Review of conflicts involving U.S. from World War 2 to 1970. A U.S. soldier with rifle and binoculars, on guard. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks in Germany to mass audience. German mobilization and blitzkrieg. U.S. troops firing small arms on island in Pacific, battling Japanese. U.S. soldiers on half-track firing artillery. Explosive destruction of Nazi swastika and Eagle symbol on top of building in Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, Germany. General Douglas MacArthur stands as Japanese General signs surrender documents aboard USS Missouri, ending World War II. Times Square in New York City on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marking end of World War 2. American troops firing artillery and small arms in Korean War. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the United Nations. Newspaper headlines about postwar Berlin Crisis. Soviet missiles on display in military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet General Georgy Zhukov and Nikita Khrushchev, at Kremlin, reviewing the parade. Cuban President Fidel Castro giving a speech. A newspaper headline reading: "Khrushchev orders removal of missiles" ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet cargo ship with covered missiles on its deck. Red flag with image of Lenin and message: 'Partido Communista Dominicano' and a crowd chanting support for the Communist party in the Dominican Republic. Communist Chinese people marching with massed flags in the People’s Republic of China. Chairman Mao Zedong waving to a crowd of young supporters and Red Guards in China as they chant. A United States soldier in South Vietnam during Vietnam War looks through binoculars and then walks carrying his M-16 rifle. A map of Vietnam.
Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer of Nazi Germany. Hitler and other German officers in cars pass by through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin as crowds line the streets with Nazi salutes. German Nazi flags on the Brandenburg Gate. Civilians greet the Fuhrer as his car passes by. Hitler greets Nazi officers in the Reichstag building and shakes hands with several German officials. Officers give the Nazi salute and Hitler salutes the group. Hitler addresses the Nazi gathering. The Parteiadler Nazi party symbol and the Swastika in the Reichstag hall. German troops gathered for the Nuremberg Rally at the Nazi Party grounds in Nuremberg. Montage of scenes featuring German soldiers and armament: Close up view of face of young German soldier; German soldiers march in formation and on roads. German tanks rolling and closeup of tank tread. During battle, German soldiersy take cover in trench and then advance using flame thrower during attack amidst shelling. Very large formation of German soldiers marching around Nazi flags during the Nuremberg Rally. Thousands of German soldiers. The German Nazi eagle symbol. German soldiers with hands raised in "Schwurhand" as they take an oath, possibly the Hitler Oath.
Civilian and military officials from Bohemia and Moravia meet Adolf Hitler in Berlin, Germany, during World War 2. The Civilian spokesperson renders a Nazi salute and shakes hands with Hitler, who then greets the accompanying officials. The delegate leader then proceeds to read from a document. He presents Hitler a small certificate, that he hands to an aide.
Potsdam Conference in Germany. Russian officials seated around table. Russian guards outside Veterinarian College of Berlin where the meeting takes place. Four Allied power flags flying from top of building. Cars parked along road. Russian guard looks at the Allied power flags. (World War II period).
The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia and Poland defenses against Germany, and the East Prussian Corridor. Civilians including children flee war violence. German troops and tanks parade. England: UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses a gathering. Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax (Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and other officials. Germany: Hitler arrives at the Reichstag in Berlin. He addresses the Nazi officers and officials. A sign for the custom border district at Kreis. Bullet ridden walls and bomb damaged buildings. German troops load and fire artillery. German Panzer tank units invade Poland in 1939. Hitler looks through an artillery periscope. Black smoke rises due to numerous explosions.
Social life of wealthy in Germany, Hungary, and Austria before World War 1. Kaiser Whilhelm II of Germany and his wife, Empress Augusta, in Berlin. The Empress The enters their open back limousine, followed by the Kaiser, who is dressed in military uniform with Prussian style helmet. They drive off while German Officer salutes. Complete change of scene shows well-dressed crowd of spectators gathered in Budapest, Hungary, to watch a horse race. Some spectators use binoculars. View of horses in final stretch and crossing finish line. Next scene shows "Flower Day" in Vienna Austria. Wealthy citizens crowd shopping area and contribute to help the poor. Finely dressed pedestrians walking in shopping and commerical areas. They receive flowers as token of contribution. Some men wear flowers in their lapels. Little girls with baskets of flowers participate in the activities, standing in front of the Cafe Scheidl and "Zum Fenstergucker" house near corner of Kaerntner Strasse and Walfischgasse next to the Opera House. A street car decorated with garlands of flowers is a center of the activity. Women on the top deck of the street car reach down with small nets on long poles to retrieve contributions from passersby.
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