American General Clarence Edwards in a meeting at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts speaking out against alcohol prohibition and calling it futile. Exterior view of Faneuil Hall. General Edwards addresses the members during the meeting. A group of men at the "Death of Liberty Memorial" event stand next to a board outside the hall that reads 'In Memoriam of the Death of Liberty'. Last part of clip shows an outdoor beer garden in Germany. Women filling large steins of beer from taps. A German man takes a long drink from a stein of beer.
A film on the development of air power. Air route development in Europe. Animated lines going from various cities of Europe including Germany and Poland.
View from the waterfront pier, of the German Battleship, SMS Schleswig Holstein, firing its 150mm and 290mm guns point blank at the Polish Westerplatte defenses, on September 1, 1939, as Germany precipitated World War 2 and invasion of Poland. Views from the Schleswig Holstein, where her Captain, Gustav Kleikamp, is seen observing the effects through binoculars,at timecode 00:20. Following these bombardment scenes, film shifts to Polish tanks (Vickers?) moving out of woods. Sequence shifts again to amphibious tanks moving through water and climbing onto shore.
The end of World War 2 in Europe (but still going on in the Pacific). Horse cart on a street in Germany. Civilians tending cart with the dead bodies of German soldiers in the cart. Graves of the dead German soldiers. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Yalta conference. Allied Navy warships underway at sea. Large room filled with architects and draftsmen at drafting tables with drawings. Construction site for a large dam and for an electric power station. Sweeping view of farm fields in the United States. A cow and her calf together. Farmers in the U.S. harvesting food. American children in a simple rural school house with a wood stove, listening to a teacher read at the front of the one room schoolhouse.
Events surrounding the surrender of Japan during World War II. Scene from the Potsdam Conference meeting. Group of dignitaries together including Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin. U.S. President Harry S. Truman and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, in discussion. A parade in Moscow showing Soviet military might (these scenes are from the May 1, 1945 May Day parade just before Germany's surrender). Scene changes to Japanese Emperor Hirohito riding on a white horse in a procession. Next scene shows dignitaries arriving for meeting at the White House in Washington D.C. U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of State James Byrnes and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal meet at the White House. Close up view of Secretary Forrestal. View of President Truman with his cabinet in a meeting. Scenes from prior months showing dignitaries involved in the war: Close up of the late President Franklin Roosevelt. A scene of President Roosevelt shaking hands with several Soviet military officers. General Douglas MacArthur seated and talking to President Roosevelt. Close up view of Chairman of Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek. View of U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz shaking hands with a sailor. Views of President Truman meeting in emergency session with his cabinet, and his announcement of the Japanese surrender. View of former Secretary Hull at that meeting. President Truman standing as he reads from a bulletin confirming the Japanese acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Agreement and their agreement to unconditional surrender. View of media, press, and newsmen running from the White House to file the happy news story. New Yorkers rejoice at the end of war. Daytime scenes of happy, jubilant celebrations on Victory over Japan day, or V-J Day, in the Times Square area of New York City. Crowds cheering, people dancing, soldiers, sailors, and citizens waving hands and American flags. A neon sign with message "Japs Surrender". View of night time celebrations at Times Square as the crowd continues to celebrate VJ Day.
U.S. President Harry Truman aboard the Cruiser USS Augusta(CA-31)in the Atlantic Ocean. President along with Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, inspect the ship while underway to the Potsdam conference. The U.S light cruiser, USS Philadelphia (CL-41) is visible ahead starboard, as they stand on the forward deck. Secretary Byrnes in a working conference aboard the ship. He holds a map of Germany. Byrnes consults with Dr. Ben Cohen. President Truman with Secretary Byrnes and Commanding Officer of the Augusta, Captain James Foskett, on the deck of the ship. President Truman personally greets each of the ship's officers and then lunches with sailors in their mess. Secretary Byrnes and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, sit with the President and discuss latest dispatches. Truman and Byrnes discuss a map of Europe. The USS Augusta being greeted by Royal Navy units. British light cruiser, HMS Birmingham, passes close aboard. President Truman, Secretary Byrnes, and U.S. Naval officers salute the passing vessels.
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