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Allied National Leaders hold numerous conferences to plan and coordinate their efforts during World War II
First scene shows President Harry Truman shaking hands with Joseph Stalin on a porch of the Cecilienhof ( home of Crown Prince Wilhelm) in Potsdam, Germany. The two leaders are accompanied by their respective foreign ministers, James F. Byrnes, U.S. Secretary of State, and Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vyacheslav Molotov. Stalin descends steps from the building followed by Truman. View of the back lawn at Cecilienhof. View of its front entrance. Various views of the house and grounds. American, Soviet, and British flags flying from the building. Cars carrying the leaders on road to the Cecilienhof. President Truman and James Byrnes entering outside gate, followed by other attendees. Then Stalin is seen entering followed by Soviet officers and officials. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force (SCAEF) in Europea and U.S. Army Chief of Staff. George Marshall are seen walking together in a wooded glade on the meeting grounds. British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, entering the grounds for the meeting. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin stand on a step before an entrance to Cecilienhof. Truman places their hands together in a mutual handshake, at which Churchill and Stalin laugh. Views of the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia where foreign minsters of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union are seen meeting meeting in conference at the Spiridonovka Palace in October, 1943. Closeup of Soviet Prime Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, and U.S. Secretary of State, Warren Hull, successively signing a document. Scene shifts, to a C-47 transport aircraft flying over great pyramid of Giza in Cairo, Egypt. Next, the front of the Soviet Embassy in Teheran, Iran, is shown. The "Big Three" (Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill) sit on the porch of the building. Military officers from their countries stand behind them. Narrator (Franklin D. Roosevelt) says they agreed to launch a gigantic attack on Germany. Scene shifts to Germany, where German military is paraded on public display, showing artillery, Panzer I tanks carried aboard army trucks, Heinkel He 111 bombers in formation overhead, and marching troops giving Nazi salute silhouetted against bright pavement. View shifts to the Livadia Palace, in Yalta, Crimea, Russia. Brief view of the "Big Three" and their staffs sitting around a conference table. Change of location to San Francisco, California, where flags of many nations are displayed along with a United Nations Logo. Representatives of the many nations sign the Charter of the United Nations, founding the U.N. organization on 26 June 1945. Film shifts to Germany where victorious American, British and Soviet troops shake hands and celebrate victory. They share drinks and toast victory.
UN Commissioner Adrian Pelt and members of an Advisory Council meet people and the Emir of Cyrenaica in Libya.
A film depicts steps in Libyan independence. Allied soldiers on tanks during World War II. A tank goes past a ruined building. People gathered look as the Union Jack is unfurled. People read a proclamation pasted on a wall. Ruins of World War II. A meeting in the United Nations in 1945 where it is suggested that Libya be placed under temporary UN trusteeship. A resolution in the UN on 21st November, 1949 to create an independent Libya. The Russian delegate to the UN states his disagreement. The United Kingdom delegate speaks in favor of the resolution. A UN aircraft lands and taxis in Libya. Advisory Council members, led by Mustafa Qasim Mizran, who is first to exit the plane and is head of the National Party and Director of the School of Arts and Trades in Tripoli, are joined by UN Commissioner in Libya Adrian Pelt as they are greeted by dignitaries. The headquarters of the Commissioner and the Advisory Council in Tripoli. A sign reads 'Office of the United Nations Commissioner in Libya'. Members of the Advisory Council include representatives from Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fezzan, Egypt, France, Italy, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States and a minority group delegate. Cars carrying the representatives drive out of the gates of the headquarters. They meet people to become aware of their problems. People greet the UN Commissioner and the members of the Advisory Council. A visit to Benghazi where they meet the Emir of Cyrenaica. People holding placards in front of the Emir's palace to greet the Advisory Council. They meet the Emir, who is the religious Muslim leader, in his place. The headquarters of the Commissioner and the Advisory Council, where Mustafa Qasim Mizran is seen touching his face, as he stands behind king Idris,
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and King Farouk of Egypt aboard USS Quincy (CA-71) in the Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal.
King Farouk of Egypt visits USS Quincy (CA-71) underway in Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal, Egypt to meet U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt following the Yalta Conference during World War II. U.S. Honor Guards of marines and sailors await arrival of King Farouk. King Farouk boards ship's ladder followed by U.S. Admiral William Leahy. Both walk on deck and greet U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and daughter Anna Boettiger. President Roosevelt and King Farouk seated on deck of ship hold a conversation.
United Kingdom meets regarding withdrawal from India and Egypt.
The United Kingdom shapes a new policy for withdrawing its colonial power from India and Egypt. Skyline of London, United Kingdom. The Palace of Westminster, serving as the meeting place of the British Parliament, seen from the River Thames (Parliament Square, London, SW1A 0AA). British Prime Minister Clement Attlee talking with other members of the British Parliament. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, looking down, with Prime Minister Attlee behind him. View of Simla, India. Sign in English and Indian says “SIMLA Height above sea 6848”. View of the Simla Viceregal Lodge, now known as the Rashtrapati Niwas (Boileauganj, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171005), the venue of the Simla Conference. Viceroy of India Lord Archibald Percival Wavell and British Indian politicians of the Indian National Congress and All-India Muslim League parties meet for the Simla Conference to discuss a plan for Indian self-government. A crowd of Muslim Indians, Sikhs, and Hindu Indians outside the Viceregal Lodge. Kalam Azad, the Indian National Congress Party President, arrives in the Viceregal Lodge by rickshaw. Jawaharlal “Pandit” Nehru, an Indian National Congress Party activist leader and future first Prime Minister of India, rides a piebald pony to the conference. The All-India Muslim League leader and future founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, arrives by car. Lord William Wedgwood Benn, the Viscount Stansgate and British Labour Party politician, and the British delegation meet with Egyptian Prime Minister Ismail Sidky Pasha and other politicians. Viscount Stansgate reads the announcement of British preparation to leave Egypt. Indians crowd outside the Viceregal Lodge in Simla, India. Rickshaw drivers sit near parked rickshaws. Indian leaders of the National Congress Party and the All-India Muslim League walk outside the Viceregal Lodge. Jawaharlal Nehru meets supporters. Indians showing support for Jawaharlal Nehru outside the Viceregal Lodge after the Simla Conference.
Edward Stettinius Ambassador Winant and Harry Hopkins greet U.S. President Roosevelt on USS Quincy in the Mediterranean Sea.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt with dignitaries on USS Quincy CA-71 in the Mediterranean Sea. A launch pulls up to USS Quincy CA-71. U.S. marine soldiers on the deck. U.S. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. ; U.S. Ambassador to the UK John G. Winant, Roosevelt's adviser Harry Hopkins and an unidentified admiral climb the ship's ladders and greet President Roosevelt. The President is seated on the deck with Ambassador John G. Winant, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr, and Harry Hopkins. Americans, from delegation in Alexandria, in background behind President Roosevelt. (World War II period).
Sneak craft used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations.
Methods and machines used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations. Some methods used as sneak craft are human torpedoes, midget submarines, explosive boats and torpedo boats, aka Schnellboots or S-boats. Allied ships destroyed by sneak craft. Meditaranean naval sites seen include the harbors at Alexandria and Algiers. Rock of Gibraltar. Dramatization: a swimmer used for sneaking. A man wears tight suit and breathing apparatus. The swimmer in water. The swimmer can remain underwater for half an hour. (World War II period).
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