Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France).
German soldiers fire and down six British Wellington bombers over English Channel during World War II. Explosions and firing. German soldiers recover wreckage. Building in the background. Germans search with spades. They find and pick guns and other war material. A sign from the wreckage reads 'Bombs to lie in this direction'.
Huge crowd gathered at a railway station in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler's triumphal return to Berlin after Fall of Paris, France (World War II). A train arrives at the station. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering at the Anhalter Bahnhof railway station (Askanischer Pl. 6, 10963 Berlin, Germany). Adolf Hitler is welcomed after his return from Paris by members of the Nazi party. SA Commander Viktor Lutze greets Hitler with the Nazi salute. Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel is seen. A military band plays and an honor guard presents arms. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering walk to an official automobile. Nazi flags hung from buildings all over the city. They ride in a motorcade through the streets. Huge crowds gathered on the streets. Crowd cheers frenziedly.
A view of an art museum in Munich, Germany during World War II, featuring Romantic Realism art favored by the Nazi government. Joseph Goebbels arrives at the museum. People greet him and shake hands with him. Military officers in the background. He tours the museum and is followed by other officials. A view of various paintings and sculptures in the museum. “Durch die russische Steppe” by Rudolf Lipus. A painting of Adolf Hitler hung on the wall.
German invasion of Russia, Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). Early morning in Berlin with quiet street scenes during World War II. Hands of a clock in view. A man unloads milk cans from a truck. German radio broadcasting studios. A man operates controls. View of radio tower and buildings. Men enter an office. A sign announces broadcast in progress and requests quiet and no entry. Propaganda Minister Dr Joseph Goebbels enters the room and sits on a sofa. He announces Germany has launched an offensive on the Eastern Front as Germany's actions represent declaration of war against the Soviet Union. Officers stand in the background. Several men seated in cars, listen to radio broadcast. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop makes the announcement to journalists at a crowded news conference. Newspapers carry the story. Cameramen take photographs. Animated map depicts the Eastern front extending more than 5 thousand kilometers from Finland in the North to Romania in the South. This is Operation Barbarossa. German troops invade Russia. A ship underway and a bridge in view. Heavy German guns bombard targets. Smoke rises up. Street signs such as "Eydtkau" are shown as evidence of advances. German troops dismantle border barriers. German tanks and artillery advancing Eastward, encountering resistance. They blow up a building.
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