Liberation of Prague, Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation during World War II. British and American flags hoisted in Prague. People smash down German signs from shops and buildings. German Schutzstaffel soldiers fight against civilians on streets. A truck loaded with supplies moves into the city. Snipers fire from buildings. Dead bodies lying on a street. German artillery being fired. Smoke rises from the buildings. Soviet soldiers loaded on tanks enter the city after its liberation from German occupation. Czechoslovakian President Edvard Benes returns to the city as he gets down from a railroad train. People cheer and celebrate their liberation. President Benes waves from a window as a large crowd cheers in the streets.
Livestock being shipped to Europe during World War II. The UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) ships livestock to Europe to improve the breed of cattle. Cattle being loaded onto a ship at a port in the United States.
A swearing in ceremony in the United States. New Secretary of State James F. Byrnes being sworn into office by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. The oath of office being administered to Secretary Byrnes. President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Byrnes. U.S. representative in the United Nations Edward Stettinius greets Secretary Byrnes. Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull signs the World Security Charter. Signatures of representatives of different nations on the charter.
Liberation day parade in Paris , France, marking one year since the liberation of France in World War 2. French soldiers march on the streets of Paris. The Arc de Triomphe. Soldiers march under the Arc de Triomphe. People cheer to celebrate their liberation. French General Charles De Gaulle reviews the parade. Aircraft fly overhead as they pass in review. The aircraft in flight. They leave behind vapor trails.
Allied officers confer in China during World War II. Generalismo Chiang Kai Shek of China and Lieutenant Albert Wedemeyer, Commander of the U.S. forces confer in the gardens of Kai Shek's house. The two officers seated in chairs as they discuss about Allied plans against the Japanese.
The Japanese being taken as prisoners in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Allied soldiers cross a water channel and advance in Luzon, Philippines. Soldiers fire and advance. Explosions occur on the island. The soldiers fire rifles and guns. A soldier loads shells into a mortar and fires. A Japanese urges the natives over a loudspeaker to surrender. American soldiers aboard a ship as they look through binoculars to spot any Japanese soldier. Japanese soldiers swim towards the ship and come aboard as they surrender. Another local speaks into a loudspeaker as he urges the Japanese to surrender. A Japanese soldier waves a leaflet and surrenders to U.S. soldiers. A wounded Japanese soldier after surrendering to U.S. troops. Japanese prisoners at a prison camp. Prisoners eat and are lined up on the camp grounds.
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