Officials sign the Munich Pact in Munich, Germany, permitting Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in Munich along with German officers. French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier speaks to a German officer. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini enter a building. The officials sign the Munich Agreement.
Plans and preparations made by the Germans during World War II. United States troops arrive at a beachhead on landing crafts. A soldier with the American flag. Scottish troops play bagpipes. A map shows the Allied and the Axis territories. The French flag flutters on a pole. French troops marching with rifles in hand. They join hands with the Americans. The map shows the French, the British and the Americans on one side fighting against the Germans.
An Indian Prince rides in an elaborate carriage atop a decorated elephant in a procession in Bombay India. The procession passes what appears to be an elevated memorial statue protected by an elaborate four-posted pergola. A decorative city gate and multi-domed buildings are also seen. Scene shifts to a mosque, where a large outdoor gathering of Muslims pray en masse. A jubilant group of them, some wearing the Fez, smile and wave to the camera. Complete change of scene shows Indian Nationalist leader, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, outdoors, under a canopy, of Nationalist flags, in front of a building. He is surrounded by supporters. The next scene shows a man holding a Nationalist flag being accosted by police. Further unrest is shown as police and British authorities use truncheons and beat protestors to break up a gathering of Nationalists in a square near the Lloyds Bank building. A Red Cross worker carries an injured man over his shoulder. An injured man lying in the street. An ambulance of Medical Brigade Bombay, No. 2, arrives at the scene of the demonstration as authorities continue to break up the gathering. (Note: Reportedly, 150 persons were killed in this unrest, by the end of the day.)
Japanese troops and leaders surrender to the Allies after their defeat in World War II. Tanks being demolished during disarmament in Japan. United States troops advance with tanks. Imperial Japanese Army officers surrender their swords and salute to the British forces in Malaya (Malaysia). A Japanese officer surrenders his guntō or military sword. Captured Japanese soldiers march on a dirt road amongst a heavy rainfall.
French people hoist the French flag during the Liberation of Paris; in Paris, France. View of a building with the Seine River and trees in the foreground. A street with buildings alongside. The French and the British flags flutter on a pole from a window. A group of FFI (French Forces of the Interior) men hoists the French flag over a pole.
British aircraft carrier 'Courageous' sunk by a German submarine. A fleet of German ships underway at sea. A passenger carrier at sea. German officers look through binoculars. Number of ships at harbor. Soldiers disembark from the ship.
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