The Malta Conference in Malta, January - February 1945. The Malta fortification, building and towers. A plane taxis on the Luqa Airport on the island. General Woods, Smith, Marshall and Brehon B. Somervell deplane in Malta. Major General C.P. Woods shakes hands. Lt. General Walter B. Smith met by British Air Commander Whitney Strait. Ambassador W. Abel Hellemen with Major General F. M. Andersen. Arrival of Admiral Ernest J.King at the airport. Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean Theater. Admiral Andrew and B. Cunningham greet each other. General George C. Marshall steps off a plane. General Brehon B. Somervell greets England's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. On February 2, 1945 an American warship arrives with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is saluted by the British Prime Minister Churchill. Sailors on deck. View of the Montgomery House. Combined meeting of U.S. and British Chiefs of Staff at the Montgomery House. The chiefs are seated around a table, military plans agreed upon. A wall map in the background. Delegates leave for another conference. Policemen control the crowds on either sides of a street. A Russian airport near Yalta in the Crimea. A transport plane lands at the airport. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov greets Allied leaders outside a tent. Edward Stettinius U.S. Secretary of State gets off the plane. UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. The flags of three countries fly over the field: US, UK and Soviet Union. Secretary of State outside the tent. Harry Hopkins arrives. Prime Minister Churchill gets off a UK plane. Kremlin Guards form the guard of honor. Franklin D Roosevelt greeted by Russian reception committee. Daughters of Roosevelt and Churchill talk All the delegates around the transport plane. Delegates salute during the national anthem. British Prime Minister and U.S. President inspect the guard of honor after the national anthem. Kremlin Guards march past in review. (World War II period).
The Yalta Conference in the Crimea. The town of Yalta. View of mountains and tunnel. People on the streets. Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) outside the town was built by Tsar Nicolas II. Most of the conferences are held in this palace. The palace building venue has sprawling gardens. A sickle and hammer sign. Guards outside the conference room. View of the conference room. Russian MPs (Military Policemen) near sign guard. Roads and entrance to the palace ground. Direct traffic into the palace ground. The cars enter the grounds and dignitaries get off. High ranking military and government officials arrive for an international meeting. Soviet Marshall Joseph Stalin arrives at the palace and guards salute him. British Prime Minister Churchill with cigar in his mouth arrives with his daughter and he is greeted by Mrs. Bodeker. U.S. President Roosevelt at the table and the conference begins. Allied delegates around the table. Joint Communication Center is set up and soldiers work. Conclusion 1st part: BIG 3 surrounded by their Chiefs of Staff and civilian officials pose in the patio of the Lavidia Palace. A picture is clicked. The three leaders Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin seated and state ministers behind them. The conference proceeds, delegates seated around a table. The conference ends and the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain release their joint statement. Substantial agreement passed. Franklin D Roosevelt's daughter and staff in a Jeep around the palace grounds (World War II period).
Events related to the Yalta Conference held at the Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) in Livadiya, Crimea, Ukraine. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and his entourage arrive by Jeeps at the Palace. Army General accompanied by three women makes way toward the Palace. Exteriors and interiors of the Palace. General Secretary, Community Party of Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, and his party arrive at the Palace. View of the conference being held inside the Palace. (World War II period)
Events related to the Yalta Conference held at the Livadiya Palace in Livadiya, Crimea, Ukraine. General Secretary, Community Party of Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and aides exit the place after the conference. British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill smokes a cigar. He is accompanied with his daughter. Dignitaries leave in their cars. Churchill and aides exit the place and leave in their cars.
Subcommittee of House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) holds hearing in Los Angeles, California, United States. Johannes (Hanns) Eisler, musician, composer and film maker, is being questioned. He is questioned about his associations with the Communist Party and the Soviet Union. The witness spells his full name for the Committee, and states that he was born July 5, 1898, in Leipsig, Germany. He states his occupation, as composer and that he studied in Vienna and was a student of Arnold Schonberg. In response to questions, he recalls visiting the Soviet Union several times in the early 1930s, for film making and musical publishing. He denies ever receiving any monies from the Soviet Government.
Clear aerial views of midtown and lower Manhattan, New York City 1930, but with smoke coming from Hudson River pier of New York Harbor where the North German Lloyd liner Munchen (sometimes Muenchen or München) is seen on fire, shortly after docking in New York after the voyage from Bremen, Germany. Ship emits smoke and fire at the pier. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Views of the piers and slips and dock areas on the Hudson River at New York City and close up views of the firefighters battling the blaze on the Muenchen. The ship subsequently sank at dock. She was raised later in 1930, repaired in dry dock, and returned to service under the new name SS General von Steuben. The ship was sunk in 1945 by the S-13 submarine of the Soviet Union.
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