German civilians read the news of end of Hitler and Mussolini era in a newspaper in Cologne, Germany after World War II. Newspaper Kolnischer Kurier published and distributed by the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF). Group of men read the news of death and the end of rule of Adolf Hitler in Germany and that of Benito Mussolini in Italy. A mother and her son read the newspaper. An old man reads the news with excitement.
Communist-backed North Korea at war with South Korea. Views of U.S. Navy warships firing on North Korean targets, U.S. Army tanks moving through a city in Korea, and U.S. soldiers scrambling in a fire fight. A U.S. Army chaplain hugs a dying American soldier and pats his face. The chaplain closely prays over the dying soldier. A U.S. Army officer lifts a shocked Korean child into a truck. Young Korean children, possibly orphans, eating food at a table. Korean civilians including women and children fleeing the war. UN council in a meeting regarding the Korean War. Soldiers from multiple nations mobilizing for the effort in Korea. View of Kremlin in Soviet Union. Scene of Stalin dead, lying in state surrounded by flowers around his casket. Other Soviet political leaders look on. Citizens pass by site where Stalin is memorialized. East German leader Walter Ulbricht speaking at a podium. Laborers in East Germany struggling as they work longer hours for less pay. Workers construct buildings. East German construction workers sitting idle on the scaffolds of a building under construction as they begin their strike in June 1953, initiating the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.
United States President Richard Nixon arrives at the Cologne Bonn Airport in West Germany, during his official visit to Europe. German security and honor guards on alert at the runway of the Cologne Bonn Airport (Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). The United States Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) arrives and President Nixon and others disembark. German Chancellor Kurt G. Keisinger and other German leaders receive and welcome them. Nixon reviews the honor guard and walks towards the terminal building.
A memorandum expresses Adolf Hitler's desire to invade Czechoslovakia. Munich Pact discussed during the trial of Nazi leaders for war crimes in Nuremberg, Germany in 1946. Footage from 1938 as Adolf Hitler and other leaders from Britain, Italy and France sign Munich Agreement or Munich Pact that leads to annexation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany. Czech President Emil Hacha arrives to meet the German leaders.
A guide and students from American Dependent School visit Museum of the Palatinate (Kurpfälzisches Museum, Hauptstraße 97, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany) in Heidelberg, Germany. Female guide removes jawbone of the Heidelberg man (Homo heidelbergensis) from a showcase of the Museum of Palatinate and shows it to group of students. Students and the guide enter a room and gather in front of a showcase.
American Dependent School students at the Museum of the Palatinate (Kurpfälzisches Museum, Hauptstraße 97, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany) in Heidelberg, Germany. A group of students enter the Museum of Palatinate.
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