Nazi Germany's occupation of Vienna, Austria. German troops standing in a line across a road. People give Nazi salutes as German troops arrive in jeeps. People greet the troops. The crowds give Nazi salute as cavalry troops and infantry regiment pass along the streets of the city. People standing on either sides of a road welcome the troops. People wave at the troops from windows of their houses.
Nazi Germany's Anschluss occupation of Vienna, Austria. Crowds standing on either side of a road. They cheer and greet German Chancellor Adolf Hitler as he arrives in a motorcade. Adolf Hitler waves at people from his car. People give Nazi salute as the motorcade passes along streets. German troops standing at attention. Hitler reviews the troops. He addresses a large throng of people.
Nazi Germany's occupation of Vienna, Austria (Anschluss). Views of buildings with mountains in the background. German troops stand at attention. Soldiers seen close-up as Nazi German flag is raised on flag pole.
Refugee children, displaced children, and war orphan boys and girls arrive in New York harbor, United States during World War II. The European refugee children aboard the passenger ship Serpa Pinto as they arrive in New York to begin a new life after fleeing war and persecution in Europe. Children, including many Jewish children, from much of war torn Europe, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Spain and Germany disembark from the ocean liner operated under the auspices of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children (USCOM). A group of children poses for camera. Red Cross provides food and fresh milk to refugee children. The children eat the food.
Alexander Kerensky, War Minister of the Russian Provisional Government and Russian Army Commander-in-Chief, General Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov, enter a building in Petrograd .They are accompanied by many staff officers. Dramatization of ending hostilities between Russia and Germany. A Russian and a German soldier shake hands and are joined by soldiers from both sides. German and Russian soldiers celebrate. Russian troops returning from the front. A Russian soldier adjusts his socks and boots. Russian troops hike and move cargo in horse-drawn wagons. Russian troop train with soldiers on roof. Caption refers to Lenin being in Petrograd on October 7, 1917. Places, in Petrograd, inhabited by Vladimir Llyich Lenin, and Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. Newpapers and letters pertaining to the period.
Opening slate of this film reads" Churchill Defeated." It goes on to show Winston Churchill attending his last meeting with wartime allied leaders at Podsdam, Germany in July, 1945. He shakes hands with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. His replacement, Clement Attlee who is also there. View from above of Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin greeting the new British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, who is accompanied by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and U.S. President Harry Truman, accompanied by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. The wartime leaders gather around a large round table. Closeup of Marshal Stalin and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Closeup of U.S. President Harry S. Truman at the conference table. View from above of the principals at the table. Film shifts to scenes of Major Attlee campaigning for votes. People in street listening to Ernest Bevin campaigning. Views of Winston Churchill being given a hearty farewell by a crowd, as he rides through on an open vehicle. Closeups of him he picks up a microphone to address the throng. Scene shifts to views of British voters casting their ballots. King George VI strolls with new Prime Minister Attlee and Winston Churchill. He poses with the new Prime Minister (Attlee) and Ernest Bevin on his right. At his left is Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. Closeups of Clement Attlee.
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